Don’t let the sub-zero temperatures turn you into an ice cube! Thaw out with a piping mug of hot chocolate.
Hot chocolate has been keeping people warm since it was invented by the Mayans over 2000 years ago, according to worldwidechocolate.com. In fact, forms of hot chocolate have been around way before the solid types of chocolate that are popular today were invented (in 1839). In it’s early years, sipping hot chocolate was a sign of great wealth, as the cacao beans used to make it were often used as currency and in ceremonies such as weddings and funerals, according to artofmanliness.com.
Since then, hot chocolate has been adapted by the Europeans, and eventually into what we drink today to keep the cold away.