The History of Chocolate Explained

Chocolate is amazing. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, chocolate with nuts... It's amazing. And this video we will look at the history of chocolate. How was chocolate created? From the Native Americans such as the Aztecs and Mayans, to the first European chocolate factory, to the modern chocolate industry.:
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Credits
- Research: Mrs Scope
- Animation: History Scope (Avery)
- Audio: Seb. Soto
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Early History
07:55 Europeans Arrive
14:23 The Rest of the World
Image Credits
Olmec Head. Created by ‘Mesoamerican’ (username on wikipedia). The image was zoomed in and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.
Music Credits
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Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer. March 31, 2011. “Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.” Tulane University. issuu.com/stevebutton/docs/tul.... (2/25/14)
Mistrati, Miki, and Romano, U. Roberto. Shady Chocolate. Performed by Mistrati, Miki (2012; Copenhagen: Bastard Film & TV). DVD.
BBC. March 24, 2010. “Tracing the bitter truth of chocolate and child labour.” news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/fro.... (3/01/14)
McKenzie, David, and Swails, Brent. January 19, 2012. “Child Slavery and chocolate: All too Easy to find.” CNN. thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.... (2/22/14)
RFI. July 22, 2009. “Franco-Canadian journalist killed by first lady’s security guards, says French TV.” www1.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/11.... (3/01/14)
Voice of America. July 16, 2010. “Ivory Coast Arrests 3 Journalists over Cocoa Story.” www.voanews.com/content/ivory-.... (2/28/14)
Mistrati, Miki, and Romano, U. Roberto. The Dark Side of Chocolate. Performed by Mistrati, Miki (2010; Copenhagen: Bastard Film & TV). DVD.
Sackett, Marjie. “Forced Child Labor and Cocoa Production in West Africa.” Human Rights & Human Welfare (2008). www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/resear.... (3/01/14)
Kramer, Anna. March 6, 2013. “Women and the big business of chocolate.” Oxfam America. www.oxfamamerica.org/static/m... (9/4/17)
Hinshaw, Drew. October 6, 2010. “Governments Look to End Child Labor in West African Cocoa Farming.” Voice of America. www.voanews.com/content/govern.... (3/02/14)
Price, Larry C. July 10, 2013. “One Million Children Labor in Africa’s Goldmines.” PBS. www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/w.... (3/03/14)
Gregory, Amanda. October 31, 2013. “Chocolate and Child Slavery: Say No to Human Trafficking this Holiday Season.” Huffington Post. www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-... (8/23/17)
Global Finance. 2013. “The Poorest Countries in the World.” www.gfmag.com/component/conten.... (2/24/14)
Raghavan, Sudarsan, and Chatterjee, Sumana. 2001. “How Your Chocolate May be Tainted.” Knight Ridder Newspapers. www.rrojasdatabank.info/chocol.... (2/21/14)
United States Department of Labor. 2012. “2012 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor: Cote d’Ivoire.” www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child.... (2/25/14)
Mull, L. Diane, and Kirkhorn, Steven R. 2005. “Child Labor in Ghana Cocoa Production: Focus upon Agricultural Tasks, Ergonomic Exposures, and Associated Injuries and Illnesses.” Association of Schools of Public Health.

[@unematrix]

3:47 Is that a grinder with the Grindr logo on it? And uhhhh 7:00... Avery is getting spicy in this video

[@Mikachu9426]

It's a pestle and mortar with the Grindr logo on it, yes ;)

[@wetplant1748]

the only way Avery's gf can turn him on is with chocolate bars

[@testificles240]

@@Mikachu9426 brilliant... absolutely brilliant, didnt even see it... nice XD

[@grapejuice664]

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Curieux

[@danskrr]

Babe wake up, History Scope just uploaded a new video!

[@AXAXAXAYt]

Sis wake up history scope posted a new video

[@emmanuelflores1557]

F for the people who never tasted chocolate

[@davidbryden7904]

Including the ppl that grow coco, but are to poor to afford the finished product?😢

[@AngDevigne]

F

[@rustomkanishka]

F for those people and for those who work on the farms and will never be able to afford enough food, forget chocolate

[@lyallfurphy]

And for the dogs who have

[@DaGreenCat_]

I have a friend who is allergic to chocolate and i feel soo bad for him 😢

[@mrinmoybanik5598]

In India, historically we already have so many varieties of indigenous sweets and milk based confectioners that that chocolate faced stiff competition here. Well I wan't really fond of sweets much as a kid but enjoyed milk chocolates. Nice video though 👌!

