Chocolate Currency
The ancient Maya and Aztecs used cacao beans as a form of commodity money – trading them for everyday items like tamales, rabbits, turkeys, and even paying labour or taxes.
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We want to sincerely apologize for an error in the fact shared in our mailer sent yesterday. Accuracy is important to us, and we regret any confusion this may have caused.
Please see the corrected fact below:
Cadbury’s Port Elizabeth factory proudly manufactures a range of South African originals, including Lunch Bar, Chomp, PS, Tempo, Astros, Dairy Milk, Top Deck, Wholenut, Mint Crisp, and Fruit & Nut. Nestlé also produces several proudly South African chocolates at its East London factory, such as Bar‑One, Tex, and Peppermint Crisp. According to MAPS, 5.2m South Africans said they ate a Bar‑One in the past week.