Chocolate: A Contemporary Confection For hundreds of years, the chocolate-making process remained relatively unaltered. But by the mid 1700s, the blossoming Industrial Revolution saw the emergence of innovations that changed the future of chocolate.
A steady stream of new inventions and advertising helped set the stage for solid chocolate candy to become the globally favored sweet it is today.
Take a more detailed look below at the different ways people obtained, made, and used cacao in the recent past and in the present.