Chocolate Candy

Chocolate Candy. The Hub Radio Show for Monday December 30, 2020. View the completely sweet playlist for 12-30-20 (CLICK HERE)

Bright Eyes, Margo Price, Angel Olsen, Jeff Tweed, Told Slant 

Chocolate comes from a bean called Theobroma cacao. The word "chocolate" itself comes from the Spanish, and it stems from the Aztec word xocolatl, which means "bitter water." The Aztecs pounded the cacao beans and drank them without adding any sugar, and they thought the beans came from the gods. Indeed, Theobroma means "food of the gods." Cocoa beans are about 50% "cocoa butter" and 50% "chocolate liquor." Hernando Cortés brought cocoa beans back to Spain, and a chocolate drink that included sugar became popular right away. The word "chocolate" first appeared in print, in England, in 1604.