The History of Chocolate
Chocolate comes from cacao beans, which come from the
Cacao Tree, a tropical tree native to South America but now widely cultivated
all over the world. Chocolate is created by a complex process of cleaning,
blending, and roasting the beans, which are then ground up and mixed with
sugar, cocoa butter, and milk solids. Chocolate was discovered in the 16th
century by Spanish explorers in Mexico and sent it back to Spain, where it
spread across Europe and was finally perfected in Switzerland in the late 19th
century. Today the United States is the leading producer of chocolate.
