Go ahead, eat some chocolates ... it's not all bad

Chocolate does not have much nutritional value although it has a fair amount of essential minerals. — Dreamstime/TNS

Historians credit Richard Cadbury, son of chocolatier John Cadbury, with the invention in 1861 of heart-shaped boxes filled with chocolates.

The box – after the candy was consumed – was intended to store sentimental love letters or locks of hair, which were common practices in the Victorian era.