Chocolate is made from cacao beans found inside cacao pods. Cacao trees are native to Central and South America. The beans are dried and roasted to create cocoa. Cocoa beans are refined into nibs, melted into liquor, then blended with sugar and milk.
Civet cats in Indonesia eat coffee beans, poop them out, and this supposedly improves the coffee. Some think chocolate is made this way too, but it is not.
Chocolate comes from carefully handled cacao beans, not animal poop. Safety controls ensure quality. Even if it smells bad, chocolate is still safe to eat. Smell depends on cocoa type, fermentation, and roasting.
Cacao beans contain indole, which smells unpleasant. But chocolate has other nice aromas that overwhelm indole. Roasting also changes the smell.
Ingredients like dairy and caffeine can cause bathroom issues. But stopping chocolate may not help if you remain constipated. Check your diet or see a doctor.
Vanilla chocolate combines cocoa butter, milk, sugar and vanilla. Chocolate ice cream uses cocoa powder too. The cocoa must be at least 2% of the mix.
Charles wanted to keep his ice cream recipe secret, but it became public. He used cream, orange flower water and other flavors.