The Wartime Origin of Chocolate Spread

You know it, you love it. But did you know your favorite chocolatey spread was actually

a brilliant wartime hack? During World War Two in Italy, chocolate was incredibly

rare and expensive. A pastry maker named Pietro Ferrero was in a tough spot. So,

he got creative. He took the tiny bit of cocoa he could afford and mixed it with a

ton of ground-up local hazelnuts to make it last longer. His "desperation

recipe" was so delicious that even after the war, when chocolate was easy to get again,

people kept demanding more! Today, that delicious wartime solution sells over

365 million jars every single year. So if this story made you hungry, share it with friends