The cacao bean was domesticated in present-day Ecuador more than 5,000 years ago. Even then it was considered a gift from the ...

Each year, lovebirds purchase about 58 million pounds of the stuff for Valentine’s Day, so why not you? After all, chocolate ...

The transformation of cacao bean to chocolate was discovered by the Olmec people more than 3,500 years ago. But it was the Mayan people who made chocolate the decadent treat we know it as today.

Try not to drool while you’re reading this. We have the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica (which was made up of countries in what we now know as Central America, and southern Mexico) to thank for ...

There’s something undeniably romantic about chocolate. Maybe it’s the silky texture, the way it melts effortlessly on your ...