[@HistoryScope]

From that point of view it makes sense that it's so popular in western cultures: our crops are incredibly bland. We have a few spices growing natively in Europe and some nuts, but anything interesting like pepper, nutmeg, or pre-industrial versions of candy all come from Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

[@siddhantdeepful]

I am pretty sure it did not hit off in India because Indians are used to very sweet confectionary(Like a questionable amount of sugar goes into them ). SO having sweets which were a bit bitter just did not seem appealing to them. My parents are not interested in milk chocolates because they are not as sweet as Indian confectionery.

[@RK-cj4oc]

​@@siddhantdeepfulWhat kind of Indian sweets are " better" than chocolate?

[@BausofHogs]

Lmao at showing a whip while asking for subs

[@dsxa918]

ROFLMAO @ having been subscribed for a while now

[@ThijquintNL]

F for our chocolateless ancestors😢

[@sunixjester]

F

[@titanicbigship]

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[@belgarano4576]

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[@You-zo3in]

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[@hitori3667]

2:57 “Stone-face drunk” > Literally stone faces Thank you, writer ❤

[@HistoryScope]

I felt very clever for coming up with that joke

[@robbrown4621]

I think the stone face is probably because they are constipated from consuming too much chocolate! :)

[@baronvonjo1929]

I find it so bizarre Chocolate Chip cookies were not a thing until the 1930s. Nestle bought the recipe from a American woman. I think they paid her and gave her a life time supply of chocolate. They use her "Toll House" brand to this day as well. Chocolate Chip cookies are such a stable now but haven't really been a thing for even a century.

[@tulip811]

The European aristocracy had their own porcelain cups only to drink chocolate. It comes with a lid so the chocolate stays warm 😊

[@sokolmihajlovic1391]

The humor is hillarious. Ty for your outstanding vids.

[@thelakeman2538]

Chocolate is pretty big in India today and has been all pervasive for my entire life living in large cities and all. But from what I can tell a few decades ago although they were a thing and most would've known about them they just weren't as pervasive as they're today, a lot of the chocolate niche was already filled by non-chocolate confectioneries and sweets (traditional or non-traditional), even today the word "chocolate" itself in India is a colloquialism that will refer to any sweet packaged stuff aimed at kids including both chocolates and candies but excluding the traditional sweets. Another factor I'd guess would be that pre-refrigeration the summer in a lot of Indian cities would be unsuitable to store them, but I doubt how big a role this plays since a lot of USA, Mexico, etc also get as hot during summers.

[@nebularspace]

I loved this video! You clearly have a passion for this topic and it showed.

[@Scrooge_McDuck1111]

Thank you my friend always love your documentaries, very educational. 🙂👍

[@mruanova]

you have an amazing sense of humor, i love your content

[@user-xw9ji6ny3p]

I love the sound quality of this video, really well done

[@bobsbrain397]

Amazing video, thanks for making and sharing 💖🍫💖

[@RikkeMyE]

Gosh I love your videoes! ❤

[@AdityaMehendale]

Chocolate is not mass-consumed on the Indian subcontinent likely because: 1) Price --> For the kiloprijs of chocolate, you can get a lot of other tasty stuff; chocolate has less "bang for the buck". It's like why you don't eat mangoes every day in NL. 2) Storage --> With small moms-and-pops shops, and >30*C temperatures, "swiss-style" chocolate melts in the shops, and possibly recrystallizes into a disgusting mess, or needs to be stored in a refrigerator, which makes it taste like sawdust. Nobody has bothered to innovate to get a different formulation that is stable at 35*C. A notable exception is chocolate(-coated)-ice-cream, whereby the need to refrigerate levels the playing-field.

[@TheNonplayer]

dank u well meneer :) ...goede docu's

[@itsmeowen]

thanks for making a in-depth video on chocolate. al the other videos on other channels are like 5m long

[@neezduts_]

I love chocolate. Hell, I look like chocolate, but chocolate saved this man’s life. Give it up to chocolate 👏. F for those who never had chocolate

[@Panther8975]

You should do The Collapse of the Roman Empire

[@SushiElemental]

No, this is now a chocolate only channel!

[@Panther8975]

@@SushiElemental True

[@BogaBoga]

Good to know that there are other people as addicted to chocolate as me!

