List of chocolate-covered foods facts for kids

Chocolate-covered bananas in Japan

Chocolate is a sweet food that comes from the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree. These seeds are roasted and ground, then often flavored with things like vanilla. Chocolate can be a liquid, a paste, a solid block, or an ingredient in other yummy foods. Many different foods are covered in chocolate, making them even more delicious!

Delicious Chocolate-Covered Foods

Cella's brand of chocolate-covered cherry candies

Ptasie mleczko, a soft candy covered in chocolate

Tunnock's teacakes are marshmallow treats covered in chocolate.

A chocolate-covered wafer biscuit

• Chocolate biscuits: Lots of different biscuits, like cookies, shortbreads, and wafers, often have a yummy chocolate coating.
• Chocolate-covered popcorn: Imagine popcorn dipped or fully covered in different kinds of chocolate! It's a sweet and salty snack.
• Chocolate bars: Many types of chocolate bars have an extra layer of chocolate on the outside.

Fruity Chocolate Treats

• Chocolate-covered fruit: Many fruits taste great with chocolate! Think of juicy strawberries, sweet cherries, or bananas.
  • Chocolate-covered cherries: These can be cherries with a liquid filling, sometimes with cherry liqueur. There are also chocolate-covered dried or candied cherries.
  • Chocolate-covered prunes: These are dried plums covered in chocolate. They are a special treat in Poland.

Unique Chocolate-Covered Snacks

• Chocolate-covered bacon: This is a fun and unusual treat from North America! It's cooked bacon covered in milk or dark chocolate. Sometimes it has sea salt or nuts on top.
• Chocolate-covered coffee beans: These are roasted coffee beans covered in dark, milk, or white chocolate. They are usually not very sweet, and the strong taste of coffee can be a surprise!
• Chocolate-covered potato chips: This is an American snack. It's potato chips dipped in melted chocolate. They first appeared in Chicago in 1985.
• Chocolate-covered raisins: These are raisins covered in milk, dark, or white chocolate. You can often find them at movie theaters.

Popular Chocolate-Coated Candies

• Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats: These treats are popular all over the world! The first one was made in Denmark in the early 1800s. They come in many different shapes and sizes, like Peeps.
• Chocolate-coated peanuts: These are peanuts covered in milk chocolate. They are a popular snack to eat at movie theaters. One famous brand is Goobers, which started in 1925.
• Chocolate-covered almonds: These are almonds covered in chocolate. Some people even celebrate special days for milk chocolate with almonds (July 8) and dark chocolate with almonds (November 2)!
• Milk Duds: These are caramel candies covered in a chocolatey coating.
• Ptasie mleczko: This is a soft, chocolate-covered candy from Poland. It's filled with a light, fluffy meringue or milk soufflé.
• Tunnock's teacake: This treat has a small round shortbread biscuit, topped with Italian meringue, and then covered in a thin layer of milk or dark chocolate.

Other Chocolate-Covered Delights

• Caramel apple: While usually just covered in caramel, chocolate is often added to caramel apples, sometimes in cool designs.
• Cordial candies: These are candies where a fruit filling, like a cherry, is inside a chocolate shell.
• Doughnuts: Many types of doughnuts have a delicious chocolate topping.
• Lebkuchen: This is a traditional German Christmas cookie, similar to gingerbread. Some kinds are covered in chocolate.
• Liqueur chocolate: These are chocolates filled with alcoholic liquids.
• Pretzels: Some pretzels are made with a chocolate coating, giving them a sweet and salty crunch.
• Túró Rudi: This is a chocolate-covered bar made from curd cheese.
• Wafer: Some wafers are covered or coated with chocolate.
• Winter ice cream: These are wafer cones filled with flavored cream and covered in chocolate.
• Zefir: This is a soft candy made from fruit puree, sugar, and egg whites. Many zefirs are covered in chocolate.

Fun with Chocolate Fountains

Various foods dipped into a chocolate fountain

A chocolate fountain is a cool machine that serves melted chocolate! It looks like a tall, stepped cone. The chocolate is heated at the bottom to keep it liquid. Then, it's pumped up to the top and flows down like a chocolate "waterfall". You can dip all sorts of foods into it, like strawberries or marshmallows, for a fun and tasty treat!

See Also

• List of chocolate bar brands
• List of chocolate beverages
• Outline of chocolate
• Types of chocolate