Cocoa Beans are Processed Into Chocolate

 Cocoa trees are native to the Americas, precisely at the foot of the Andes mountains in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins, South America. However, it is possible that the cacao tree was once widespread as far as Central America. A clay handicraft dated 1400-1500 BC found at the excavation site of an archaeological site contained sedimentary residues that confirmed this.