Chocolate is a preparation of roasted and ground cacao seeds that is
made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, which may also be
used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods. The earliest signs of use
are associated with Olmec sites (within what would become Mexico’s
post-colonial territory) suggesting consumption of chocolate beverages,
dating from 19 centuries BCE. The majority of Mesoamerican people made
chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs. The word chocolate
is derived from the Spanish word chocolate, deriving in turn from the
Classical Nahuatl word xocolātl.
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