1. History of Chocolate
Wardah Mohammed

2. Chocolate Train
• Mayans: pioneers of chocolate.
• Chocolate in Aztec civilization.
• Spain discovers chocolate.
• Chocolates spreads through Europe.
• Progress of Chocolate.
• Chocolate goes global.

3. Mayans: Pioneers of Chocolate
• Mayans discover cacao.
• Learned to eat it from monkeys.
• Pleasant aroma motivated invention of
cacao beverage.

4. Cacao in Aztec Civilization
• Adopted from Mayans.
• Highly valued cacao beans; used as
currency.
• Also used in religious rituals and offerings.
• Aztecs called cacao beverage „Xocolatl‟.

5. Spain Discovers Chocolate
• 1519 – Hernan Cortez arrived in South
America.
• Montezuma welcomed him and offered
him Xocolatl.
• 1529 – Cortez introduced chocolate drink
to Spain.

6. Chocolate in Europe
• Chocolate exported to other European
countries.
• Spain kept source of the drink a secret.
• Only wealthy could enjoy cocoa beverage.

7. Progress of Chocolate
• 1828 – Johannes Van Houten separated
cocoa butter from ground cocoa beans.
• 1847 – Joseph Fry and Son made solid
chocolate.
• 1849 – John Cadbury introduced chocolate
candy bar.

8. Progress of chocolate
• 1875 – Milk chocolate was invented by Henri
Nestle and Daniel Peter.
• 1879 – Rudolphe Lindt created a bar that
„snaps‟ and melts on the tongue.
• 1900 – Milton S. Hershey invented Hershey's
Milk Chocolate Bar.

9. Progress of chocolate
• 1923 – Mars company invented Milky Way
• 1940s – Forrest Mars & Bruce Murrie
invented M&M‟s.

10. Chocolate Goes Global
• Chocolate is prevalent around the world.
• “Seven days without chocolate makes one
weak.”- Anonymous.