Kowace shekara a ranar 11 ga Yuli, masoya masu dadi suna bikin Ranar cakulan ta duniya (Ranar Chocolate ta Duniya). Wannan biki mai daɗi Faransawa ne suka ƙirƙiro kuma suka fara gudanar da shi a cikin 1995.
An yi imanin cewa Aztecs ne suka fara koyon yadda ake yin cakulan. Sun kira shi "abincin alloli." Masu cin nasara na Mutanen Espanya, waɗanda suka fara kawo shi Turai, sun yi baftisma "black zinariya" mai daɗi kuma suka yi amfani da shi don ƙarfafa ƙarfin jiki da jimiri.
Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci, amfani da cakulan a Turai ya iyakance ne kawai ga da'irori na aristocratic. Sai kawai a farkon karni na 20, tare da zuwan samar da masana'antu, mutanen da ba su cikin aristocracy zasu iya jin dadin cakulan. Fitattun mata sun ɗauki cakulan a matsayin aphrodisiac. Don haka, ina da sha'awar cakulan, kuma matar ta tabbata cewa cakulan kawai zai iya kunna wutar sha'awar.
Kamar yadda ilimin zamani ya tabbatar, cakulan ya ƙunshi abubuwan da ke inganta shakatawa da farfadowa na tunani... Dark cakulan yana motsa fashewa endorphins - hormones na farin ciki, wanda ke shafar cibiyar jin dadi, inganta yanayi da kuma kula da sautin jiki.
Akwai kuma hasashe bisa ga wane cakulan yana da tasirin "anti-cancer" kuma yana iya rage tsarin tsufa. Amma abin da masana kimiyya suka yi ijma'i game da shi shine ƙin yarda da ikon cakulan na rage nauyin jiki! Bayan haka, an san cewa cakulan yana da wadataccen abinci mai gina jiki, ciki har da mai, don haka. Duk da haka, ba su jayayya da cewa wannan abincin na iya inganta yanayin yawancin al'ummar duniya.
A daidai wannan rana ta Chocolate, ana gudanar da bukukuwa da sauran abubuwan da aka sadaukar domin wannan biki mai dadi a kasashe daban-daban. Yana da ban sha'awa musamman ziyartar masana'antu, masana'antu ko shagunan irin kek waɗanda ke yin cakulan da abubuwan da suka samo asali a wannan rana. A nan ne aka gaya wa kowa yadda kuma daga abin da ake yin cakulan, kowane nau'i na gasa da dandano, nune-nunen kayayyakin cakulan da ma manyan azuzuwan da za ku iya gwada kanku kamar yadda ake gudanar da chocolatier.