The history of chocolate Deanna Pucciarelli

View full lesson: If you cant imagine life without chocolate, youre lucky you werent born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate bars of today Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate. Lesson by Deanna Pucciarelli, animation by TEDEd.