for the love of chocolate

Chocolate’s reputation as an aphrodisiac is deeply embedded in the history of Western civilization. The great Aztec ruler Montezuma, one of the first red hot lovers to tap into chocolate's strengths, was reported to have consumed as much as fifty cups of chocolate elixir before heading off to his harem.

Chocolate was introduced to Europe by the Spanish Conquistadors not as a sexual stimulant, but as a rich, hot drink. Yet text from the Seventeenth Century records that by the Rococo period, “One obtained strength from chocolate for certain tasks” — the pleasure principal was clearly understood during Rococo times.