Chocolate itself first began as Xocolatl, or “bitter water,” a spiced drink made from ground cacao beans, chiles and spices that originated with the Aztecs and Mayans. Xocolatl “was mostly ...

Cacao beans were first harvested and used by the Mayan and Aztec Kingdoms as a type of currency and they were also used to prepare a beverage called xocolatl (chocolate). They were believed to ...

The pre-Columbian Aztecs of Mexico made xocolatl (xoco means bitter and atl means water) from the cacahuatl. The Spanish conquistadors in Mexico, circa 1520, were the first Europeans to be introduced ...

The combination of pistachio kunafa and chocolate is making waves in the dessert world, Hyderabad-based Zuci Chocolate has ...

They regarded chocolate as an aphrodisiac and their Emperor, Montezuma reputedly drank it fifty times a day from a golden goblet and is quoted as saying of Xocolatl: “The divine drink ...