Chocolate is a sweet delight that many people around the world love and enjoy to eat. It is made from the basic ingredients of milk and the all famous cocoa bean. But what you didn’t know is that chocolate has many different uses other than being a delectable piece of candy. In fact, chocolate has been used for different uses ever since the 1700’s.

1. The cocoa bean itself was used as a way of currency in 1000 A.D., in the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs would use the cocoa bean to pay taxes off  to their loyal king or be banished to longhouses. The Cocoa Bean was also ground into a paste which would be mixed with boiling water which would hen become a drink for wealthy males of the Aztecs. Which brings us to our next use for chocolate…as a drink.
2. Chocolate can be ground into a fine powder and used as a drink solvent in milk and many other liquid products, which makes chocolate a wonderful drink or drink additive.
3. Chocolate can be used as a medicine! This richeous candy was used in the 1800’s as a medicine to cure a common stomach ache. But wouldn’t you think using chocolate would make the stomach ache worse?
4. Toothpaste, the common tooth cleaning substance used by people around the world everyday. But in fact, the brand Close Up makes a high fluoride chocolate flavored toothpaste that makes your taste buds tingle while your teeth shine like aluminum foil!
5. Believe it or not, but chocolate can be used as a building block! That’s right, you heard me. Most of us have seen the movie Charlie And The Chocolate Factory,haven’t we? well, in the movie where Willy Wonka is asked by the king of Persia to build a big chocolate palace, that can really happen! I mean, sure you probably wont be able to build a huge palace, but a small building will do just fine!
6. Chocolate can be used as a greeting card! Make sure you don’t misspell the words on this card.
7. Chocolate underwear! Wouldn’t it be great to walk around town in your underwear and everyone actually think you look cool? Well, with chocolate underwear, anyone can look cooler than cool; Ice cold in fact.
8. Chocolate could be made into golf clubs. Yes indeed, I’m sure you would be able to make many hole-in ones with these delectable drivers and irons.
9. Chocolate could be used as a liquid in one of the world’s most used writing utensils as… ink. Don’t believe me? Well, it is a known fact that chocolate has been used as ink in pens many times before. And what’s so great about chocolate ink is that it’s no big deal if you make writing typos; Just lick it off!
10. The most mind-blowing use for chocolate ever used in the history of history is… Chocolate paper! This richeous use for chocolate is a great companion for your chocolate ink. Can you imagine, writing on dark chocolate with white chocolate ink? Very crazy indeed.

     And there you have it, the top ten mind blowing uses for chocolate. I hope you’ve learned something today,as I know I have.