By the end of World War II, the entire Hershey plant was producing ration bars at a rate of 24 million a week.
Chocolate was once a luxury for the wealthy. Milton Hershey made it affordable for everyone.
Rodolphe Lindt's invention of the conching machine in resulted in the mass production of chocolate. This paved the way for John Cadbury to introduce his first chocolate egg.
Dutch chemist Coenraad Van Houten invented a hydraulic press that could separate the cocoa butter from the cacao, thereby producing a powder. This led to the first chocolate confections.
