But then, isn’t everything? We had a veritable orgy of communion wafer consumption in Springfield, enhanced by a chocolate coating. Why can’t the transubstantiation trick involve chocolate and milk instead of bread and wine?
Reminds of me of Seder dinner with friends! Jews have been onto this for a long time. One of the indulgences I’ve often had at Passover is maztzo dipped in chocolate!
Google “matzo bark” for some ideas. With almonds, toffee, caramel, pistachios …
Galbinus_Caelisays
Fondue!
And isn’t chocolate the drink of the Gods already?
So if the wafer turns into Jesus’ body and the wine turns into Jesus’ blood, what part of Jesus do the milk and chocolate turn into?
Sounds disgusting…
Matt7895says
Donahue is only going to foam at the mouth if these were magic wafers, PZ.
JHSsays
I think a 12-course, body of christ-themed tasting menu is in order.
Bride of Shrek OMsays
Patricia
Personally this slut has a dislike for the sweet tooth. I’ll have mine with a fine wedge of aged blue cheese thanks. Maybe some quince paste slivered on top. With a drop of fine cab sav to wash it down.
For you sugar eaters out there though I think you should wedge two together with a dollop of chocolate mousse in between. Like an Oreo but in negative.
Sophist FCDsays
When the weather gets rough and it’s whiskey in the shade
Best to wrap your savior up in cellophane
He flows like the Big Muddy, but that’s OK
Pour him over ice cream for a nice parfait…
scootersays
Bride of Shrek Patricia
I’ll have mine with a fine wedge of aged blue cheese thanks.
Yeah moldy leather seat musk.
Please write to wife, showers are not sexy.
-s
Alan Csays
If you want to piss-off the Pastafarians as well, here’s how:-
Dammit, beat to the punch by both Wowbagger #24 and Sophist at # 29.
Josh Wilsonsays
They’re Sacrilegitastic! Thanks for visiting us, Dr. Meyers – we needed a dose of reality out here in Jesusland.
Pikemann Urgesays
Jeez. Still with the wafers? The attempted witticisms you’ve encouraged are more bland than the (plain) wafers themselves.
Muffinsays
As Homer would say, sacrilicious!
Burning Umbrellasays
“A spokeswoman for his Science Research Foundation (BAV) confirmed to Reuters that Oktar had been sentenced but said the judge was influenced by political and religious pressure groups.”
Adnan Oktar has been had by “religious pressure groups”. Delicious like chocolate-cowered Jesus.
You can’t piss off Pastafarians with that because we all know that the Noodly One loves nothing more than to be eaten!
Epinephrinesays
Funny you should mention chocolate and milk; I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and the deacon explained that marriage is like chocolate milk, combinbing two good things to make something even better. He said that if you watch a glass of chocolate milk, it’ll eventually separate, but if you give it a stir from time to time it stays together.
Guess who stirs it? You know….
Jesus. Yup, Jesus is the Nestlé Quik bunny.
I was sitting in a row full of atheists, and there was much laughing at the long, tortured analogy.
Blondinsays
#41, did he happen to mention whether the milk should be 2% or skim? What about homo? What kind of marriage would you get if you were homo milk? Would the church even support a homo milk marriage?
Blondinsays
I know this is OT but somebody mentioned lactase and it reminded me…
If “lactating” is producing milk via mammary glands then what is “vegetating”?
(Images of bras full of radishes, peas and corn-on-the-cob…)
Hieronymous Braintreesays
If all communion wafers suddenly became chocolate, would that prove Jesus was black?
Karleysays
I partook in some chocolate Jesus. It wasn’t bad; kind of crumbly though.
Jesus: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in You Hands.
colluvialsays
Using communion wafers for dessert has a centuries-long tradition in Germany for making the soft, moist, cake-like cookie called Lebkuchen.
From Wikipedia:
Lebkuchen dough is usually placed on a thin wafer base called Oblate. This was an idea of the monks, who used unleavened communion wafer ingredients to prevent the dough from sticking. Typically, they are glazed or covered with very dark chocolate, but some are left uncoated.
Jesus never eats M&Ms, actually, and for a very good reason.
scootersays
Blondin @42: What kind of marriage would you get if you were homo milk?
Try to find a spouse who can survive pasteurization, it weeds out the wimps.
Sabazinussays
#2 said–Cthulhu, on the other hand, is the god that finds us the tastiest.
Yes, and he wants you all to start basting. Now. Low sodium broth or BBQ sauce is his preference.
Sarcastrosays
I watched an episode of Jack of All Trades last night wherein a hungover Napoleon – played brilliantly by Verne Troyer – was getting married and kept eating communion wafers (and washing them down with holy water) while waiting for the ceremony to commence.
Xericsays
Tom Waits’ song about this “immaculate confection”:
Xericsays
Tom Waits’ song about this “immaculate confection”:
SASnSAsays
That’s utterly sacrilegious! How evil can you be?! You’re definitely going to hell for this one! How dare you taint the divine chocolate with those nasty jesus chips!
tsgsays
Donahue is only going to foam at the mouth if these were magic wafers, PZ.
