You've always wondered, haven't you? Who, in all the world, is the most dedicated to chocolate?
Here in the Italian grocery where this picture was taken, it seemed to me that almost everything except the pasta was chocolate.
On the other hand, in Mexico even the chicken may have chocolate in the sauce. And in France, you can see little children eating bars of chocolate tucked into bread.
So who are the chocolate champs?
Western Europe is the hands-down global winner.
Germany is #1. Our chocolate-filled real eggshells -- the World's Sweetest Eggs -- are made in Germany, so of course we were not surprised to find Germany in the winner's circle. Here are the top ten chocolate consuming countries, counting by per-capita consumption:
- Germany
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Austria
- Norway
- Denmark
- France
- Finland
- Sweden
- United States
- Australia
- Italy
- Canada
Clearly, I was wrong about Italy.
