1. Find out about the history of chocolate, including how it first came to this country and how it was first used. Act out this story with your Patrol.
2. Find out as much as you can about where chocolate comes from and what journey a cocoa bean undergoes from picking to ending up as a bar of chocolate. What is fair trade chocolate? Which companies produce it? Compare the cost of a bar of fair trade chocolate with other well-known bars of an equivalent size.
3. Do a Patrol or family survey. Get everyone to keep a record of the chocolate they eat over a week. How do your results compare? What brands and varieties of chocolate are most popular? Use the Internet or visit your local library to find out what are the most popular brands of chocolate in the UK.
4. Design a wrapper for a 21st Century chocolate bar. Consider the name as well as the design. Do a drawing or painting of your wrapper or mock up a chocolate bar.
5. Set up a tasting session with your Patrol to try a variety of different chocolate products, e.g. chocolate drinks, Easter eggs, chocolate mousses chocolate biscuits.
6. Make at least two of the following using chocolate:
· Ribbons
· Curls
· Leaves
· Baskets
· Writing
· Boxes
· Cut-outs
· Ganache
7. Make up your own drink recipe using cocoa powder, drinking chocolate or a bar of chocolate. Prepare it and ask your Patrol to taste test it.
8. Make up a game using chocolates and play it with your Patrol.
9. Write a suitable story about a cartoon chocolate character. Read it to a young child.
10. Make a selection of sweets using melted chocolate. Work out how much they cost to make and compare this with similar bought chocolates.