Donahue will foam at the mouth for any reason that gets him in the public eye. The mere appearance of sacrilege is all he needs. After all, he did go after the YouTube videos and I highly doubt they were all consecrated. Not that he could tell either way.
Dr. Macsays
When my sister and I were kids one of us mis-heard a TV commercial for cheese crackers and it became one of our running jokes about communion (which we never took, being non religeous). It went something like this:
We like munching,
We like crunching,
We like eating Jesus.
Mad Hussein LOLscientist, FCDsays
Blondin asks:
If “lactating” is producing milk via mammary glands then what is “vegetating”?
A great way to make all those veggie-hating men out there start scarfing down multiple servings?
NoFear (RD.net)says
Did nobody make a comment yet about the appropriateness of the chocalate dipped host? If Jesus existed at all, he was most likely dark skinned, yes? So shouldn’t the body of christ be dark skinned as well? :-)
Here’s the thing, in terms of latitude Galilee is as far north As the state of Utah. He wasn’t Scandinavian white, but he wasn’t all that dark either. Olive I believe is the descriptive term, though it’s not the color of any olive I’ve ever seen.
Zetetic says
Ah, but were they consecrated wafers? Because it’s probably not as blasphemous if they weren’t.
H.H. says
Jesus really is the tastiest of all the gods. Cthulhu, on the other hand, is the god that finds us the tastiest.
Owlmirror says
O HAI CEILING CAT!
I MADE U A CHOKLIT BODY…
… BUT I EATED IT.
OM NOM NOM NOM
religion (not responding) says
Did a chocolate coating help to make those things even remotely edible? I would rather just eat chocolate or better yet chocolate covered apples.
Patricia says
But…. did the sluts like it?
Inquiring minds want to know.
386sx says
There could be a market for this. The wafers should be baked first, of course. Maybe two wafers! With marshmallow in the middle! Oh man…
Mike says
Reminds of me of Seder dinner with friends! Jews have been onto this for a long time. One of the indulgences I’ve often had at Passover is maztzo dipped in chocolate!
Google “matzo bark” for some ideas. With almonds, toffee, caramel, pistachios …
Galbinus_Caeli says
Fondue!
And isn’t chocolate the drink of the Gods already?
fierce-rabbit says
There could be a market for this. The wafers should be baked first, of course. Maybe two wafers! With marshmallow in the middle! Oh man…
Toast ’em around the campfire – sacramental s’mores!
MikeM says
Because chololate is the work of Satan. Jesus H Christ, do I have to explain everything around here?
Ryan Cunningham says
You’d rather have milk than wine? What kind of heathen are you?!
Galbinus_Caeli says
I wonder how they would be covered in melted cheese and jalepeños?
scooter says
Patricia @ 5
Real Men don’t have to cover our Eucahrists in Chocolate for a good time, we have SLUTS!!!
Ryan Cunningham says
You’d rather have milk than wine? What kind of heathen are you?!
fierce-rabbit says
I wonder how they would be covered in melted cheese and jalepeños?
That’s nacho Jesus, that’s MY Jesus!
Hey, I wonder if you could dampen them a bit and reshape them like “scoops”?
(Sorry – galbinus_caeli and I are sitting in our home office at desks about 8 feet apart and giggling like schoolchildren….)
God says
No. Wrong.
Theobroma cacao, remember?
And for you monkeys to eat any of it is utter, impious blasphemy.
william says
As Rick Reynolds used to say, “Body of Christ, with or without nuts.”
Polyester Mather DD says
If the Lord had intended them to be covered in cheese , He would have made squid mammals.
Andy James says
Must be because the Host is a non-polar solute, and without alcohol would pass straight through as stool.
Makes sense to me.
Barry Greenstein says
Aztecs ate chocolate;
Aztecs were pagans;
Pagans are Satanic;
Therefor chocolate is Satanic.
Case closed.
David says
Great fun and thanks for sharing the link to the blog. Always nice to find other great stories to read :)
Alan Kellogg says
Chocolate and wine.
Why?
Because the DNA for continued lactase production throughout life is not yet fixed in the human population.
feedayeen says
Hey, PZ. There is an update on the Creaionist who would give 7.5 Trillion to the first one to prove evolution.
Apparently he is being locked away for 3 years because of a scam.
http://www.reuters.com/article/artsNews/idUSL0992091620080509?sp=true
Wowbagger says
Tom Waits, Chocolate Jesus
Jeremy says
So if the wafer turns into Jesus’ body and the wine turns into Jesus’ blood, what part of Jesus do the milk and chocolate turn into?
Sounds disgusting…
Matt7895 says
Donahue is only going to foam at the mouth if these were magic wafers, PZ.
JHS says
I think a 12-course, body of christ-themed tasting menu is in order.
Bride of Shrek OM says
Patricia
Personally this slut has a dislike for the sweet tooth. I’ll have mine with a fine wedge of aged blue cheese thanks. Maybe some quince paste slivered on top. With a drop of fine cab sav to wash it down.
For you sugar eaters out there though I think you should wedge two together with a dollop of chocolate mousse in between. Like an Oreo but in negative.
