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Chocolate: Did You Know?

Chocolate: Did You Know?. Information gathered from: Chocolate: A Sweet History by Sandra Markle (New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 2005) Photos by Margaret Sites. Did you know… .

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Chocolate: Did You Know?

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  1. Chocolate: Did You Know? Information gathered from: Chocolate: A Sweet History by Sandra Markle (New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 2005) Photos by Margaret Sites

  2. Did you know… that chocolate comes from a cacao tree? The cacao tree grows in Mexico because of the tropical climate. The cacao tree grows pods and inside are the seeds. We roast the seeds and grind them up. They are the most important ingredient in CHOCOLATE! The roasted seeds A cacao pod

  3. Did you know that a long time ago in Mexico you had to be rich to have chocolate? The ancient Mayan people were buried with their treasure and in some tombs there were cacao beans! This structure at found Chichén Itzá is an example of the impressive pyramids the Mayan people built.

  4. Did you know that in the year 1730 a machine was invented that made chocolate a lot easier to make? The machine ground the cacao beans. Using the machine made it cheaper to make chocolate, so people who weren’t rich could have some, too! The roasted beans go into the grinder and come out as liquid. It doesn’t taste good yet, because it doesn’t have any sugar in it.

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