With the conquest of the New World, the Spanish brought cacao back to the Old World. ... Mixing cacao with honey and sugar made chocolate a more desired product in Europe. Soon, with the backing of the elite and nobles in Europe, chocolate became a highly valued drink.
Explanation:
From a ritual product to more every day use, chocolate has greatly also had an impact on the development of the New World in the eyes of European explorers.The Maya are the first to document the consumption and use of chocolate.Christopher Columbus, on his fourth trip to the New World, while traveling with Ferdinand his son, encountered the cacao bean in 1502, making him the first European to encounter this plant and learn about chocolate.Cacao beans seem to have also been used as a type of currency, traded to purchase other objects as needed.
