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A History of Chocolate Not Commonly Known

From the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs of Mexico, the word chocolate is derived from the word xocolatl a combining of the words, xocolli which means acrid and atl which is water.
It has been indicated that the Spaniards Struck the word employing the Maya word chocol and replacing [...]

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A Sweet History of Chocolate

It starts with the cacao tree, which is about as far away from a Hershey bar as you can get. It is a small evergreen tree native to the deep tropical regions of South America, ranging from far southern Mexico to the Amazon. You pick a big, green, almond-shaped melon off of this tree and [...]

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A Serious Look at the Health Advantages of Chocolate

Cocoa is the liquid produced from the beans of the Theobroma cacao plant Once it has been processed, this is called cacao liquor. There are various choices to using cocoa, you can add sugar and additional ingredients, for instance adding milk solids make chocolate either dark chocolate [...]

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Chocolate: Heavenly Taste In Many Forms

Chocolate comes from the cocoa plant. For hundreds of years, different cultures have used chocolate for flavoring. In addition to being a favorite food, chocolate has been used throughout history for medical purposes. While the many varieties of chocolate delacacies have continued to change throughout time, the demand for it continues to grow.
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A Brief History About Godiva Chocolate

When in doubt, sex it up. Chocolate in various forms had been a fixture of the European diet since it was first imported by Spain from Mexico in the sixteenth century. Consumed at first in liquid form, by the late seventeenth century chocolate was a popular flavoring for cakes and pastry, and soon Switzerland and [...]

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