History of chocolate

Chocolate comes from the fermented, roasted, and ground beans of the cacao or cocoa. The word "Chocolate" comes from the nahualt language of the Aztecs. The Nahualt word xocolatl means bitter water. The pre-Columbian peoples of the Americans drank chocolate mixed with vanilla, chile pepper, and achiote. Europeans sweetened it by adding sugar and milk and removing the chile pepper. They later created to make solid chocolate creating the modern chocolate bar. Although cocoa is originally from the Americas, today western Africa produces almost two-thirds of the world's cocoa, with Cote d'Ivoire growing almost half of it. Today, it is one of the most popular and recognizedable flavors in the world. There are many foods that contain chocolate such as chocolate bars, cand, ice cream, cookies, cakes, pies, chocolate mousse, and other desserts.