Cortés then introduced cacao and vanilla beans to Europe. Vanilla - flavored hot chocolate became the rage in European courts, but it was not until 1602 that Hugh Morgan, apothecary to Queen Elizabeth I, suggested using vanilla as a flavoring for other things.
मेक्सिकोतील अॅझ्टेक सम्राट, मॉन्टेझुमा याने स्पॅनिश विजेता, अरनॉन कोर्टेस याला १५२० मध्ये हे दिले असल्याचे म्हटले जाते.