Chocolate & Confection

chocolate |ˈ ch äk(ə)lit; ˈ ch ôk-|nouna food preparation in the form of a paste or solid block made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened : a bar of chocolate| [as adj. ] a chocolate cookie.• a candy made of or covered with this : a box of chocolates.• a drink made by mixing milk with chocolate : sipping on hot chocolate.• a deep brown color : [as adj. ] huge spiders, yellow and chocolatebrown.DERIVATIVESchocolaty (also chocolatey) adjectiveORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense [a drink made with chocolate] ): from French chocolat or Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl chocolatl‘food made from cacao seeds,’ influenced by unrelated cacaua-atl‘drink made from cacao.’

confection |kənˈfek sh ən|

noun

1 a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients : a whipped chocolate andcream confection.

• an elaborately constructed thing, esp. a frivolous one : the city is a classical confection of shimmering gold.

• a fashionable or elaborate article of women's dress : she was wearing some white confection with an enormous satin bow.

2 the action of mixing or compounding something.

DERIVATIVES

confectionary |-ˌnerē| adjective

ORIGIN Middle English (in the general sense [something made by mixing,] esp. a medicinal

preparation): via Old French from Latinconfectio(n-), from conficere ‘put together’ (see confect ).

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http://www.kakaochocolate.com/

2301 S. Jefferson Ave.

St. Louis, MO 63104

314-771-2310

7272 Manchester Rd.

Maplewood, MO 63143

314-645-4446