As delicious as chocolate is, it's not really much to look at, unless you happen to be looking at it through the eyes of an ...

The history of cacao as an aphrodisiac traces back to the ancient Mayans. Cacao seeds were so valuable to the Mayans that they used them as a form of currency to buy goods and services ...

Chocolate stands as an undisputed champion, tantalizing taste buds with its rich, velvety allure. Ever wondered how chocolate is made?

Mayan Cacao Company offers a handful of tours that last 50 minutes to two hours and introduce visitors to various aspects of chocolate making. Travelers can learn all about the processes involved ...

In 18 July Nature, Jeffrey Hurst and colleagues at the Hershey Foods Technical Center, Pennsylvania, show that the Mayans were consuming chocolate (Theobroma cacao) as early as 600 BC — almost a ...

Although the Maya weren’t scoffing the bars we know and love today. It all starts with the cacao bean. Yes, we spelled that right - cacao is the Spanish word for chcahuatl, which is what Aztecs ...

The Maize god provides some of our favourite things like cacao, and maize of course ... at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath the floors so they could ...