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Chocolate bar

Oh, chocolate bars! Chocolate bars are yummy treats made out of chocolate. Chocolate is a sweet ingredient that comes from a special kind of bean called the cocoa bean.

To make chocolate bars, people start by taking these cocoa beans and roasting them. Roasting just means baking them in an oven to make them darker and crunchier. Then, they take the roasted beans and grind them up until they become a fine powder.

Next, they add other ingredients like sugar and milk to the cocoa powder to make it sweet and creamy. These ingredients are mixed together until they become a smooth, thick liquid. This liquid is then poured into molds, which are special trays that give the chocolate its shape. They might make them into rectangles, squares, or even weird shapes like hearts or stars.

Once the chocolate has been poured into the molds and shaped, it needs to cool down and harden up. This part is kind of like when you put JELL-O in the fridge to make it firm up. The chocolate needs to be kept at a certain temperature to make sure it hardens correctly.

After the chocolate is hardened, it's ready to be eaten! You can buy chocolate bars at the store, and they come in lots of different flavors. Some have nuts in them, some have marshmallows, and some even have crispy stuff like biscuits mixed in. You can choose whichever one you like best and enjoy it as a yummy treat!
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