What are the origin or history of chocolate?

Answer 1

Though today we think of chocolate as a sweet solid, chocolate began in a bitter, liquid form called Chocolatl from the Aztecs and Mayan indians.

The first people who modern researchers know to have discovered cacao, which is what chocolate is made out of, were the ancient Mayans in about 250-900 CE. They grew cacao trees and harvested the beans. They would mix a paste from the beans with water, Chile, and cornmeal.

The Aztecs later traded with the Mayans and discovered chocolate. They drank it in a fashion similar to the ancient Mayans.

Common people almost never got chocolate, in these ancient societies it was reserved for royalty! It also played a role in Mayan and Aztec religious ceremonies.

In 1521, spanish conquistadors came to the Americas discovered cacoa. They realized its value and brought it back to Europe. Chocolate as the Mayans and Aztecs consumed it was too bitter for Europeans so they sweetened it with sugar. For a long time it was a symbol of elite European society and only those who were very wealthy could afford it. In France, it could only be consumed by royals.

Answer 2

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