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Posted by: Denelle

According to a recent article,

The chocolate enjoyed around the world today had its origins at least 3,100 years ago in Central America not as the sweet treat people now crave but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol.

Cacao (pronounced cah-COW) seeds were used to make ceremonial beverages consumed by elites of the Aztecs and other civilizations, while also being used as a form of currency.

So chocolate was served in liquid form in celebrations - weddings, births, etc. And anybody who's ever eaten a TON of chocolate can tell you that you can get quite the buzz from caffeine. What does this do to the age old tale that chocolate was in fact a gift from God??? Does this mean that we should forgo that winter hot chocolate? (please note my complete and total sarcasm here)

In some strange way I feel like this chocolate = beer thing restores a certain balance to the world given that beer was once essentially our equivalent of water.