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1875 BCE
Milk chocolate bars
Milk chocolate bars were invented by the company Nestlé in 1875, in Switzerland Many chocolate bars today are made by the same families that set up the first chocolate factories; Cadbury, Bournville, Lindt, Suchard etc. -
1847 BCE
Solid chocolate bars
Solid chocolate bars were invented by Fry & Sons in 1847, in Bristol.Developed the first solid chocolate bar for sale. -
1519 BCE
Xocoatl
The ‘‘Xocoatl’’ was invented by the Mayas and Aztecs in 1519, in Mexico. Hernan Cortés reached Mexico in 1519, he was received with a great ceremony, and offered a thick chocolate drink out of a golden goblet by Aztec Emperor Moctezuma. -
600 BCE
Cocoa
Cocoa was invented by the Maya Indians in 600 AD, in Mexico. Traded cocoa beans for other things like cloth. -
18 BCE
Chocolate Houses
''Chocolate Houses'' were invented in the 18th, in London. Rodolphe Lindt invented a machine that helped make chocolate houses. After the invention of the cocoa press in the 19th century,
chocolate could be mass-produced and so became
available to everybody. -
1528
Drinking chocolate
Drinking chocolate was invented by the Spanish in 1528, in all the Courts of Europe. The Spanish added sugar to the chocolate drink and kept the recipe for making chocolate a secret for almost 100 years.