Chocolate History

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  • 1502

    discovery of cocoa

    Cacao was discovered by Columbus during his 4th voyage to the Americas in 1502.

  • First chocolate factory

    The first Chocolate factory was founded in the U.S. by John Hannon and Dr. James Baker.

  • Fat remove process invented

    A process was invented by Dutch chemist Coenraad J. vanHouten to partially defat (i.e. remove fat from) cocoa.

  • first Chocolate bar

    Joseph Fry invented the first chocolate bar.

  • White chocolate invented

    Nestle makes first white chocolate named Galak.

  • chocolate chip cookie born

    Chocolate chip cookie was invented. Ruth Wakefield sold her recipe to Nestle in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.