History of Chocolate

Wardah Mohammed

Chocolate Train

• Mayans: pioneers of chocolate.• Chocolate in Aztec civilization.• Spain discovers chocolate.• Chocolates spreads through Europe.• Progress of Chocolate.• Chocolate goes global.

Mayans: Pioneers of Chocolate

• Mayans discover cacao.• Learned to eat it from monkeys.• Pleasant aroma motivated invention of

cacao beverage.

Cacao in Aztec Civilization

• Adopted from Mayans.• Highly valued cacao beans; used as

currency.• Also used in religious rituals and offerings.• Aztecs called cacao beverage ‘Xocolatl’.

Spain Discovers Chocolate

• 1519 – Hernan Cortez arrived in South America.

• Montezuma welcomed him and offered him Xocolatl.

• 1529 – Cortez introduced chocolate drink to Spain.

Chocolate in Europe

• Chocolate exported to other European countries.

• Spain kept source of the drink a secret.• Only wealthy could enjoy cocoa beverage.

Progress of Chocolate

• 1828 – Johannes Van Houten separated cocoa butter from ground cocoa beans.

• 1847 – Joseph Fry and Son made solid chocolate.

• 1849 – John Cadbury introduced chocolate candy bar.

Progress of chocolate

• 1875 – Milk chocolate was invented by Henri Nestle and Daniel Peter.

• 1879 – Rudolphe Lindt created a bar that ‘snaps’ and melts on the tongue.

• 1900 – Milton S. Hershey invented Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar.

Progress of chocolate

• 1923 – Mars company invented Milky Way• 1940s – Forrest Mars & Bruce Murrie

invented M&M’s.

Chocolate Goes Global

• Chocolate is prevalent around the world.

• “Seven days without chocolate makes one weak.”- Anonymous.