Chocolate

  • Jan 19, 1500

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    People in Central America begin to drink chocolate
  • Jan 19, 1500

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    The Aztecs started to drink chocolate. Then the Spanish brought chocolate to Spain. Later chocolate drinking spreads to other parts of Europe.
  • Jan 22, 1502

    Christopher Columbus introduced the cocoa bean to Spain. In Spain the bean was crushed and mixed with sugar and spices and became a popular drink.

  • Chocolate went further when a coffeehouse in London began using chocolate to make the very first chocolate cakes and cookies.

  • French man opened a shop in London selling both the hot chocolate and solid chocolate to be made into a beverage.

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    A chocolate house opens in England where people went to buy a glass of chocolate
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    The first chocolate factory opened in America.
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    Back then steam engines were used to grind cocoa beans making chocolate cheaper.
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    In 1847 the first chocolate bar was made
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    Prince Albert's Exposition in London was the first time that Americans were introduced to bonbons, chocolate creams, hand candies (called "boiled sweets"), and caramels.
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    Richard Cadbury created the first known heart-shaped candy box for Valentine's Day.
  • Daniel Peter of Switzerland added dried milk to the process of making chocolate.

  • Rodolfe Lindt invents machine where the addition of cocoa butter to the cocoa mass followed by a prolonged kneading process produced a glossy, velvety smooth chocolate

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    Daniel Peter and Henri Nestlé joined together to form the Nestlé Company and Rodolphe Lindt of Berne, Switzerland, produced a more smooth and creamy chocolate that melted on you tongue.
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    The first known published recipe for chocolate brownies appeared in the Sears and Roebuck Catalogue.
  • Jean Tobler opens a chocolate facotry in the Switzerland. 'Toblerone' invneted a special blend of cocoa and almonds.

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    Milky way went on say in the usa.
  • Mars invented first filled chocolate bar

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    Belgian chocolatier, Joseph Draps starts the Godiva Company to compete with Hershey's and Nestle's American market.
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    Snickers and Freddo go on sale