History of Chocolate - Timeline

First recorded use of cocoa beans in ___________

• Myanmar

• Mexico

• Malaysia

Answer explanation

First recorded use of cacao beans by the Olmec Indians in Mexico.

What do the Ancient Maya of Mexico and Central America mix to transform cacao into beverage?

• chilli

• cinnamon

• sugar

Answer explanation

The Ancient Maya of Mexico and Central America made cacao drink into a spicy drink mixed with chilli.

Do you know in 1519, Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés reported that Aztec ruler Moctezuma II drank 50 cups a day.

The Aztecs used cacao seeds as money.

• True

• Falso

Answer explanation

Yes, the Maya, another group of ancient people from Mesoamerica, start using cocoa beans as money.

The first European to come into contact with cacao was ___________________

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortés

Answer explanation

Christopher Columbus is the first European to come into contact with cacao.

The ______________ brought cacao home and flavoured it with cinnamon and sugar.

• Aztecs

• Spanish

Answer explanation

Cortés brings the drink back to Spain in 1528, where the Spaniards make one big change—to add sugar.

The first chocolate house was opened in ________________.

• Mexico

• England

• Europe

Answer explanation

Chocolate houses become popular gathering spots for rich Europeans and Americans to meet over a hot chocolate drink.

J.S. Fry and Sons of England produced the first _________________ of Eating Chocolates.

• moulded bar

• hot chocolate

Answer explanation

J.S. Fry and Sons of England adds extra cacao butter to liquid chocolate, turning it solid and creating the first mass-produced chocolate bars. Over the next several decades, chocolate makers add milk powder to their recipes to create milk chocolate.

_____________________ of England introduced the first mass marketed boxes of chocolates.

• Cadbury Brothers

• Toblerone Brothers

• Nestle Brothers

Answer explanation

Cadbury launched their first mass marketed boxes of milk chocolate bar in 1897.