Combining a colonial house and a contemporary addition, the new Museum of Cacao & Chocolate sits on a grisly Aztec souvenir.

Chocolate is usually the go-to present for Valentine’s Day. The sweet and smooth treat is ubiquitous with decadence and intimacy. Marketers made chocolate a Valentine’s Day staple through strategic ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestication and use of cacao - the source of chocolate - thanks to residues detected on a batch of ancient ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have shed light on the origins of chocolate by tracing ...

FIRST, FROM RURAL FIELDS TO URBAN MANUFACTURING, THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TO BANKING, COLONIAL AMERICA’S ECONOMY WAS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF SLAVES. NOW, SOME OF AMERICA’S OLDEST INSTITUTIONS ARE ...

You may think you know all there is about chocolate, but cacao beans are only part of the story. With a rich history, cacao has been used as currency, for medicinal remedies, during spiritual rituals, ...