Chocolate

  • 1875 BCE

    Milk chocolate bars

    Milk chocolate bars
    Milk chocolate bars were invented by the company Nestlé in 1875, in Switzerland Many chocolate bars today are made by the same families that set up the first chocolate factories; Cadbury, Bournville, Lindt, Suchard etc.
  • 1847 BCE

    Solid chocolate bars

    Solid chocolate bars
    Solid chocolate bars were invented by Fry & Sons in 1847, in Bristol.Developed the first solid chocolate bar for sale.
  • 1519 BCE

    Xocoatl

    Xocoatl
    The ‘‘Xocoatl’’ was invented by the Mayas and Aztecs in 1519, in Mexico. Hernan Cortés reached Mexico in 1519, he was received with a great ceremony, and offered a thick chocolate drink out of a golden goblet by Aztec Emperor Moctezuma.
  • 600 BCE

    Cocoa

    Cocoa
    Cocoa was invented by the Maya Indians in 600 AD, in Mexico. Traded cocoa beans for other things like cloth.
  • 18 BCE

    Chocolate Houses

    Chocolate Houses
    ''Chocolate Houses'' were invented in the 18th, in London. Rodolphe Lindt invented a machine that helped make chocolate houses. After the invention of the cocoa press in the 19th century,
    chocolate could be mass-produced and so became
    available to everybody.
  • 1528

    Drinking chocolate

    Drinking chocolate
    Drinking chocolate was invented by the Spanish in 1528, in all the Courts of Europe. The Spanish added sugar to the chocolate drink and kept the recipe for making chocolate a secret for almost 100 years.