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Fannie May Offering Free Samples on Milk Chocolate Day

Stores will celebrate the big day on July 28. How will you be recognizing the occasion?

Mark your calendar now: Sunday -- July 28 -- is National Milk Chocolate Day.

To celebrate, area Fannie May stores will be handing out free samples. Just drop by the Bolingbrook store at the Promenade Bolingbrook mall. 

Have you ever wondered how milk chocolate is different from other chocolates?

The answer—according to the party planning experts at PunchBowl.com—is milk chocolate is a mix of cocoa solid and either dry or condensed milk. Here is a littlle more of what they had to say on the subject: "While dark chocolate is used traditionally as a baking ingredient, milk chocolate is used to make chocolate candy bars, hot chocolate and many delicious desserts."

One more fact, this courtesy of Wikipedia.com: The U.S. Government requires a 10 percent concentration of chocolate liquor in milk chocolate products.

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