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 xocolatl, which means "bitter juice."this the where the world chocolate come from
the spanish went to mexico and took the drink from the land of the Aztecs back to spain. the spanish didn't like pepper, 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 until around 1850. then the british made the first chocolate bar. twenty-five year later, two mean 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. doctor 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 vitamins to keep your body health