Food & Beverage

πŸ‡ National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day 2025 – Mar 24

The perfect chewy combo of fruit & chocolate that’s a favorite among movie goers. Dark or milk chocolate Raisinets?

🍫 National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day ORIGIN & HISTORY

This is a sweet story about the beloved chocolate-covered raisin. National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day is celebrated on the 24th Day in March. The origin is unknown – supposedly NestlΓ© created it but for now, they’re denying the allegation. Nevertheless, people from all over the world love chocolate-covered raisins.

Even if Joon, in the 1993 film Benny & Joon thought raisins are grapes with their life sucked out of them … we still like ’em.

β€œThey used to be fat and juicy and now they’re twisted. They had their lives stolen. Well, they taste sweet, but really they’re just humiliated grapes. I can’t say I am a big supporter of the raisin council.”

Seriously though adding chocolate to a raisin is like giving the once plump grape a much-needed resuscitation. Needless to say, putting chocolate on raisins has been going on for a long time. People have enjoyed chocolate-covered raisins as early as ancient times in Mesoamerica. This is where cocoa comes from. They put cocoa on a great many things.

A Wrinkled STAR is Born

The most common household name for a chocolate-covered raisin is the Raisinets. This raisin recipe got its humble in 1927 beginning with the Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company of Philadelphia. Since then many companies have purchased this recipe. It has changed hands but in 1984 NestlΓ© bought raisinets and brought with them their knowledge of candy polishing until 2018. This is when NestlΓ© USA sold its US confectionery business and bought a vitamin company instead.

Meanwhile, you’ve heard the pop-culture expression β€œNobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger”? Well someone did. Ferrara Candy Company, an Italian chocolate & candy maker who churns our Ferrero Rocher and Nutella snapped it up for almost $3 billion.

FUN FACT: that chocolate layer surrounding the hazelnut in the middle of each Ferrero Rocher IS Nutella.

However chocolate-covered raisins are considered a healthier treat. They’re packed with fiber and antioxidants and are lower in calories than other commercial chocolates. It would be nice though if NestlΓ© would make use of coconut sugar or other healthier sweeteners such as stevia, erythritol, or monk fruit since they do go to the trouble of using Thompson seedless grapes from central California. Chocolate has theobromine, and raisins are a good source of fiber, B vitamins, folate, calcium, potassium, and Iron. In addition, you could even consider this as a tolerable pre-workout treat to give you some sustainable energy.

In New Zealand and Australia, they call them chocolate-covered sultanas. But here we use golden raisins. NestlΓ© has kept the making of raisinets in the United States. However, people all over the world enjoy chocolate-covered raisins especially as a movie time treat.

Even if NestlΓ© didn’t create the day I’m on board with whoever did.

🌞 HOW to Celebrate & Observe National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day?

Not sure how to LOVE the day? Here are a few interesting ideas.

Here are some activities that you can do on National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day!

πŸ’™ MAKE your own choco raisins

Try this homemade choco raisin recipe. Melt half a cup of chocolate to a cup of raisins and a little coconut oil. And when you’re finished, share some with your neighbors. These will go good in a sort of gourmet version of trail mix!

πŸ’™ EDUCATE thyself

There are numerous candy museums springing forth, documentaries to watch, food blogs, and plenty of candy coffee table books abound just waiting to give you the skinny on a chocolate-covered raisin.

πŸ’™ RAISE Social Awareness

Use social media posts with the hashtags #NationalChocolateCoveredRaisinDay, #ChocolateCoveredRaisinDay, #Raisins, #Chocolate, #FoodHolidays, #MarchHolidays, #Holiday, #FindADayToLOVE, #iHEARTdays to support the importance of celebrating, promoting, and sharing with the world why you ❀️ National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day.

LEARN more about RAISINETS

HOW RAISINETS ARE MADE

RAISINETS COMMERCIAL

FIVE Fun Facts you never knew about National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day

  1. When chocolate-covered raisins were first sold, movie theaters paid 1.25 cents a box and sold them for a nickel.
  2. Every single chocolate-covered Raisinet is polished to make it shine.
  3. Nestle purchased the rights to Raisinets in 1984 and was producing 21 million chocolate-covered raisins a day.
  4. Raisinets use a special seedless Thompson grape grown in California.
  5. Chocolate-covered raisins are a healthier snack but our gluten-free friends enjoy them as well.

Famous PEOPLE also born on March 24th

  • Joseph Priestley

    English chemist, philosopher & theologian best known for discovering oxygen and invented carbonated water. Born 1733.

    JOSEPH PRIESTLEY Quote

    β€œWhat I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.”

  • Harry Houdini

    Hungarian escape artist & illusionist famous for hundreds of tricks but best known for his milk can escape, the Chinese water torture cell where he had to hold his breath for three minutes, and the vanishing 10,000 lb elephant. Born 1874.

    HARRY HOUDINI Quote

    β€œWhat the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.”

  • Joseph Barbera

    American animator best known for his partnership with William Hanna on more than 250 cartoons including Tom and Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Smurfs, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo including DC & Marvel toons. Born 1911.

    JOSEPH BARBERA Quote

    β€œYou keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.”

Future DATES for National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day

Year Date Day of the Week
2023 March 24 Friday
2024 March 24 Sunday
2025 March 24 Monday
2026 March 24 Tuesday
2027 March 24 Wednesday

πŸ‡ Chocolate-Covered Raisins FAQ

Do chocolate-covered raisins make you POOP?

  • Raisins are able to soothe bowel movements. Eating soaked raisins not only helps prevent constipation but also keeps your digestion strong. This is because they’re high in fiber and act as natural laxatives when soaked in water.

How LONG do homemade chocolate-covered raisins LAST?

  • You can store chocolate-covered raisins you make in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Furthermore, you can also freeze chocolate-covered raisins for at least 3 months.

Why we LπŸ’œVE National CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN Day

Raisinets or sultanas, whatever you call them people enjoy them throughout the world. If you have a chocolate craving this is a treat more toward the healthier side. So give them as gifts during special occasions or any time. Raisinets are proudly made in the United States. Many chocolate companies make chocolate-covered raisins. Sun-Maid offers a most intriguing product – raisins covered in chocolate-flavored yogurt.

Also, people often pair chocolate and raisins & make these treats homemade and. For instance, double dipped chocolate-covered peanuts are one of my favorite treats. This combo of chocolate peanuts and chocolate raisins is a match made in heavenly goodness. Yum.

Chocolate Covered Sunshine

πŸ’—
Coastin Carl

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