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# For All My Valentines
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/all-my-valentines/
- Published: 2021-01-20T05:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-20T05:01:00.000Z
- Author: TheChocolateWire
- Tags: The Wire

According to an article posted in Atlas Obscura (link under *More Reading* below), men were often fearful that women would slip magic potions into their morning hot chocolate. And during the Inquisition women who used cacao to entice lovers and spurn enemies were *persecuted*.

*Not* quite *what you were expecting? (But then,* no one *expects the Spanish Inquisition!)*

😱

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### **Not Sure What to Gift This Year?**

[Buying Chocolate to Gift for Valentine’s DayWhatever you decide to do, make it fun. If it involves chocolate and you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/favicon.png)The Chocolate LifeDiscoverChoc![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2021/01/jasmine-waheed-hQPLAFopuaE-1920x1080.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/buying-chocolate-to-gift-for-valentines-day/)

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Some “Gift to Impress” tips on how to approach buying chocolate for gifting – for someone you know well, *and for someone you’d like to get to know better*.

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### **Looking For Something Tasty to do?**

Looking to celebrate Valentine’s day with a special beer/chocolate this year? Find some guidance from a beer and chocolate pairing event I did for Valentine’s Day 2017.

[Valentine’s Day 2017 Beer and Chocolate PairingReporting back after my Valentine’s Day chocolate/beer pairing at Burp Castle onEast 7th Street – making up one corner of the Brewmuda Triangle – NYC. It is always fun to work up chocolate and beer pairings. I personally find it a lot easier to create happy marriages between chocolateand beers t…![](https://thechocolatelife.com/favicon.png)The Chocolate LifeClay Gordon![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/12/c8cccf82-eaf1-42ea-923e-3da39df376c0-scaled.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/valentines-day-2017-beer-and-chocolate-pairing/)

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## ***More Reading***

[The Chocolate-Brewing Witches of Colonial Latin AmericaThe Inquisition persecuted women who used cacao to entice lovers and spurn enemies.![](https://assets.atlasobscura.com/media/W1siZnUiLCJodHRwczovL3MzLmFtYXpvbmF3cy5jb20vYXRsYXMtZGV2L21pc2MvaWNvbnMvYXBwbGUtdG91Y2gtaWNvbi0xNDR4MTQ0LXByZWNvbXBvc2VkLnBuZyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA4MSAtc3RyaXAiXV0/apple-touch-icon-144x144-precomposed.png)Atlas ObscuraReina Gattuso![](https://assets.atlasobscura.com/media/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvYXNzZXRzL2ZlYzA3N2Y5LTcxOWEtNDI1My04ODUwLTkxMDFiZmExYjgxNDlkNGJkM2ZiNDgzMzBhNzBlYl9BdGxhc19PYnNjdXJhX1dpdGNoZXNfTEFfMS5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJjb252ZXJ0IiwiIl0sWyJwIiwiY29udmVydCIsIi1xdWFsaXR5IDgxIC1hdXRvLW9yaWVudCJdLFsicCIsInRodW1iIiwiNjAweD4iXV0/Atlas_Obscura_Witches_LA_1.jpg)](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/were-there-witchhunts-in-south-america?ref=thechocolatelife.com)

Another fun article from ***Atlas Obscura***

[Valentine’s Day - Wikipedia![](https://en.wikipedia.org/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png)Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Antique_Valentine_1909_01.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s%5FDay?ref=thechocolatelife.com)

What Wikipedia has to say on the subject

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