I know I can't. There is always chocolate in our house. It appears we are not alone. The United States consumes the largest share of the world's chocolate consumption, although we rank 10th in annual chocolate consumption per capita. The Swiss are first eating an average of 21 pounds per person annually.
Chocolate comes from the fruit of the cacao tree.
The tree is strictly a tropical plant found in the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, and even in the South Pacific Islands of Samoa and New Guinea. The fruit is enclosed in pods, which hang from the trunk and main branches of the tree. Although the tree produces thousands of clusters of blossoms, only 3 to 10 percent will mature into full fruit. Embedded in the pulp of the fruit are dark, purple seeds that after processing, are chocolate beans. The cacao tree is a native of Central and South America.