History of Chocolate

By lawrence.645
  • 1570

    Chocolate Medicine

    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