The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and chocolate wafer fun facts. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know.

We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”

For today’s Did You Know we will look at Chocolate Wafer fun facts.

Chocolate Wafer Fun Facts: A wafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, and dry biscuit, often used to decorate ice cream. Wafers can also be made into cookies with cream flavoring sandwiched between them.

  • While cookies and pastries containing cocoa have been produced for centuries, the commercial version of the chocolate wafer got its start back in 1924, when the National Biscuit Company (now simply known as Nabisco) began selling them in tins along with sugar wafers and ginger wafers.
  • These crispy, sweet snacks are an American favorite. With their waffle surface pattern and thin layers, they can often be found accompanied with ice cream or cooked into other baked goods.
  • In Egypt, there are special kinds of wafers called freska that are only sold on the beach in the summertime.
  • Chocolate wafers are enjoyed as a key ingredient in Oreos.
  • Ancient Aztecs thought chocolate had magical powers; like the ability to give them strength.

Key Date

  • July 3rd is National Chocolate Wafer Day.

Chocolate Wafer Fun Facts We Missed

Let us know if we missed any fun facts in the comment section or our food truck forum. We always love to add to these lists. If we can verify that the facts is just that, a fact, we will give the reader credit in the article.

Reference: Punchbowl: Fun Facts about National Chocolate Wafer Day.

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