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The Maya Native Americans of Central America are thought to be the first to make chocolate, around the year 300 AD. The Maya's chocolate was a beverage, and it stayed that way for centuries. Chocolate wasn't a solid food until the early 1800's. Later, the Aztec took found the secret of chocolate, but the merciless Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez killed many Aztecs and stole the secret from them. The secret didn't get outside of Spain for a century. The Olmec grew cacao way before that, though, around the year 1500 BC. But they didn't actually make the drink.

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