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Sitting in the cafeteria with my not-so-good lunch, I look over to my right and see my friend eating his great lunch with a chocolate bar for his dessert. I ask myself if I should ask him for a piece or if I should try to find some money that would buy me a chocolate bar. I finally get the courage to ask if I could have a piece. He gives me a miniature size piece of the bar. As I lean back in my chair and finish this great snack, I look over again to see if he has any left. He doesn’t and now I’m left here wondering if I can get over my craving. A good snack, and great energy booster, chocolate has been around for a long time. Have you ever wondered what life would be like if there was no such thing as chocolate? If chocolate weren’t invented I couldn’t have asked my friend for a piece but instead maybe would have asked for some other candy or something healthier. My thoughts drifted to wondering about the beginning of chocolate. Today we are using words like “cocoa” or “cacao”. These two words came from fruit trees called “Cacanate”. Chocolate is made from the beans of this tree and was found as early as when Christopher Columbus discovered America. After Columbus found this creation he brought those beans back to Europe and people then made a drink. This drink, made from cocoa beans, was very popular and was known as a “Luxury drink” or a substitution for an alcohol beverage. Some people say that the Mayans found this cocoa tree as far back as the 7th century AD.
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