chocolate
the Aztecs of Mexico knew about chocolate a long time ago. they made it into a drink. somethings they put hot chill peppers with the chocolate. they called th edrink xocoatl, which means "bitter" juice this is where the word chocolate comes from.
the Spanish went to mexico and took the drink from the land of the Aztecs bace 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. there was still no hard chocolate untill around 1850. then the British made the first chocolate bar. twenty-five years later' two men in Switzerland mixed milk with the hard chocolate. milk chocolate soon became a favorite all over the world.
Is 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 loves. 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?