Chocolates has always been a very popular food, appreciated by Italians: it can be found in different forms, from the simple bar to hot chocolate to spreads and it is a versatile and tasty ingredient. There are some very well-known companies, a reference point for all the cocoa lovers, which produce the best Italian chocolate. Let’s find out together who they are!

COCOA’S ORIGIN AND HISTORY 

Before discovering which are the best Italian chocolate it is good to know the origins of the cocoa plant: it was discovered more than 3000 years ago by the Olmenchi, a population native to Mexico and then also  used by the Maya and Atzechi