A new report by Food from Britain indicates that Ireland has the highest per capita consumption of chocolate in the world. Approximately 24.7 pounds of chocolate are consumed each year per Irish capita.
The Irish Examiner reports on Ireland’s staggering sweet tooth. The chocolate market in Ireland is valued at an impressive $677 million dollars, surely much to the delight of places like Butlers Chocolate Cafe and Lily O’Briens.
Ireland currently serves as Britain’s largest export market for chocolate. Sweets popular in Ireland like the British-made Kit-Kat bars help drive the business along.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.molliepmac | Jul 21, 2012, 01:34 PM EDT
Ciaradexy - Wrong again. Cadburys main factory is in Birmingham and well worth a visit to 'Cadbury World'. Also Cadburys make choc in Dublin and Kerry. Only one bar - an ex Frys choc bar is now made in Poland..when the Bristol factory closed. Thats the danger of trawling the net for your knowledge. Would agree the Cadburys made in Ireland is more creamy...when I visit and buy it as a member of the dreaded diaspora Ciara!! By the way surprised you have nothing to say about IMF and social welfare cuts??
ciaradexy | Jul 03, 2012, 11:27 AM EDT
Cadburys is English NOT Irish and these days its made by Kraft in Poland.
sirpeter | Jul 02, 2012, 07:23 PM EDT
connemaragirl.Yup!! It's the quality of the milk or should I say the quality of the grass the cows eat.Mild wet climate where the cattle can feed on fresh grass for 10 months of the year.Daisy the cow loves the fresh grass. ;))
connemaragirl | Jul 02, 2012, 07:00 PM EDT
But Ireland has the best Chocolate in the world bar-none,,and Ive tried them all,just like their butter ,also the best coleslaw ,I don't know if its the dairy milk or what it is ?,
Murph46 | Jul 02, 2012, 04:42 PM EDT
sirpeter -she already gets the Irish maidens prayer-Lord have Murphy on me!
sirpeter | Jul 02, 2012, 03:17 PM EDT
Yeah! Murph.But she married you so I guess she wants more Irish in her :)) :)) :))
Murph46 | Jul 02, 2012, 11:41 AM EDT
How can this be when my wife isn't Irish!