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Aztecs invented chocolate by mistake while trying to make beer

dailymail.co.uk — Scientists believe Aztecs were trying to make a beer-like drink when they created chocolate more than 3,000 years ago

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 19, 2007

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  • goblindegook, on 11/19/2007, -3/+28> "The greatest inventions are almost always invented by mistake..."
    Yes, who can forget the day the computer was invented by mistake? Turns out they were only trying to build a machine to store and watch porn . . . Oh wait.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 11/19/2007, -1/+19proof that the Aztecs were one of the first advanced civilizations: chocolate and beer
  • ThinkBox, on 11/19/2007, -2/+20Another reason to like beer.
  • reinadehielo, on 11/19/2007, -2/+19The greatest inventions are almost always invented by mistake... this one has to be one of the greatest ever. I'd like to thank my ancestors for making that mistake, so that now thousands of years later, we women have something to seek comfort with in our times of need... *runs off and gets some chocolate*
  • davidlitts, on 11/19/2007, -2/+19dugg with one hand
  • MikeonTV, on 11/19/2007, -0/+15two parts of a balanced breakfast
  • ThecNiqueMan, on 11/19/2007, -1/+15"Hmm let's see, I've got cacao, OMFG OF COURSE LET'S MAKE BEER!" said the aztec.
  • DeviantDragon, on 11/19/2007, -0/+13Now if somebody only explained where the hell Chocolate Rain came from...
  • rompom7, on 11/19/2007, -4/+15You'd have to be fairly retarded to have to use both hands to click the digg button.
  • secretwhistle, on 11/19/2007, -0/+11This article takes awhile to read when your brain insists on adding "itlan" to half the words on the page.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9beer is liquid bread, as long as you don't sit on your ass all day than beer is no worse than a soda
    and chocolate doesn't cause acne, that has been debunked

    but hey, more chocolate and beer for everyone who chooses to enjoy life
  • mqchen, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Just shows that the Aztecs were ruled by men.
  • davidlitts, on 11/19/2007, -3/+12I'm sorry my lil joke got lost for you, must have been in that dark cloud of ***** thats surrounding you
  • i4mt3hwin, on 11/19/2007, -0/+8So while trying to make the best thing on earth they made the second best thing. I guess good things do come in pairs.
  • Apauloisdead, on 11/19/2007, -0/+8I wish I had some beer right now.
  • Hayaemsay, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7nasty ass chocolate...

    You mean like Hershey's?
  • chummel, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7mmmm....chocolate beer.
    Now I'm craving a Black Butte.
  • JackondaRocks, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6The Irish tried to invent chocolate, but created Guinness.
  • dattaway, on 11/19/2007, -1/+7Gentlemen, we have good news and bad news:

    First the bad news... technical problems with our beer production has been set back, so we won't have football games and recliners for another 3,000 years.

    But we did make a lot of chocolate!
  • hacker_dude, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5The headline is wrong, even in the original article. The earliest accounts of the beginning of what is known the Aztec empire (which is an external appellation, they called themselves the Mexica-Tenochtla) are the founding of Tenochtitlan (what is now Mexico city) around 1315 at the earliest (their first documented leader started reign in 1376). So the Aztecs couldn't have invented it. If it was Honduras it was most likely very early Mayans who did this (though being the Preclassic period, it's hard to know for a fact).
  • SilverBack101, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Someone needs to remake this chocolate beer I've been hearing of.
  • Marijuana, on 11/19/2007, -1/+5&Chocolate!
  • Christbait, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Mate, most of the women with ***** that big here in England are probably 300 pound greasy whores.
  • gllopc, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3Your beer is in my chocolate! Your chocolate is in my beer!
  • Tamant, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Great mistake indeed !
  • Tippis, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Tubgirl?
  • masterm1nd, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2How long did it take them to brew beer with chocolate in it? And yes, chocolate is fermentable and you can actually brew beer with it.
  • inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2and even better chocolate flavored beer.
  • mahdaeng, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2@icequeen (oops, I mean, reinadehielo)

    Some of the best chocolate of all wasn't even Aztec - it was (and is) Oaxacan. Que chocolate tan rico! Y su mole tambien!
  • MrTea, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Rumor has it that when Milton Hershey successfully made milk chocolate, it had one flaw: the milk was spoiled. Thus, the sour-ish taste of Hershey milk chocolate.
    Read that on "The Emperors of Chocolate" by Joël Brenner a few years back.
  • dazparkour, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2You seem to be honestly interested, so I digg you up to keep you at +1.

    Scientists don't think EVERYTHING is an accident, just a lot of things. I agree that science does have a lot of holes just now, but it will always have some holes and as time goes on more and more get closed.

    A lot of things are invented accidently, likely when trying to invent something else.
  • mahdaeng, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2hacker_dude ftw. Well said, friend.
  • Christbait, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Damn, Aztecs just pwned civilization.
  • slave1, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Why is this surprising? Scientists think every freaking thing in the Universe is an accident! Even you and I and the god damn Universe. Even so-called intentions or designs must be just the result of some accidents at certain level. Or am I mistaken?
  • chummel, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1they have. it's called Black Butte Porter from the Deschutes Brewing company.
  • springo, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1That is what happens when you make beer drunk.
  • snoutspout, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1mmmmmmmhhhhh choooooclaaaate --- doh
  • abeg, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Like chocolate flavored beer
    http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&safe=off&q=ch ...
  • Bender1012, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1dugg for ridiculous headline
  • rompom7, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Quickly crashing through your veins?
  • SergeantPepper, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1The Aztecs weren't around 3000 years ago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztecs). It was created by another native civilization and spread to other peoples and areas. Still pretty awesome, of course.
  • mocharabbit, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1I need me a chocolate bar now. Where the hell are those school fundraisers when you need them!? Those kids sell those things in the packs!
  • dazparkour, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Yes. You are. Some things are accidental. Some things aren't. If everything was an accident, we wouldn't need a name for it.

    You can't be a creationist, because you called the Universe god damned... you confuse me.
  • slave1, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Me, a creationist? No! I'm quite dumb but not THAT dumb! ;) I don't associate myself with any religious belief. But I also feel there is something seriously wrong with science as way to understand the Universe. But pls enligthen me - how am I mistaken? I admit I was in a bit of a trolling-mood but I'm also honestly interested in this question.
  • Error601, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Interesting bit on chocolate beers - a lot of of those don't have cocoa in them. Chocolate malt is dark roasted barley that gives is a chocolate like flavor.
  • Shambla, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1I'll have some of that beer with candy floating around in it...you know, skittle brau.
  • Philbert, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1mmm... Chocolate bears
  • MarkOfTheDead, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1If only there was some way to make chocolate covered beer.
  • supaklaw, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1"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."

    The 1337 pay with chocolate baby
  • andywebb95, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Swwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :)
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