Belgium is known for a couple of foods that are made or distributed worldwide. One of these foods are French fries which it is said that it was found in Belgium by an American soldier in WWI and brought back to America and being named French fries due to the language that was spoken in southern Belgium. Another one of these popular foods is Belgian chocolate. The cocoa is grounded finely and the chocolate is more high in cocoa than other international chocolates. Lastly, Belgian is also known for their Belgian waffles which are thicker and have deeper pockets than American waffles and are made with a yeasted batter and pearl sugar causing more fluffier waffles. Just like normal waffles they can be topped with anything.