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The Morning Standard
|September 12, 2025
Ahead of International Chocolate Day, let's walk through movies that feature chocolate recipes in the most poignant ways stirring up hearts
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens might be Maria von Trapp's favorite things, but ahead of International Chocolate Day, celebrated on September 13, honoring the birthday of Milton S. Hershey, the founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company, we ought to admit that there is a far more universal comfort: chocolate. On screen, it has served as a symbol of indulgence, temptation, love, rebellion, revenge, and even survival. Where roses wilt and kittens grow, chocolate remains an unshakable constant, melting its way into the fictional land and into us.
Chocolate has become a universal prop. In Leo's teaser, Vijay's character is in a chocolate factory, the smooth flow of chocolate intercut with the jarring, violent chaos of his hidden self. It's a bloody narrative that culminates in a line that has echoed through that film, "Bloody sweet." Or consider
This story is from the September 12, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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