Travelling ...chocoholics salivate – places to fulfil your chocolate craving.

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” – Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump

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The history of chocolate begins its 4,000 years in ancient Mesoamerica, present-day Mexico , and the birthplace of chocolate. It's here that the first cacao plants, the plant from which chocolate is made, were found.

What’s in the name- chocolate.

The Mayans called the drink “chocolhaa” (“bitter water”) and Aztecs called it “Xocolatl.” From those words eventually evolved the word “chocolate.” Cacao was used in special celebrations such as those for funeral rituals, war, or harvests.