Among the Great Dates in Chocolate History is the year 1893, when the World's Columbian Exposition took place in Chicago. Among the exhibitors there was a German chocolatier, who demonstrated all the machinery involved in making eating chocolate.
At that time, chocolate had been available in the United States for more than a century -- but very few people knew about it. After observing the 1500 lb Venus de Milo sculpted of chocolate in the Agriculture exhibit, people couldn't forget it. A young man named Milton Hershey bought all the German machinery and began making chocolate himself.
Fortunately, there was more chocolate machinery available in Germany. Sweetique Eggs are made in Germany, with the attention to detail and the long tradition of chocolate-making for which German confectioners are famous.
