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CANDY FACTS: · Sixty million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced each year. · It takes 6 minutes to produce a Marshmallow Peep. · The melting point of cocoa butter is just below the human body temperature — which is why it literally melts in your mouth or your hands. (DIANA QUIROS) · Americans over 18 years of age consume 65% of the candy that's produced each year. · 74% of kids eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first. · Americans eat 25 pounds of candy per person and per year. But the people of Denmark eat 36 pounds of candy per person and per year! (MAFA BEDOYA) · Great supplies of licorice were found in King Tut's tomb. · The Aztecs of Mexico introduced Europe to chocolate in the 16th century. Cotton candy is made out of 100% sugar. · The first chocolate factory in the US, called the Walter Baker Company, was established in 1765. (LUCAS MILLER) · Cocoa powder was created in 1828. · Chocolate chips were introduced by Nestle in 1939, and they now produce about 250 million each day. · Americans consume 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate each year and over 11 pounds per person. (JIMMY BALDI)