Chocolate Mint
Mint chocolate, also known as chocolate mint, is a popular variety of flavored chocolate. It is created when mint flavoring, such as peppermint, spearmint, or crème de menthe, is added to plain chocolate. Chocolate mint also refers to an herb, specifically a hybrid mint plant, that tastes and especially smells like a combination of mint and chocolate. The National Confectioners Association has declared February 19 the Chocolate Mint Day.Mint chocolate can be found in a wide variety of edible products, such as candy, mints, cookies, ice cream (see Mint Chocolate Chip), the beverage hot chocolate, and others. In addition it is marketed (non-edible) as a beauty/bath product.Mint chocolate can be marketed under many different names and descriptions, some of which can be technically misleading. For example, Haviland Thin Mints and Hershey's York Peppermint Patties are actually mint patties—peppermint-flavored centres dipped in a chocolate coating. While the resulting flavor combination is that of mint and chocolate, none of these products actually contains mint chocolate.
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