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What is the history of chocolate?

What is the history of chocolate?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 2 Monaten

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Do you love eating sweet chocolate bars? What if we told you that
your favorite treat used to be actual money, or that people used to
drink it spicy and bitter?! Trace the epic, 3,000-year history of
chocolate! Travel back in time to the ancient Maya and Aztec
empires, where chocolate was a frothy, fiery cold drink that gave
powerful warriors super energy. Discover how you could actually buy
a whole live turkey using just 100 cacao beans! Then, hop on a
wooden ship to Europe, where people finally added sweet sugar and
vanilla to make the very first hot chocolate. Learn how amazing
machines during the Industrial Revolution changed everything,
pressing out cocoa powder to create the world's first solid,
bite-sized chocolate bar! Plus, find out how sweet milk chocolate
was finally invented, and hear the crazy story of a weird,
potato-flavored chocolate brick made specifically for soldiers in
World War II! Get ready for a delicious, mouth-watering historical
adventure that will definitely leave you hungry for more!