Dark Chocolate Guide: Benefits, Risks & Nutrition

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Does Dark Chocolate Contain Caffeine?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Derek Helderman

The use of chocolate originated in South America around A.D. 250 to 900 with a bitter chocolate drink made from cacao beans. The creamy, sweet milk chocolate of today bears little resemblance to the chocolate that the Mayans created so many years ago.