When was chocolate discovered?

Question

Any chocolate, coco, the actual first chocolate.

Answer 1

The first people known to have made chocolate were the ancient cultures of Mexico and Central America. These people, including the Maya and Aztec, mixed ground cacao seeds with various seasonings to make a spicy, frothy drink.
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/Chocolate/history.html

Spanish explorers brought back the rich, dark frothy beverage used by the Aztecs to the Spanish royalty in the early 1500s.
http://www.psimports.net/CulinaryTour/Chocolate.html

The chocolate residue found in an ancient Maya pot suggests that Mayans were drinking chocolate 2,600 years ago, which is the earliest record of cacao use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate#Origins

Answer 2

Chocolate was discovered by a Spanish explorer, Hernando Cortez in the 1920s. The first people known to have made chocolate were the ancient cultures of Mexico and Central America. These people, including the Maya and Aztec, mixed ground cacao seeds with various seasonings to make a spicy, frothy drink.

Later, the Spanish conquistadors brought the seeds back home to Spain, where new recipes were created. Eventually, and the drink’s popularity spread throughout Europe. Since then, new technologies and innovations have changed the texture and taste of chocolate, but it still remains one of the world’s favorite flavors.

Answer 3

Some books say it was Cortez that discoverd it in Mexico in the 1500's, but I am sure the Mexicans knew about it before that...

Answer 4

2000 years ago by ancient Mayas

Answer 5

maybe the ancient Mayans

Answer 6

Well, see, these Indians in Central America tried smoking cocoa first..............

Answer 7

18th century