REA DIN G Chocolate The Aztecs of Mexico knew about chocolate a long time ago. They made it into a drink. Sometimes they put hot chili peppers with the chocolate. They called the drink xocoatl, which means "bitter juice." This is where word chocolate comes from. drink from the land of The Spanish went to Mexico and took the the Aztecs back to Spain. The Spanish didn't like peppers, so they added sugar. They also liked to drink chocolate hot, and hot chocolate was born. This drink became very popular in Europe. People added different things like eggs to the chocolate drink. But everybody's favorite was chocolate in milk instead of water. Then the There was still no chocolate until around 1850. British made the first chocolate bar. Twenty-five years later, two men in Switzerland mixed milk with the hard chocolate. Milk chocolate became a favorite all over the world. ls chocolate good for you? For hundreds of years, people thought that chocolate was good for health. Doctors told people to have a chocolate drink for headaches and many other problems. Today, there is good news for chocolate lovers. Scientists think that a little bit of chocolate is good for you! It gives you energy and has vitamins to keep your body healthy. The Aztecs believed that chocolate made you intelligent. Today, we do not believe this. But chocolate has a special chemical called phenylethylamine. This is the same chemical the body makes when a person is in love. Which do you prefer-eating chocolate or being in love