the order to the chef to make something exquisite and unusual for the monarch louis 14, and maestro clementoreated a dessert called proline from rare and expensive ingredients at that time, almonds, sugar caramel and chocolate. the monarch, who at that time was only 5 years old, was delighted with the delicacy. a little later, scientists created a press, thanks to which it became possible to extract oil from cocoa beans. to end up with solid chocolate. this became a new stage in the development of confectionery art. masters experimented with forms. then the first candies appeared in the form of circles, rectangles, squares and, of course, hearts. only while they were without fillings. this situation was corrected at the beginning of the 20th century by the belgian jeanne neuhaus. he opens a confectionery factory where the soft, sweet composition is coated with hard chocolate. peter ii brought chocolate to russia. but by the end of the 19th century , russia had its own factories that specialized in caramel. candies similar to those invented by the belgian appeared already in... soviet times.