History of Chocolate

By lawrence.645
  • Chocolate Medicine
    1570

    Chocolate Medicine

    Cocoa gains popularity as a medicine and aphrodisiac
  • Chocolate Pastilles

    Chocolate Pastilles

    Eating solid chocolate is introduced in the form of pastilles
  • Chocolate Mill

    Chocolate Mill

    Irish chocolate-maker John Hanan and American Dr. James Baker builds America’s first chocolate mill
  • Swiss Chocolate Factory

    Swiss Chocolate Factory

    Francois-Louis Cailler from Corsier, Switzerland opens the first Swiss chocolate factory
  • Solid Chocolate

    Solid Chocolate

    The first solid chocolate bar is made
  • Hershey Kisses

    Hershey Kisses

    The first Hershey’s Kisses are introduced at the Hershey factory in Pennsylvania
  • Chocolate Chip

    Chocolate Chip

    The chocolate chip is introduced by Ruth Graves Wakefield
  • M&Ms

    M&Ms

    During World War II, troops carry small tubes of multi-colored, candy-coated chocolate buttone, which leads to M&Ms being sold exclusively to the military