History of Chocolate Gifts

Chocolate has long been given as a gift, particularlyChristopher Columbus, although Columbus did not
as a gift of affection or passion.The forerunner toknow what to do with the beans. Later, The Aztec
chocolate was the Aztec drink xocoatl, a mix ofKing Montezuma presented Cortez and his
water, spices and ground cacao beans. Aztecs usedconquistadors with gifts of cocoa beans. It is
the beans as a form of currency and for payment ofrecorded that the Aztecs favored the beans above
tribute to their kings. An Indian Chief is said to havegold.In 1615 Spanish Princess Anna of Austria gave to
made a gift of a basket of cocoa beans toher new husband, King Louis XIII, a gift of chocolate.