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As we know chocolate has been consumed since 4.000 years ago, by the ancient people of South America. Using chili, water, and ground cocoa beans, the ancient tribes prepared a strong and bitter chocolate drink.
Chocolatière
Cocoa eventually found its way to Europe in the 18th century, brought by the Spanish conquistadors and soon chocolate beverages became an exclusive and luxurious treat for the royal families.


The Chocolate-Boom
It did not take long until the secret spread and cocoa was well-known all over Europe. With the industrial revolution and mechanical ways to proceed the beans, chocolate was soon available for the middle class. This led to the foundation of many chocolate producers in the 19th century and chocolate's worldwide popularity.

Chocolate Monggo’s dedication for pralines can be experienced best at our new store PRALIN, where Monggo’s full range of authentic Belgian chocolate Pralines can be experienced.
The Belgian praline was invented in 1912 by Jean Neuhaus, Belgian chocolatier: A chocolate layer covering a soft fondant centre.


The praline can come in countless different shapes and with many types of fillings but most commonly it is filled with a paste of nuts, the so-called praliné and many other fillings.
Pralines are chic and elegant. Appropriate packaging was therefore needed to protect them from being broken. In 1920, Neuhaus came up with a solution to this problem, designing a suitable packaging for his pralines: the famous rectangular box, also known as the ballotin.

Real chocolate is actually healthy. A fine, dark chocolate might not be as sweet, but comes with many health benefits. Especially if it is made from 100% pure cocoa butter (without vegetable oil) and with a high content of cocoa, the positive effects will be felt more strongly.
Chocolate contains theobromine, caffeine, and other substances, which improve physical and mental functions of the body.
Eating a chocolate bar when you’re feeling low can noticeably lift your spirits because it stimulates serotonin and endorphin levels. Those are the brain’s natural chemical messengers to spread a feeling of pleasure while at the same time serving as an anti-depressant.
A small bar every day can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. This is due to a large number of antioxidants that cocoa contains (nearly 8 times the number of antioxidants strawberries contain).
The healthiest chocolate is the one that has the highest amount of cocoa mass, which is usually dark chocolate. That's why milk and white chocolate have fewer nutrients than dark chocolate.