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In 1847 the first sweet, eating chocolate bar was developed by J.S. Fry & Sons in Bristol, England. Walter Baker followed quickly in 1849 with his own sweet chocolate brand, Caracas, which was the same name as one of the highest quality cacao beans available on the market at the time. It is not clear if the earliest version of the Caracas chocolate bar was made specifically for eating, but it ultimately enjoyed a long life as one of Baker’s most popular sweet chocolates for eating and drinking well into the twentieth century.
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Early Baker's Caracas
Sweet Chocolate 1/4 lb. package |
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One of Baker’s best known but also most confused products is German’s chocolate. The confusion surrounding the German’s chocolate name goes all the way back to its creation in 1852. German’s Sweet Chocolate was named after its creator, Samuel German, not in reference to the country of Germany. Samuel German, an Englishman and Walter Baker’s former coachman, became a senior chocolate maker during his years at Baker’s. The chocolate German developed, advertised as a favorite with children, became one of the most popular eating and baking chocolates available. Samuel German’s chocolate has truly lasted the test of time and can be bought in stores today still under the name Baker’s German Chocolate. Over the years, the name “German’s” turned into “German.” The origin of “German Chocolate Cake" comes from the use of this chocolate in the recipe.
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Early Baker's German's
Sweet Chocolate 1/4 lb. package |
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Some of Baker’s other sweet chocolate brand names included Eagle Chocolate, Vanilla Chocolate, and French Chocolate. Uncharacteristically slow on development, Baker’s finally introduced its first milk chocolate in 1928, forty-nine years after the first milk chocolate was created in Switzerland by Daniel Peter and Henri Nestlé.
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