History of Chocolates/Cocoa in the Philippines?

Question

Did the Spanish introduce it to us or do we already know of it before they came?

Distinctive dishes/drinks in the Philippines that contain chocolate?

Other chocolate and the Philippine facts.

Answer 1

I saw this one on TV.

It came from Mexico and the family who brought it over still makes the most flavorful chocolates in the country.

I believe I also remember something of a Gypsy in the girl, and an Italian mayor who was also a Count, and so against liberated women.....    I could also be mixed up in my stories.

Answer 2

the spaniards introduced it

there's champorado -- a sweet chocolate rice porridge

Bohol's Chocolate Hills --unusual geological formation, composed of a thousand perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size, covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name