Who first invented chocolate?

Who invented chocolate? Chocolate's 4,000-year history began in ancient Mesoamerica, present day Mexico. It's here that the first cacao plants were found. The Olmec, one of the earliest civilizations in Latin America, were the first to turn the cacao plant into chocolate.
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Who was the first to discover chocolate?

The history of chocolate can be traced to the ancient Mayans, and even earlier to the ancient Olmecs of southern Mexico. The word chocolate may conjure up images of sweet candy bars and luscious truffles, but the chocolate of today is little like the chocolate of the past.
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Who invented chocolate and when was it invented?

The creation of the first modern chocolate bar is credited to Joseph Fry, who in 1847 discovered that he could make a moldable chocolate paste by adding melted cacao butter back into Dutch cocoa.
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Where was chocolate first found?

What Is the Birthplace of Chocolate? Archaeologists have discovered the earliest traces of cacao in pottery used by the ancient Mayo-Chinchipe culture 5,300 years ago in the upper Amazon region of Ecuador.
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When was the first chocolate created?

The history of chocolate began in Mesoamerica. Fermented beverages made from chocolate date back to 450 BC. The Mexica believed that cacao seeds were the gift of Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom, and the seeds once had so much value that they were used as a form of currency.
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How did chocolate get its name?

It means 'food of the gods'. This also shows how significant 'chocolate' was in past times. According to Oxford English Dictionary, the English word for 'chocolate' comes from the whole another language, Nahuatl. Its word 'chocolatl' was also meant as a drink made of many ingredients, but mostly including cacao beans.
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Who made dark chocolate?

History of Dark Chocolate:

Dark chocolate comes from Mexico and South America. Pre-Columbian societies through the Maya and Aztec used the cacao drink for ceremonial and medicinal purposes, and also as a luxury for the elite. Cacao has been cultivated for, at least, three millennia.
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Who invented white chocolate?

White chocolate was invented by the Nestlé company in Switzerland. The first white chocolate bar debuted in 1930.
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What is the oldest chocolate company?

Baker's Chocolate isn't a household name, which is surprising, because it is the oldest chocolate brand in the United States. Founded in Massachusetts in the 1760s by John Hannon and Dr. James Baker, the company was sold to Dr.
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Who is the god of chocolate?

An ancient Toltec myth identifies Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god, as planter of the cacao trees in the tropics of southern Mexico. He was called "the god of light, the giver of the drink of the gods, chocolate." Both the Mayas and Aztecs regarded chocolate as a potent aphrodisiac.
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Who first brought chocolate to Europe?

Legend has it that explorer Hernán Cortés brought chocolate to his homeland in 1528.
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What is chocolate made of poop?

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In fact, the entire gimmick behind this chocolate bar is the fact that it contains poop. It contains the poop of a civet cat (or kopy luwak) from Indonesia. Civet cats are famous for eating coffee beans, then pooping them out, and for some reason this makes the coffee better.
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What is the oldest candy?

Good & Plenty is believed to be the oldest candy brand in the USA. The pink-and-white capsule-shaped chewy licorice was first produced in 1893 in Philadelphia. It's still found at concession stands everywhere, which makes Good & Plenty a treat that can be enjoyed by candy lovers of all ages.
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Who invented chocolate cake?

The history of chocolate cake goes back to 1764, when Dr. James Baker discovered how to make chocolate by grinding cocoa beans between two massive circular millstones. A popular Philadelphia cookbook author, Eliza Leslie, published the earliest chocolate cake recipe in 1847 in The Lady's Receipt Book.
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Where is chocolate come from?

It all starts with a small tropical tree called the Theobroma cacao tree. The cacao tree is native to Central and South America, but it is grown commercially throughout the tropics. About 70% of the world's cacao is grown in Africa. A cacao tree can produce close to two thousand pods per year!
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What are the 4 types of chocolate?

Here's everything you need to know about the different types of chocolate.
  • Milk Chocolate.
  • White Chocolate.
  • Dark Chocolate.
  • Semisweeet Chocolate.
  • Bittersweet Chocolate.
  • Unsweetened Chocolate (or Baking Chocolate)
  • Cocoa Powder.
  • Sweet German Chocolate.
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What is the pink chocolate?

Scientists have invented a new chocolate called “ruby,” Swiss cocoa giant Barry Callebaut. Ruby chocolate features a reddish-pink hue and has a fruity, berry-like flavor. According to Barry Callebaut, the chocolate is made from the Ruby cocoa bean and has no berry flavoring or color added.
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What is real chocolate?

'Real' chocolate is made using sugar and two ingredients obtained from the cocoa bean (cocoa mass and cocoa butter) as well as sugar for dark chocolate, but sugar and milk powder for milk chocolate. White chocolate is made from cocoa butter (usually up to 50% of the cocoa bean), milk powder and sugar.
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Who invented chocolate chips?

The “chocolate chip” name got around a bit before finally settling on the sweet bits we know and devour today. The origins of the modern chocolate chip lie with Ruth Wakefield, the woman who created the Toll House cookie in the 1930s.
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Which came first chocolate or vanilla?

Because they think vanilla (due to its white color) is the basis for all other flavors. However, according to historical evidence, chocolate was the flavor invented first!
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Who invented strawberry milk?

In 1948, Nestlé launched a drink mix for chocolate-flavored milk called Nestle Quik in the USA. They released their strawberry version in 1968.
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Why is white chocolate White?

What's white chocolate? Actually it isn't even chocolate because it does not contain cocoa particles. It is just cocoa butter mixed with sugar, often with a little vanilla added for flavoring.
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Which came first Snickers or Twix?

Then came Snickers (1930), Mars Bar (1932), Whole Nut (1933), Aero and Kit Kat (1935), Maltesers (1936), and Smarties (1937). Later came Bounty (1951), Picnic (1958), Galaxy (1960), Topic (1962), Toffee Crisp (1963), Twix (1967) followed by Yorkie, Double Decker, and Lion Bar (1976), and Wispa (1983).
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