Welcome
to the wonderful world of Chocolate
All about the amazing health
benefits of eating great tasting chocolate &
chocolate candy, especially dark chocolates!
Types of Chocolates
- Milk Chocolates - Dark
Chocolates - White
Chocolates
- Gourmet Chocolates -
Chocolate Bars
- Chocolate covered cherries,
pretzels, nuts, apples, popcorn & more
- Sugarless Chocolates
- Chocolate Cookies &
Cakes
- International Chocolates
- Chocolate Drinks &
Ice Cream
- Chocolate holiday candies
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CHOCOLATE
HISTORY
 Millions
of people worldwide love chocolate, but very few
chocolate lovers know the beginnings of chocolate.
. . where does chocolate comes from, how is chocolate
made, etc.
The history of chocolate
is very fascinating. Most of the world didn't
know chocolate existed until Columbus went to
the Americas and took the cacao bean with him
back to Spain. However, it wasn't until the Conquistadors
went to Mexico that the Spaniards actually discovered
the wonders of the caca bean.
The Aztecs and Mayans worshipped
the cacao bean and believed it was a food of the
Gods. The Aztecs used it as both nourishment and
currency. They believed the fruit of the cacao
tree imparted wisdom and they made a special drink
with it called xocolatl, of which the Aztec emperor
Montezuma is said to have consumed large amounts
every day.
When the Spaniards conquered
the Aztecs, they were fascinated by cacao but
thought the xocolatl drink was too bitter, so
they added cane sugar to it and drank it hot,
thus creating the first hot cocoa.
The Spanish kept their
new discovery a secret from the rest of Europe
for about 100 years. With
the decline of Spain as a power, the secret of
cacao bean leaked out at last, and the Spanish
Crown's monopoly of the chocolate trade came to
an end. In a few years the knowledge of it had
spread through France, Italy, Germany, and England.
In 1847 the first solid
chocolate bar was created by Fry & Sons in Bristol,
England. The first milk chocolate bar was created
in 1875 in Switzerland by Daniel Peters. The first
chocolate factory in the United States was founded
in 1765 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Today, chocolate
is big business and is sold world wide. The small
cacao bean has come a long way to spread delight
to your taste buds.
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