Ecuador played a key role in introducing chocolate to the West. Unlike other Spanish colonies in South America, where gold and silver were abundant, Ecuador was exploited for its cocoa.

WHILE THE EGYPTIANS were building pyramids, the Druids were hauling blocks to Stonehenge and the Chinese were mapping out their wall, Ecuadoreans were making drinks. But what they were imbibing ...

Kallari bars are considered to be some of the best chocolate around (at least by pastry chef Kate Zuckerman–see this article–and Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert). Available in Whole Foods ...

There's a chocolatier in Quito, Ecuador, who is trying to sweeten the economic history of South America.Santiago Peralta was tired of watching his… How Chocolate Is Sweetening Ecuador's Economy ...

The bitter smell of chocolate drifts through the air. On the left, four shelves hold a bevy of different chocolate flavors—the red and white package labeled “Georgia Pecan” sticks out ...

In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, are cashing in as a global shortage of the main ingredient in chocolate feeds a price bonanza.

In Ecuador, researchers are conserving the genetic legacy of cocoa (Theobroma cacao), the raw material of chocolate. Cesar Guillermo Tapia Bastidas, head of Ecuador's national department of ...

Mindo Chocolate Makers is a bean-to-bar chocolatier based in Dexter with an Ann Arbor store at 206 N. 4th Ave. ... The business also recently received four honors at the Ecuador Chocolate Awards.

Ecuador played a key role in introducing chocolate to the West. Unlike other Spanish colonies in South America, where gold and silver were abundant, Ecuador was exploited for its cocoa.

Chocolate was once thought to have originated with Mesoamerican Mayans around 1,900 B.C. But in 2011, archaeologists discovered evidence that it may have come from Ecuador.