Fun Chocolate Facts: Who invented chocolate? Historians debate this, but most believe the Mayans and Aztecs first used cocoa beans to create a chocolate drink in the 1400's. For over 40 years we have been offering specialty chocolates handmade just for us. INGREDIENTS: Sugar, semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin - an emulsifier, natural flavors), invert sugar, cream, corn syrup, Contains 2% or less of: artificial color (FD&C Yellow #5), corn starch, egg albumen, flavored confectionery coating (sugar, vegetable oil (palm kernel oil, hydrogenated palm kernel and cottonseed oils), nonfat dry milk, milk, glycerol lacto esters of fatty acids, soy lecithin, Yellow 5 Lake, salt, and artificial flavor), invertase, natural flavor, salt, water. Manufactured on equipment that also handles peanuts, tree nuts, milk, egg, soy and/or wheat products.