Archaeologists discovered traces of chocolate in ceramic pottery that was used by people of the ancient Mayo-Chinchipe culture 5,300 years ago in South America.

Before that, cocoa beans were ground into a paste, which was mixed with water, vanilla, chili pepper, and other spices, and then the mixture was cooked into a chocolate drink. The Mayan aristocracy used to drink foaming chocolate drinks, while simple people would eat chocolate by adding it to a cold dish that looked like porridge.

Chocolate was brought to Europe in the 1500s. They would also cook drinks from cocoa, sweetening them with cane sugar and adding cinnamon. During these times, chocolate was also a sign of luxury and was available to royalty and the elite.

In 1828, a cocoa press was been invented, and it started a new era for chocolate. Now people learned to use chocolate as a confectionery ingredient.

In 1847, the first edible chocolate bar from cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and sugar was invented. In the 1870s, in Switzerland, the first chocolate using milk powder was created. This is how the milk chocolate that we all know today first appeared.

As the result of inventions of the 19th-century, chocolate turned into a non-expensive product that everyone could afford.

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