Persuasive Speech On Chocolate

STEP 1- PROVIDE THE OUTLINE

Title: The benefits of eating dark chocolate

Hello everyone, I will be talking about dark chocolate today.

Intro: (1min)

Attention Grabber/Hook used- Manufacturing dark chocolate in factories (30 sec)

1. Dark chocolate (also known as black chocolate] or plain chocolate) is a form of chocolate which has a higher content of cocoa butter and less milk than other forms of chocolate.

INSERT STORY on the history of dark chocolate(30 secs-1 min)

Many modern historians have estimated that chocolate has been around for at least 2000 years, but recent research suggests that it may be even older.

In the book The True History of Chocolate, authors Sophie and Michael Coe suggested that there were evidence of chocolate consumption which stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec.

Anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania also discovered cocoa residue on a pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 B.C.E. It appears that the sweet pulp of the cocoa fruit, which surrounds the beans, was fermented into an alcoholic beverage of the time.

Preview: Chocolate is the ultimate comfort food for all us.The problem is that most people only eat milk chocolate,which is so unhealthy due to its content high sugar content ! Did you know that are health benefits of eating dark chocolates ?

Transition: Let’s begin with the first benefit of eating dark chocolates.

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