- 250 - The Maya make their first chocolate drink.
- 1375 - The Aztecs used cocoa beans as a drink and money.
- 1529 - Chocolate drink is brought to Spain.
- 1570 - Cocoa gained popularity as a medicine.
- 1585 - Shipments of cocoa began arriving in Seville from Vera Cruz, Mexico.
- 1828 - Cocoa press was invented.
- 1847 - Joseph Fry & Son make a paste that can be molded into solid chocolate.
- 1851- Chocolate was introduced to the Americans the first time.
- 1868 - Richard Cadbury created the first heart shaped chocolate bar.
- 1875 - Milk chocolate was invented by Henry Nestle and Daniel Peter.
- 1879 - Rudolph Lindt creates a chocolate bar that can snap, and melt on your tongue & Conching machine was invented.
- 1887 - Daniel Peter joined the Nestlé Company.
- 1910 - Ganong began selling the first individually wrapped chocolate bars.
- 1963 - Arthur Ganong passes away.
