We all love eating chocolate; milk, white and dark it is all delicious. We’re told to avoid it when on a diet but it can be hard, especially if you have a sweet tooth. Despite its bad reputation for causing weight gain, a number of health benefits may be associated with this delicious treat. Chocolate’s antioxidant potential may have a range of health benefits. The higher the cocoa content, as in dark chocolate, the more benefits there are. Dark chocolate may also contain less fat and sugar, but it is important to check the label. Eating chocolate may have the following...

Here at Deliciously Gorgeous, we are unashamedly obsessed with all things chocolate. So our very favourite Easter tradition has got to be, of course, Easter Eggs! But where did this sweet tradition come from? Over the centuries, eggs and chocolate have somehow become synonymous with Easter and springtime. Lots of us will know that the egg has long been a pagan symbol for fertility and rebirth, a sign of the new beginnings of spring and the growth of a new year. It was absorbed by Christian traditions as a part of the Easter tradition, coming to stand for Jesus emerging from...

Lots of people think that Mother’s Day was made up by card shops to make money by selling teddy bears and chocolates that spell out ‘Mum’ but that’s not the case at all. Mother’s Day isn’t a new holiday at all. The earliest Mother’s Day celebrations can be traced back to the Ancient Egyptians who held an annual festival to honour Isis, who represented the ideal mother and wife. In Europe, there were Spring time celebrations in Ancient Greece in honour of Rhea, the mother of the gods. People would make offerings of honey-cakes, fine drinks, and flowers at dawn. The...

With Valentines Day coming up, it’s only natural that our minds turn to the traditional gifts and treats associated with it – why do people give chocolate as a gift to that special someone? Well…chocolate’s reputation as an aphrodisiac is deeply embedded in the history of civilization. The Mayans used cacao beans to pay for err…you know…ladies of the evening. Apparently, the great Aztec king Montezuma would quaff as many as fifty cups of hot chocolate before heading off to his harem…lucky wives! The Spanish Conquistadors introduced chocolate to Europe not as a bedroom enhancer but as a rich, hot drink. Yet text...