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Chocolate is one of the most precious gifts that Mexico gave to the world.
The Mexicas, Mayas, Mixtecs and other pre-Hispanic civilizations drank chocolate. It traveled to Europe after the Spanish Conquest and from there to the rest of the world.
Legend has it that Quetzalcóatl, the Feathered Serpent, gifted the Toltecs an ancient civilization that settled in central Mexico from the 10th-12th centuries the cacao tree. Quetzalcóatl was a wise god, and he was fond of humankind. So, he gave people this gift, hoping that everybody would be well-fed and healthy. Chocolate would provide people with the strength to become wise, creative and skilled artisans, he thought.