The History of Chocolate

By hunterbm
  • America is Discovered
    Aug 3, 1492

    America is Discovered

    America is discovered by Christopher Columbus.
  • Chocolate is Brought to Spain
    Nov 22, 1492

    Chocolate is Brought to Spain

    King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella look at cocoa for the first time as beans.
  • Chocolate we Know Today
    Dec 9, 1492

    Chocolate we Know Today

    Spanish Monks played around with the subtance with spices like cinnamin and vanilla.
  • Food to the "gods"
    May 16, 1519

    Food to the "gods"

    Hernando Cortez travels to meet King Montezuma the King of the Aztecs. Finds out that Chocolate is a religious drink and the king drinks 50 portions of it in a day.
  • Chocolate Houses

    Chocolate Houses

    In 1657 the first English Chocolate Houses appeared in England
  • Chocolate for All!

    Chocolate for All!

    By this time chocolate dropped in price from $3.00 to where every person could afford it.
  • D-R-O-P $$$$

    D-R-O-P $$$$

    By 1828, the chocolate press is invented ant reduces the prices even further.
  • "Eating" Chocolate

    "Eating" Chocolate

    The English made eatable chocolate instead of the ground up chocolate that dominated the English market.
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    Flying Chocolate

    During World War II the allies droped chocolate from transport aircraft with parachutes! Each ration was 4-ounces.
  • My favorite type of chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!

    My favorite type of chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!

    My favorate type of chocolate is in a candy bar with almonds and the Oreo hershey chocolate bar.