Chocolate Definition There is some confusion about the derivation of the word "chocolate." The Merriam Webster Dictionary, and many other sources, state that it comes from the Aztec, or more accurately Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs), word chocolatl. Michael Coe, Professor of Anthropology at Yale, and author of The True History of Chocolate, presents a different view. He argues that the word chocolatl appears in "no truly early source on the Nahuatl language or …showed first 75 words of 1085 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1085 total…and peppers to flavor the cocoa – Try it, experiment, it's good. The best cocoa comes from Criollo beans. These used to be the main source of cocoa but they now only represent 4% of world production. Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, an amino acid that has aphrodisiac properties and is also good for helping to ease a hangover. In 1900 Queen Victoria sent special made chocolate bars to soldiers fighting in the Boer War as a New Year's greeting.