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 The Mayans started the first known cacao plantations around 600 A.D. Aztec legend was that eating the fruit of the cacao gave men wisdom and power. It’s no surprise, then, that chocolate is still beloved 1400 years later. So much so that a holiday was created to celebrate the joy that is chocolate – National Chocolate Day falls on October 28th each year. It’s easy to forget this holiday, though, as its big brother Halloween comes just three days later. Instead of letting it be shadowed, this year combine your celebration of National Chocolate Day and the history of chocolate with your preparations for Halloween.
It is believed that Christopher Columbus brought cacao beans back to Spain in 1502 from the New World. It’s fitting, then, that Spanish chocolate is one of the highlights of
Harmony Sweets' Pumpkin Fest Gift
Mug. This mug is a great way for chocolate lovers to enjoy an indulgence of chocolate on National Chocolate Day, and then a mug of your favorite spiced beverage as you pass out the candy to all the little ghosts and goblins who come to your door.
 The first chocolate bar was created in 1828 by a Dutch chemist named Conrad Van Houten. Van Houten invented a cocoa press that blended cocoa butter and sugar, creating the delicacy that chocolate lovers honor every National Chocolate Day. Honor this innovate chemist with Netherlands’-own
Rademaker Chocolate
Sticks, part of the Boo-tacular Gift
Basket. This basket includes a ceramic canapé plate that’s perfect for your own Halloween treats, while the chocolate is enough for a small party of chocolate lovers to enjoy three days prior on National Chocolate Day.
If you’re looking for something to honor Columbus and Van
Houten, both key men in the history of chocolate, as well as have a chocolate treat for the whole family,
the Harmony Sweets Scardy Cat Gift Basket might just be the trick. The assortment of chocolates by Blanxart salute Christopher Columbus for bringing chocolate to
Europe, and Von Houten with Rademaker's
Chocolate Sticks. Add in treats from Cherrigton,
Santander, Café Tasse, and
Teaosophy, and there’s something for every chocolate lover in your family to toast National Chocolate Day.
 Many Halloween lovers throw parties that aren’t for the young, but the young at heart. After all, Halloween isn’t just for the little ones! With Halloween falling on a Tuesday this year, it may be a bit tough for some of your guests to make it on the day itself. Why not hold your Halloween party on National Chocolate Day instead? As National Chocolate Day falls on a Saturday this year, it’s perfect for your chocolate-loving friends who still need to make it to work on the weekdays.
The Harmony Sweets Halloween Chocolate Gift bag is a great party favor. If your friends and family share your love of chocolate, why not introduce them to National Chocolate Day in style with a gift bag of some of the best chocolates the world has to offer!
While Halloween has a tendency to overshadow every other holiday in October, don’t let it overshadow the chocolate lover’s favorite, National Chocolate Day. Instead, combine the two and have the best of both worlds!
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