[@itsmeowen]

so sad this only got 17k views, I loved this video

[@petanikakaopakhaji]

helpful information

[@erwindewit4073]

Man! I was SO close to running to the supermarket! Fortunately, it is sunday and I live in the countryside... SO yum! Also, spicy chocolate is great :)

[@CyberRager]

Now that you have a video on it you have no running gag for your future episodes xd

[@HistoryScope]

what about GERMANY. WILL. BE. UNITED!

[@liberal-libertarian9605]

work on my local docks weve been unloading a cocoa bean ship this week, 20,000 tonne when you crack a bean open there's a tiny little chunk of chocolate, its very surreal knowing that's where chocolate comes from haha

[@lukecash3500]

Ate a chocolate bar while watching this. Realized it's obligatory to watch this while tasting chocolate.

[@aarondemiri486]

God I love this channel.

[@danever159]

Great. Great video.

[@bleached_anus1487]

New History Scope! Sweet!!!

[@TheChannelofOrange]

Great, now I am going buy chocolate

[@MissBabyForte]

This is the perfect april fool video, it interesting and different but something that alot of people would like to know about. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@MrGiygas1]

Can you do a video on the Manhattan Project, and the process of creating the first atomic bomb?

[@gregoryturk1275]

F for Teophanu the farmer in 1365 in the Byzantine Empire who never ate chocolate.

[@forzaa867]

History Scope, you turned crazy in this video

[@HistoryScope]

how so? :D

[@tinahs8269]

I can't believe you didn't mention the US producers...I always thought Hershey here in Pennsylvania came up with successful milk chocolate bar before Nestle did. That entire town is devoted to chocolate production.

[@ioan_jivan]

Awesome! I like chocolate on jellly :))

[@EchoLog]

Americans were smart farmers. Boats. Milk. How many times will KZbin think I don't know anything about chocolate and show me a 101 course for the same god damned plant.

[@brainstormingsharing1309]

HAHA hello my friend. You can be 100% sure that you are not alone that like chocolate so much. And because I have an absolute passion for chocolate (sugar), and I eat chocolate every day and around the clock! Keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Chris_winthers]

He's back

[@Tony-fh2em]

Frfr

[@thedispenser8301]

2:32 Lmao

[@emmanuelflores1557]

Sweet Sweet Chocolate =D

[@LordToxicis]

i was scared this was an April Fools joke, but i was made the fool. well done HS!

[@-ze5hm]

Watching this while eating chocolate

[@KobraVR]

I always assumed chocolate was less popular in warmer climates due to it being harder to stop melting, especially in poorer regions

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

11:55 All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow No tomorrow, no tomorrow And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you I find it hard to take When people run in circles, it's a very, very Mad world, mad world

[@user-ol7tk8te8l]

Chocolate is life

[@joekeating3329]

Oh boy let's get some chocolate

[@TheRealKyloHen]

Dang now we have to wait until May 1 until your next video

[@sunixjester]

Chocolate, proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy.

[@jakinluk2513]

und bier

[@GreatGloves]

Greetings from Finland!

[@superyamky]

8:40 LOL😂

[@psyxypher3881]

I have my own theory on why Asia and Africa aren't too interested in chocolate: The milk content. Lactase persistence isn't too common in these mitochondrial groups so perhaps they simply don't enjoy chocolate the way people who have lactase persistence would.

[@gregoryturk1275]

Most of the world’s chocolate is grown in West Africa, kind of ironic lol.

[@chidoking09]

but i love chockolate and i am Nigerian

[@Gancrothor-II]

Chocolate CHOCOLATE CHOCOLAAAATE CHOCOLAAAAATE!!!! -Tom from Sponge Squarepants

[@adihelenagur7915]

Thanks for the knowledge! I couldn’t click your video because I didn’t like the picture. I don’t like hearts loving romantic things.. :) thank you so much! So interesting and important information

[@drunkendevil]

“Babe! New History Scope dropped!” - Me

[@superyamky]

🍫❤️

[@bevinboulder5039]

Chocoholics everywhere salute you!

[@luritdurit]

I do agree chocolate is the best thing ever

[@placeheldholdplace2050]

I'm not just pressing F for everyone who never got to try chocolate, but also because we ourselves are only 200 years into the chocolate age. Imagine if the chocolate bar had been discovered 2000 years ago, and places all over the world had been experimenting with it, and incorporating it into the recipes, and learning new ways to make it. Imagine a chocolate 2000 years into the future, and weep, for you will never taste it. but today's bars are still so good though, so there's that, at least.

