 All of our desserts are made in-house fresh every single day. Grace Newton, WTOP News. Find a list of D.C. area ice cream spots to check out at WTOP.com. Today in history, today is believed to be the anniversary of when chocolate was introduced to Europe in the year 1550. Back then they crushed chocolate beans and brewed them like coffee. It was super bitter, but it was the Middle Ages and that was considered a treat. It would be a few centuries before we figured out how to mix it with sugar.