Sophist FCD says
When the weather gets rough and it’s whiskey in the shade
Best to wrap your savior up in cellophane
He flows like the Big Muddy, but that’s OK
Pour him over ice cream for a nice parfait…
scooter says
Bride of Shrek
Patricia
I’ll have mine with a fine wedge of aged blue cheese thanks.
Yeah moldy leather seat musk.
Please write to wife, showers are not sexy.
-s
Alan C says
If you want to piss-off the Pastafarians as well, here’s how:-
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/edibleeyes
pcarini says
Dammit, beat to the punch by both Wowbagger #24 and Sophist at # 29.
Josh Wilson says
They’re Sacrilegitastic! Thanks for visiting us, Dr. Meyers – we needed a dose of reality out here in Jesusland.
Pikemann Urge says
Jeez. Still with the wafers? The attempted witticisms you’ve encouraged are more bland than the (plain) wafers themselves.
Muffin says
As Homer would say, sacrilicious!
Burning Umbrella says
“A spokeswoman for his Science Research Foundation (BAV) confirmed to Reuters that Oktar had been sentenced but said the judge was influenced by political and religious pressure groups.”
Adnan Oktar has been had by “religious pressure groups”. Delicious like chocolate-cowered Jesus.
The Perky Skeptic says
Mike, #7, referred to chocolate-covered matzo– I think the Japanese stole that idea and called it Pocky!
F'tang F'tang says
What ever happened to multiculturalism? Let’s hear it for sashimi and sake. Or haggis and scotch. Or carrot sticks and wheatgrass juice.
dean says
I’m not a wine fan. When you find out how they taste with a good whisky or bourbon, (followed by a cigar), let me know.
Sauceress says
#31 Alan C
You can’t piss off Pastafarians with that because we all know that the Noodly One loves nothing more than to be eaten!
Epinephrine says
Funny you should mention chocolate and milk; I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and the deacon explained that marriage is like chocolate milk, combinbing two good things to make something even better. He said that if you watch a glass of chocolate milk, it’ll eventually separate, but if you give it a stir from time to time it stays together.
Guess who stirs it? You know….
Jesus. Yup, Jesus is the Nestlé Quik bunny.
I was sitting in a row full of atheists, and there was much laughing at the long, tortured analogy.
Blondin says
#41, did he happen to mention whether the milk should be 2% or skim? What about homo? What kind of marriage would you get if you were homo milk? Would the church even support a homo milk marriage?
Blondin says
I know this is OT but somebody mentioned lactase and it reminded me…
If “lactating” is producing milk via mammary glands then what is “vegetating”?
(Images of bras full of radishes, peas and corn-on-the-cob…)
Hieronymous Braintree says
If all communion wafers suddenly became chocolate, would that prove Jesus was black?
Karley says
I partook in some chocolate Jesus. It wasn’t bad; kind of crumbly though.
Jesus: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in You Hands.
colluvial says
Using communion wafers for dessert has a centuries-long tradition in Germany for making the soft, moist, cake-like cookie called Lebkuchen.
From Wikipedia:
Mrs Tilton says
Karley @45,
Jesus: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in You Hands
Jesus never eats M&Ms, actually, and for a very good reason.
scooter says
Blondin @42: What kind of marriage would you get if you were homo milk?
Try to find a spouse who can survive pasteurization, it weeds out the wimps.
Sabazinus says
#2 said–Cthulhu, on the other hand, is the god that finds us the tastiest.
Yes, and he wants you all to start basting. Now. Low sodium broth or BBQ sauce is his preference.
Sarcastro says
I watched an episode of Jack of All Trades last night wherein a hungover Napoleon – played brilliantly by Verne Troyer – was getting married and kept eating communion wafers (and washing them down with holy water) while waiting for the ceremony to commence.
Xeric says
Tom Waits’ song about this “immaculate confection”:
Xeric says
Tom Waits’ song about this “immaculate confection”:
SASnSA says
That’s utterly sacrilegious! How evil can you be?! You’re definitely going to hell for this one! How dare you taint the divine chocolate with those nasty jesus chips!
tsg says
Donahue will foam at the mouth for any reason that gets him in the public eye. The mere appearance of sacrilege is all he needs. After all, he did go after the YouTube videos and I highly doubt they were all consecrated. Not that he could tell either way.
Dr. Mac says
When my sister and I were kids one of us mis-heard a TV commercial for cheese crackers and it became one of our running jokes about communion (which we never took, being non religeous). It went something like this:
We like munching,
We like crunching,
We like eating Jesus.
Mad Hussein LOLscientist, FCD says
Blondin asks:
A great way to make all those veggie-hating men out there start scarfing down multiple servings?
NoFear (RD.net) says
Did nobody make a comment yet about the appropriateness of the chocalate dipped host? If Jesus existed at all, he was most likely dark skinned, yes? So shouldn’t the body of christ be dark skinned as well? :-)
Alan Kellogg says
No Fear, #57
Here’s the thing, in terms of latitude Galilee is as far north As the state of Utah. He wasn’t Scandinavian white, but he wasn’t all that dark either. Olive I believe is the descriptive term, though it’s not the color of any olive I’ve ever seen.