Chocolate, our favourite confection devoured by the whole world, has a long and interesting history that goes back thousands of years. The history of chocolate starts in the rainforests of the Amazon ...

We have the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica (which was made up of countries ... misspelled cacao when they brought the beans home, and so cocoa stuck. 1 bean = 1 ripe avocado 4 beans = 1 pumpkin ...

The Aztecs and Mayans of ancient Mesoamerica initially consumed cocoa beans as part of a sacred, bitter drink reserved for their elite. This practice eventually made its way to Europe in the 16th ...