Who invented milk chocolates?

Answer 1

Today there are multiple Swiss chocolate manufacturers who all claim responsibility for inventing the first Milk Chocolate. However, the first milk chocolate was the product of the collaboration between Henry Nestle, a maker of condensed milk, and his friend Daniel Peter. In 1876 Peter started experimenting with mixing milk and chocolate for a less bitter chocolate but his first attempts failed because the high water content in milk didn't allow proper binding. After eight years of experimenting he finally struck gold when mixing Nestle's condensed milk instead of fresh milk thus creating the first "milk chocolate". Peter then started his own business called: "Peter, Cailler, Kohler" and solely relied on Nestle's condensed milk. In 1929, Nestle eventually acquired "Peter, Cailler, Kohler".

The first milk chocolate however was only a beverage and not a bar like we are used to today. The step from liquid to bar was made possible in 1879 by Rodolphe Lindt who was the first to add cocoa butter back to the mixture thus creating the solid chocolate bar as we know it today!

Although the above information is correct, milk chocolate was first invented quite some time earlier. The first milk chocolate appeared in 1689 as a drink made in Jamaica by Hans Sloane and apparently used for medicinal purposes

Answer 2

Swiss confectioner Daniel Peter, in cooperation with Henri Nestlé in Vevey, developed the first solid milk chocolate using condensed milk in 1875,