https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Most people associate chocolate with countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, but it wasn't these famous chocolate countries, where chocolate, as we know it today, was first made. It was in fact a small village in Aragon. https://www.thelocal.es/20200814/how-spain-invented-modern-chocolate-and-kept-it-secret-for-100-years Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:28:57 +0200 how-spain-invented-modern-chocolate-and-kept-it-secret-for-100-years Chocolate giant Mars on Tuesday ordered a massive recall of Mars and Snickers bars as well as Milky Way bars in Spain after plastic was found in a product. https://www.thelocal.es/20160223/mars-snickers-and-milky-way-bars-recalled-across-spain Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:23:39 +0100 mars-snickers-and-milky-way-bars-recalled-across-spain Spanish police have arrested a master 'turrón' (nougat) maker accused of concocting chocolates, formed in the shape of FC Barcelona's club crest, which contained the secret ingredients of magic mushrooms and marijuana. https://www.thelocal.es/20140422/spanish-cops-nab-willy-wonka-of-drug-chocolates Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:43:00 +0200 spanish-cops-nab-willy-wonka-of-drug-chocolates