Posted on February 1, 2021September 10, 2020 by Chocolate Covered Weekly Near the end of the sixteenth century, the daily wage of a man in the Guatemalan province of Verapaz was 40 cacao beans. So a shift was made towards chocolate. The colonies could get cacao beans straight from Central America tax-free. Post navigationPrevious post: In 1913, Goo Goo Clusters, a Southern favorite, was the first bar to combine milk chocolate, caramel, marshmallow, and peanuts.Next post: Happy Chocolate Lover’s Month! February, 2021