[@keithcastillo5434]

I like unsweetened cocoa it is the best source of minerals/electrolytes.

[@Jadeschannel255]

The best thing ever is chocolate

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Çikolota 👁️👁️

[@tulip811]

Yooo Nestlé sold the first milk chocolate??? Noooo

[@shubhsiddhartha9409]

At last the true meaning of life is being discussed in detail.

[@TheRealSpeedWolf]

I used to live in Asia and Africa, and I can tell you that it's not because they don't like chocolate. It's just that it's very expensive, costing almost as much as a full meal, like chicken with rice. The price of a Sneakers bar or Kit Kat bar is currently the same, but it doesn't mean they won't indulge when they have the means. You don't have to take my word for it, fly to Thailand or any part of Africa and compare the real food you can get for the price of a Sneakers bar. Chocolate is considered a luxury, especially good chocolate. Think of it like McDonald's being for poor people in the United States, but in other countries, it's for the middle class.

[@NoxyDoesStuff]

wow

[@elation00]

07:00 oh you like that chocolate don't you, who's a good boy?

[@Kleexun]

11:53 F

[@PossessedPotatoBird]

Least chocolate obsessed Dutchman

[@ze_baronkrigler7611]

I find it hilarious that Aristocrats drunk Hot Chocolate

[@andro9009]

The fish guy from spongebob: Chocolate🍫!

[@vaibhavdpunjabi0152]

F for those unlucky chaps

[@polyherb4096]

Now that i finished the video after the first 12 minutes from its release...

[@justarandomaspie4132]

Finally, some good april fools content!

[@grapejuice664]

6:58 Bruh 💀💀💀

[@Ansset0]

37 seconds in... 2:45 in the morning.. I suddenly NEED to have chocolate. Just need 😜🤦.. although I eat chocolate maybe twice a year..

[@bennruda11]

Love to Ghirardelli chocolate

[@namesurname1036]

Chocolate is SOOOO amazing

[@robbrown4621]

Trader Joes (American supermarket) sells one pound Belgian chocolate bricks for only $7 per pound. And they have four or five types. :) :) :)

[@yasser_mapper]

Here in Belgium chocolate is €1euro for a bar milka oreo is the best chocolate believe me😊

[@alexrellion1458]

Small correction Theos means god in Greek, not Latin. Deus is god in Latin.

[@simon_2867]

Dam 44s after reales

[@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745]

Giving the spongebob chocolate guy a run for his money

[@TimRobertsen]

13:28 Aah yes, I was afraid we wouldn't talk about ww2:p

[@unclejoey7801]

Looking for a sub😂😂😂 I love this dude😂

[@bristoled93]

Chocolate bars melt when it's hot, and I don't like eating chocolate in summer because it's not as nice in hot weather and I read a comment by an African saying in African culture men don't eat sweet things as much as women and children, it's not seen as manly.

[@luckyluciano1623]

I love Nutella! Sweet sweet Nutella 😋

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

A turtle approves of this documentary on chocolate.

[@RK-cj4oc]

Could you Maybe do a " why are Turkic countries so Islamic" Why did the ancestors of modern Turkey for example choose Islam, Why did the central asian turks stay muslim even after being part of the christian russian empire for years and part of the atheist soviet union. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@roypfeiffer4442]

IT SOUNDS LIKE the first use of chocolate was fermented...making consumers Wide Awake Drunks....

[@davidelabarile1634]

so ww2 wasnt all bad for italy after all...(because no ww2 no nutella...i presume) whatever amazing video and now i need to eat some chocolate

[@pingasbungus4517]

21 people who watched this video are allergic to cocoa beans

[@edyann]

I thought it was invented in my country, Mexico- at least the bean- but it was in Central America.. ahhh, ok. Got it now.

[@jonaspete]

Its hot in south east asia so chocolate bars melt into a goop shape

[@AliClovis2899]

I will NOT overthink today, Jesus. Thanks DeMarcus! Love you and God bless

[@bigfootjinxthecat8696]

CHICOLATEUEUEIEIISISIEOEOEO

[@danchase7454]

next video. Why is chocolate so addictive?

[@jayc_2172]

Are the views glitched?