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Can you list one or more countries where chocolate was first made?
Mexico / Mesoamerica, Ecuador, Latin America
About how how long has chocolate been around?
Over 4,000 years!
What were cocoa beans originally used for?
To make warm drinks
True of False: Ancient Mayans used cocoa beans as money?
TRUE!
Explorer Hernán Cortés brought first brought chocolate to which European country?
SPAIN
Spaniards made what big change to chocolate (to make it less bitter)?
They added SUGAR.
True or False: Only rich Europeans and Americans could afford to enjoy chocolate until the early 1900s..
TRUE
True or False: Thomas Jefferson did NOT think hot chocolate would become as popular as coffee or tea.
False!
