Chocolate was an everyday drink in Colonial Latin America, as common then as a morning cup of coffee is today. But, it often emerged in the records as a vehicle for women’s magic spells, and, in turn, for European anxieties about ruling a majority non-white population, filled with women who wouldn’t do what they were told. “It also became this flash point between social conflicts that were racial and gender conflicts.”. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/were-there-witchhunts-in-south-america