Chocolate gingerbread

Chocolate gingerbread can be considered an integral part of national culture, history and culinary tradition. Confectionery is usually made from a special gingerbread dough, in which chocolate is added. It has long been a tradition that gingerbread cookies in Russia belonged to festive confectionery, which the hostesses served on special occasions. Nowadays, chocolate gingerbread has become a popular and everyday food product that can be easily purchased from any nearby grocery store. Carrots number more than one thousand years in their history.

The first treats began to be produced in ancient Egypt. True, those ancient gingerbread cookies had little to do with modern confectionery. In ancient times, people baked tortillas from ordinary wheat flour, which were then smeared with honey and spices added. As a result, a simple and very original confection was obtained, which was gladly consumed by noble and ordinary residents of Egypt, Rome, Greece, Syria and other ancient civilizations.

The modern gingerbread species appeared in medieval Europe, namely Belgium. In the town of Dinan, the first gingerbread called Lebkuchen was baked at Christmas. In Russia, gingerbread appeared at the end of the 9th century. The first Russian gingerbread was made from rye flour. Honey and berry juice were added to the gingerbread dough, later among the ingredients of the product you could find roots, herbs, berries and fruits. The first chocolate gingerbread began to be made in the 16th century. Moreover, the recipe for dough, as well as fillings for ordinary or chocolate gingerbread, were the same. However, unlike ordinary ones, chocolate gingerbread was "doused" with dark chocolate glaze.

Much later, chocolate gingerbreads were made from special dough with the addition of cocoa. In the modern food industry, cocoa powder is most often used to produce chocolate gingerbread. There are several varieties of chocolate gingerbread. Moreover, the calorie content of chocolate gingerbread will depend primarily on the type of product. The average calorie content of chocolate gingerbread is at 366 Kcal per 100 grams of confectionery. However, the calorie content of chocolate gingerbread with filling or in glaze will be much higher.

Nutritionists believe that chocolate gingerbread can cause significant damage to the figure, which can result in a rapid increase in weight. True, such an outcome is quite natural with unlimited consumption of confectionery for food. On the other hand, the chemical composition of chocolate gingerbread contains a number of useful vitamins and natural biologically active substances that favorably affect human health and well-being. Chocolate gingerbreads are enriched with vitamins of group B, E and PP, and also contain potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron and calcium. Therefore, chocolate gingerbread will be able to become not only tasty, but also a useful treat for your whole family.