Chocolate with Chili Pepper Bar

Ciomod – Chocolate with Chili Pepper bar

A perfect mix, given by the union of the chocolate flavor and the spicy aftertaste, to delight you at any time.

Modica Chocolate

Even today, Modica (Sicily) chocolate is produced according to the ancient recipe.

Modica Chocolate has very ancient origins and finds its roots in the Aztecs, who reigned in Central and South America from the 13th to the 16th century. Among the great and wonderful cultures and traditions of this extraordinary people of ancient Mexico, cocoa played an important role: it was in fact considered nutritious food, economic support, but also a symbol of excellent social position. It was also used for its benefits and healing properties, it was also given a mystical meaning and was considered a vehicle for communicating with the deities. The Aztecs used cocoa beans to make a drink, called xocoatl, which they flavored with local spices and herbs.

It was necessary the intervention of another people for this cocoa bean processing technique to reach from Mexico as far as Modica: the Spanish domination. It was the Spaniards who added sugar for the first time during the processing of cocoa beans.