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Chocolate is the food of the gods and the Mayans even worshipped a God of cacao and reserved chocolate for rulers.
In the1500's SPANISH conquistadors such as Hernás Cortes who sought gold and silver in Mexico returned instead with chocolate
In the 1500's bc chocolate was consumed as a bitter beverage for mood enhancing an invigorating drink.
Chocolate remained an aristocratic nectar until Dutch chemist Coenraad Johannes van Houten in 1828 invented the cocoa press which revolutionized
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In 1847 British chocolate company J.S Fry & Sons created the first solid edible chocolate bar from cocoa butter , cocoa powder and sugar.
Rodolphe Lindt's 1879 invention of the conching machine , which produced chocolate with a velvety texture and superior taste.
You don' need to have a sweet tooth to recognize the familiar names of the family companies such as Hershey and Mars that ushered in a chocolate boom in the late 1800's and early 1900's.