The Most Interesting Facts about Chocolate :) The earliest recorded use of chocolate can be traced back to tribes in southern Mexico (100 BCE), who made a chocolate drink from cacao beans. People have been using cacao beans to produce chocolate for thousands of years.</p>\n "home_text": "<p>Cacao trees grow on what are called cacao plants. Most scientists believe that cacao trees were domesticated around 4,000 years ago in South America. In 1528, the famous Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes brou2 photos

Cacao trees grow on what are called cacao plants. Most scientists believe that cacao trees were domesticated around 4,000 years ago in South America. In 1528, the famous Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes brought cacao beans from South America as a gift for the Spanish royal family. Soon, all Spanish nobles began drinking hot chocolate with spices. The first chocolate bar was made in Mexico around 300 years later. Much later, in the 1840s, the Cadbury company in the UK began producing edible chocolate, which soon became popular around the world.