About one thousand years ago, chocolate, was so valuable that it was used as money! Chocolate comes from the Cacao (a) that grows near the equator. (b) the trees are seen to (c) pods, the farmers collect the (d) from them. Then sugar, cinnamon, (e) , milk and other spices are (f) to the mixture. The (g) of chocolate is interesting. Columbus (h) Cacao beans to Spain first. (i) , people learned how to change (j) from liquid to solid. And by 1847, they started enjoying chocolate candy bars!