Čokolada je poslastica koja se dobiva miješanjem kakaove mase s većom ili manjom količinom šećera. Najčešće na tržište dolazi u obliku pločica. Ime potječe iz vremena kada se čokolada više pila kao napitak, iz riječi „xocoatl ili chocolatl“. Jedan od rijetkih primjera je upravo čokolada čiji je puni potencijal došao do izražaja tek pri industrijskoj proizvodnji, kada je industrijska revolucija omogućila masovnu proizvodnju, a time i pristup širokim masama. Čokolada kakvu poznajemo danas, gusta, nježna i slatka u čvrstom obliku, postoji tek kraći dio duge povijesti čokolade. Danas je čokolada pristupačna namirnica koja se koristi na bezbroj načina, mogućnosti su različite kao i vrste čokolade. Iako se tehnologija čokolade neprestano usavršava i danas se ona dobiva na sličan način kao nekad. Sve počinje od zrelih mliječno bijelih zrna, plodova biljke kakaovca, zatim slijedi fermentiranje zrna, mehanička obrada kao i dobivanje čokoladne mase.Chocolate is a delicacy that is obtained by mixing the cacao mass with greater or lesser amount of sugar. Most often on the market comes in the form of tiles. The name comes from the time when the chocolate drink more as a beverage, from the word "xocoatl or chocolatl". One of the few examples is just chocolate whose full potential is expressed only in industrial manufacturing when the industrial revolution enabled mass production, and thus access to the masses. Chocolate as we know it today, dense, soft and sweet in solid form, there is only a short part of a long history of chocolate. Today, chocolate affordable food that is used in myriad ways, the possibilities are different and types of chocolate. However, for high-quality chocolate, applied rheology, because that chocolate contains plenty of antioxidants and provides a favorable effect on human health. Although the techniques are constantly being improved chocolate and today it is obtained in a similar manner as formerly. It all starts from mature milky white beans, fruit plants cocoa, followed by fermenting grain, mechanical treatment and getting chocolate molasses
