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A cacao pod, a basket, a mortar and pestle, and a chocolate bar are grouped together.

Do you actually know where chocolate began? Face the origins quiz and prove it

Chocolate

Difficulty

Medium

Questions

20

Volts

2/q

From Olmec vessels to Montezuma’s gold cups, chocolate began as a bitter ritual, not a sweet treat. Trace the journey from Mesoamerican forests to European courts. The stakes are high and the history is rich. Prove you know how the world’s favorite obsession started.