History of chocolate

Megan Giller, author of Bean-to-Bar: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, on what it all means for our national sweet tooth.

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For those with a sweet tooth, chocolate is probably something you simply cannot live without. But how exactly did chocolate come to be on our shelves today?

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Megan Giller, author of Bean-to-Bar: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, on what it all means for our national sweet tooth.

Contrary to popular belief, chocolate is not native to Belgium or France. In fact, it wasn’t introduced to Belgium or France— or anywhere else in Europe for that matter— until just a few centuries ago.

Chocolate is a delicious food made from the seeds of a cacao tree. Originating in the Americas, it is now primarily grown in West Africa. Click for more Chocolate facts or download the worksheet collection.

Infographic describing the benefits of dark chocolate.

This is a funny reading about Chocolate. This worksheet can be useful for exams - ESL worksheets

From its journey to Europe from the New World at the beginning of the sixteenth century to its modern-day iteration as we know it, chocolate climbed its way into the hearts and homes of people all over the world. In its long and fruitful evolution through time, we've pulled together a timeline of chocolate's history from Europeans first encounter with the substance with the Aztecs through the Heirloom Cacao Initiative in 2014.