The History of Chocolate Explained

[@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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[@YourGayOverlord]

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 😢

[@sokolmihajlovic1391]

The humor is hillarious. Ty for your outstanding vids.

[@ThijquintNL]

F for our chocolateless ancestors😢

[@sunixjester]

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[@titanicbigship]

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[@belgarano4576]

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[@You-zo3in]

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[@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.

[@Deep_Side_Sleep]

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]

​@@Deep_Side_SleepWhat 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

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@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

[@Columbo_1]

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

[@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.

[@lukecash3500]

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

[@gregoryturk1275]

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

[@Ritercrazy]

Love your enthusiasm for chocolate 🍫.

[@KobraVR]

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

[@user-xw9ji6ny3p]

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

[@BogaBoga]

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

[@Chris_winthers]

He's back

[@Tony-fh2em]

Frfr

[@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

[@TheChannelofOrange]

Great, now I am going buy chocolate

[@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

[@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.

[@mruanova]

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

[@bobsbrain397]

Amazing video, thanks for making and sharing 💖🍫💖

[@يحيىوائلثجيل]

Chocolate is life

[@sunixjester]

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

[@jakinluk2513]

und bier

[@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.

[@forzaa867]

History Scope, you turned crazy in this video

[@HistoryScope]

how so? :D

[@aarondemiri486]

God I love this channel.

[@RikkeMyE]

Gosh I love your videoes! ❤

[@itsmeowen]

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

[@Riospraid]

You should do The Collapse of the Roman Empire

[@SushiElemental]

No, this is now a chocolate only channel!

[@Riospraid]

@@SushiElemental True

[@thedispenser8301]

2:32 Lmao

[@emmanuelflores1557]

Sweet Sweet Chocolate =D

[@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.

[@-ze5hm]

Watching this while eating chocolate

[@ioan_jivan]

Awesome! I like chocolate on jellly :))

[@danever159]

Great. Great video.

[@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!

[@bevinboulder5039]

Chocoholics everywhere salute you!

[@JJschannel255]

The best thing ever is chocolate

[@joekeating3329]

Oh boy let's get some chocolate

[@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 👍👍👍👍👍

[@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

[@LordToxicis]

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

[@petanikakaopakhaji]

helpful information

[@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.

[@drunkendevil]

“Babe! New History Scope dropped!” - Me

[@Ketooey]

One possibility as to why Asia was slow to adopt chocolate could be because many Asian countries already have a wide range of sweets, and oftentimes, these sweets both pair well with the main course, and have cultural significance. For example, certain sweet dumplings are eaten on certain festive days, or red bean paste is viewed as both good for you, and expressing a celebratory colour. Chocolate might simply not have filled any niche in Asia, since there were already loads of sweets to choose from, it had no cultural significance, and didn't pair seem to pair well with any traditional food.

[@itsmeowen]

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

[@Sableonix]

F for people who never discovered a time machine to find this concept of 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.

[@GreatGloves]

Greetings from Finland!

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Çikolota 👁️👁️

[@Kleexun]

11:53 F

[@TheNonplayer]

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

[@luritdurit]

I do agree chocolate is the best thing ever

[@superyamky]

8:40 LOL😂

[@namesurname1036]

Chocolate is SOOOO amazing

[@elation00]

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

[@TurtleChad1]

A turtle approves of this documentary on chocolate.

[@PossessedPotatoBird]

Least chocolate obsessed Dutchman

[@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

[@shubhsiddhartha9409]

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

[@ze_baronkrigler7611]

I find it hilarious that Aristocrats drunk Hot Chocolate

[@justarandomaspie4132]

Finally, some good april fools content!

[@tulip811]

Yooo Nestlé sold the first milk chocolate??? Noooo

[@Gancrothor-II]

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

[@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!

[@NoxyDoesStuff]

wow

[@theemoTV19]

To me, if you dont like chocolate, *you need to be on a watchlist, it is the gift from the Norse Gods and shame on ya if you say you dont like or tried chocolate*

[@pingasbungus4517]

21 people who watched this video are allergic to cocoa beans

[@KyloHen4162]

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

[@luckyluciano1623]

I love Nutella! Sweet sweet Nutella 😋

[@keithcastillo5434]

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

[@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.

[@MrGiygas1]

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

[@superyamky]

🍫❤️

[@grapejuice664]

6:58 Bruh 💀💀💀

[@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

[@GodisKing1177]

Thank Jesus Christ, you made it bro, nice hearing about u fought 4 ya life to be born bro, keep it going bro, u are loved, God bless bro

[@andro9009]

The fish guy from spongebob: Chocolate🍫!

[@alexrellion1458]

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

[@polyherb4096]

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

[@robbrown4621]

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

[@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..

[@swoogles-]

Only 50k views is criminal

[@rimaclesevelc1027]

Who cares about religion, when we have chocolate?

[@vaibhavdpunjabi0152]

F for those unlucky chaps

[@bigfootjinxthecat8696]

CHICOLATEUEUEIEIISISIEOEOEO

[@AliClovis2899]

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

[@arielg544]

F for the people farming our cacao who don't have the privilege to taste chocolate.

[@martialfantasy8772]

To the African Chocolate Economy Cheers!

[@LibertyScholar]

Chocolate doesn't exist before 1847? There is no reason to time travel to the past anymore.

[@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.

[@roypfeiffer4442]

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