It doesn't take much to convince somebody to eat chocolate.
Americans eat 100 pounds of the stuff EVERY DAY, which seems insane and also totally normal if you know any Americans, but it's been called the "food of the gods" since a smitten Carl Linnaeus coined the term to describe a cacao tree in 1753.
In the fun stop-motion video above, Refinery29 shares some other good tidbits about the sweet stuff (such as how our hearts literally beat faster when we eat chocolate than when we kiss somebody).
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More importantly, here are some delicious chocolate recipes to get you through the day (now that we've triggered your sweet tooth).
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Ultimate Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting
Love & Olive Oil
2
Chocolate Pots De Crème
Brown Eyed Baker
3
Double Chocolate Nutella Toffee Skillet Brownie
Wanna Be A Country Cleaver
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4
Chocolate Dipped Clementines
How Sweet It Is
5
Double Chocolate Hawaiian Tiramisu
Half Baked Harvest
6
Fudge Mountain Cake
Yammie's Noshery
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7
Chocolate Liege Waffles
Bakingdom
8
Fudge Rounds
Handle The Heat
9
Tart Cherry Chocolate Tart
Love & Olive Oil
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10
Nutella Chocolate Layer Cake
Life, Love & Sugar
11
Chocolate And Banana Tart
Give Me Flour
12
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Pop-Tarts
Half Baked Harvest
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13
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Blizzards
Minimalist Baker
14
Melted Hot Cocoa With Sea Salt Whipped Cream
Adventures in Cooking
15
Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Almonds
Sally's Baking Addiction
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16
Dark Chocolate Truffles
Flourishing Foodie
17
Old-Fashioned Fudge
Love & Olive Oil
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Flourless Chocolate Cookies
Cooking Classy
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19
Chocolate Crème Brûlée
Bev Cooks
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Double Chocolate Coconut Oil Zucchini Muffins With Caramelized Buckwheat
Half Baked Harvest
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Stout Chocolate Brownies
Foodie Crush
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22
Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
Averie Cooks
23
Bittersweet Chocolate Bourbon Tart
Love & Olive Oil
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Ischler Cookies
QueenSashy
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25
Chocolate Poke Cake
Life, Love & Sugar
26
Broiled Bailey's Hot Chocolate
Amanda K. By The Bay
27
10-Minute Magical Chocolate Almond Butter Superfood Seed Bars
Half Baked Harvest
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28
Six-Layer Chocolate Cake With Toasted Marshmallow Filling And Malted Chocolate Frosting
Brown Eyed Baker
29
Mini Chocolate Bark Bites
A Beautiful Mess
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Chocolate Cheesecake
Lovely Little Kitchen
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31
Mocha Mousse
Frugal Feeding
32
Loaded Fudgy Candy Bar Brownies
Averie Cooks
33
One-Bowl Vegan Chocolate Cake
Minimalist Baker
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34
Double Chocolate Chipotle Cookies
Love & Olive Oil
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Roasted Almonds, Sea Salt & Dark Chocolate Bark
whatever's left
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Frozen Chocolate Pudding And Wafer Cake
Averie Cooks
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37
Glazed Chocolate Cake Donut Holes
How Sweet It Is
38
Salted Chocolate Caramel Tart
Brown Eyed Baker
39
Sarah Bernhardt Cakes
Manger
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40
Triple Chocolate Cake
Sally's Baking Addiction
41
5-Minute Gooey Molten Chocolate Mug Cake
Half Baked Harvest
42
Loaded Chocolate Bourbon Fudge
How Sweet It Is
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43
Dulce De Leche Brownies
Two Peas and their Pod
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Coconut Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Covered Pretzel Presents
Half Baked Harvest
45
Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes
Brown Eyed Baker
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46
Chocolate And Goat Cheese Soufflé
Adventures in Cooking
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Healthier Chocolate Lovers Sweet Corn And Hazelnut Crunch Chocolate Cake With Ganache
Half Baked Harvest
48
Salted Caramel Skillet Brownies
Two Peas and their Pod
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49
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Simply Recipes
50
5-Minute Grilled Cinnamon Toast With Chocolate
Half Baked Harvest
51
Chocolate Cake With Whipped Mocha Ganache Frosting
Brown Eyed Baker
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52
Ginger Hot Chocolate
Minimalist Baker
53
Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Foodie Crush
54
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Ice Cream
How Sweet It Is
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55
Salted Caramel Pretzel-Topped Fudgy Brownies
Averie Cooks
56
Spicy Hot Chocolate Mocha
Diethood
57
Ferrero Rocher Deep Dish Skillet Brownie Cookie
Cafe Delites
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58
Dark Chocolate Yogurt Cake
How Sweet It Is
59
Vegan Chocolate Fudge Popsicles
Half Baked Harvest
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No Bake Milk Chocolate Bailey’s Truffle Cake
How Sweet It Is
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Fudgy One-Bowl Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Pretzel Cake
Half Baked Harvest
62
Cardamom Hot Chocolate
Mark Weinberg/Food52
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Chocolate Almond Cake
Completely Delicious
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64
Peanut Butter Nutella Candy Bar Brownie
How Sweet It Is
65
Hibiscus Chocolate Cake
Hummingbird High
66
Lavender Hot Chocolate
Rick Poon
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67
Cast Iron Deep Dish Chocolate Pecan Tart
Adventures in Cooking
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Ultimate Skillet Brownie
Sally's Baking Addiction
69
Smores Brownie Pie
Averie Cooks
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70
Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cake
Brown Eyed Baker
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Magic Gooey Chocolate Meringue Texas Sheet Cake
Half Baked Harvest
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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Cooking Classy
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73
Double Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
How Sweet It Is
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Chocolate Pancakes With Chocolate Sauce
Cooking Classy
75
Chocolate Pound Cake
Brown Eyed Baker
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