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Spain kept chocolate a secret for a century until a royal marriage spread the
treat to France.
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When Cortez conquered the Aztecs in 1519 he went home with golden plunder, cacao beans and the
recipe from Montezuma's court. Served with honey and sugar, the new drink tickled the
tastebuds of Spanish royalty, who kept its preparation secret in monasteries for nearly 100
years. By the time Spanish princess Maria Theresa gave her fiancée Louis XIV a gift of
chocolate in 1615, Spain's political power had waned, and chocolate found its way to the rest
of Europe.
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