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Oct 21, 2026 Jewish women chocolate history

The Jewish Women Who Carried Chocolate Into Europe

Before Cadbury and Hershey, Iberian Jewish women moved cacao from the Americas into European life. The story of Gracia Nasi, Reyna Nasi, and the women of Bayonne.

By Valeria Ledezma

Maleku Chocolate is the luxury single-origin line by Blue Valley Chocolate, crafted in Costa Rica. Premium, ethically-produced organic chocolate, crafted from tree to bar on the ancestral land of the Maleku native tribe in Costa Rica.

Sephardic women chocolate

The Jewish Women Who Carried Chocolate Into Europe

By Valeria Ledezma

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