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Cacao Crossword Puzzle

Test your crossword skills and what you know about what you eat! Using the word bank below, complete the clues about one of the World's most favorite foods: chocolate!

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3. The scientific term used when flowers develop on the trunk and large branches of a tree

6. Small insects that pollinate Thembroma cacao

8. The ingredient in the Aztec chocolate that make it spicy

9. The genus name of the chocolate tree, meaning “food of the gods”

10. The powder used to make a popular beverage

12. The stone tools used in Mexico to grind cacao beans for chocolate

13. The creator of the first chocolate candy bar in 1847

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1. The Aztec god who, according to myth, gave cacao to the Aztec people

2. The utensil developed by the Spanish to stir chocolate and give it the desired froth quality

3. The chocolate alternative from the Mediterranean legume tree

4. The world’s largest producer of cocoa

7. The fat contained within cacao beans and often used in cosmetics

11. The rainforest in South America where Theobroma cacao is native

WORD BANK: Amazon, cocoa butter, carob, cauliflory, chiles, cocoa, Fry & Sons, Ivory Coast, metate, midge, molinillo, Quetzalcoatl, Theobroma

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