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The History of

Chocolate
Chocolate bars. Chocolate ice cream. Chocolate milk. Delicious!
But where does chocolate come from?

Chocolate is made from the fruit of cacao trees, starting about 10 million years
ago. The Olmecs of Mexico were probably the first to grow the cacao plant.
It is thought that they used the cacao beans to make drinks, but there is no
written history for the Olmecs.

The Olmecs passed their cacao The Spanish Conquistador, Hernán


knowledge to the Ancient Maya of Cortés, arrived in Central America in
Mexico and Central America, who 1519. There he saw the Aztec Emperor
made chocolate into a spicy drink drinking ‘Xocalatl’, the earliest known
used in ceremonies. Cacao started to hot chocolate, and Cortés realised the
become very precious. Later the Aztecs great value that it had. Almost ten
used cacao for trade and the cacao years later, Cortés established a cacao
seeds as a form of money. plantation for trading. He took the
beans back to Spain along with the
In 1502, Christopher Columbus was
chocolate drink recipe. Here, cinnamon
the first European explorer to come
and other spices were added to the
into contact with cacao beans when
bitter brew and it was sweetened
he and his crew captured a trade ship.
with sugar.
He presumed the beans were a type
of almond and brought them back
to Europe, not knowing the potential
value of the unusual beans.

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The History of Chocolate
In 1657, the first chocolate house was Today, chocolate is a multi-billion
opened in London. Cacao was an dollar industry and people all over
expensive import and only the rich the world love the taste of chocolate.
could afford to drink chocolate. In fact, This is an industry that will not go
in France, chocolate could be drunk away any time soon. You can even
only by the royal family. make your own!

Up until the 1700s, chocolate was


mainly a drink, but in 1830 the first
real, moulded chocolate bar was
produced. By the late 19th century,
chocolate companies such as Cadbury
were mass-producing boxes of
chocolates.

Did you know...?

To make a good chocolate you only need four ingredients: cocoa beans, cocoa
butter, sugar and milk powder.

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The History of Chocolate

Questions
1. Who were the first to grow the cacao plant? Tick one.

the ancient Maya


the Olmec
Christopher Columbus

2. True or False? The Aztecs used cacao seeds as a form of money.

True
False
3. Who was the first European explorer to come into contact with cacao beans? What did he
think it was?



4. Fill in the missing words.


Hernán Cortés saw the Aztec Emperor drinking ‘Xocalatl’, also known as
 .

5. How did the Spanish make the bitter cacao drink tastier?


6. Where was the first chocolate house opened? 

7. Up until the 1700s, why could only the rich afford to drink hot chocolate?



8. When was the first chocolate bar produced to eat? Tick one.

1830
By the late 19th century
1657

9. Find and copy the term used for ‘producing large quantities’. 


10. What ingredients would you need to make your own chocolate?


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