What is your favorite way to enjoy chocolate? Is it a mug of hot chocolate on a cold day? Is it a good chocolate bar? Perhaps you like a taste of chocolate ice cream. Is your favorite dessert a piece of dark chocolate cake with lots of creamy chocolate icing? Chocolate is one of world's favorite flavors.
Chocolate comes from the cacao tree which is native to Mexico,Central America and South America. People have been growing and using the cacao tree to make chocolate for at least 3000 years. In ancient times chocolate was not sweetened. It was a bitter drink. Today we like our chocolate sweetened. We like chocolate with sugar added to it. Chocolate has spread throughout the world. It has become on of the most popular foods in the world.