At first, the Aztecs punished their enemies by pouring hot chocolate down their throats, until the proud warriors found out their foes actually liked it and promptly switched to molten gold. Relive the pleasure of those lucky few conquistadors with today's Groupon: for $7, you get two tickets to a chocolate-tasting tour at Whetstone Chocolate Factory (a $14 value).

Since 1967, Henry and Esther Whetstone, of the aptly named Whetstone Chocolate Factory, have infused bellies with a sweet selection of chocolate confections, from fudge and truffles to decadent bars. Let your cacao-covered dreams become sweet, sweet reality with a 50-minute traipsing through the Whetstone historic facility, which fills hungry minds with saccharine stories and chocolate-based sestinas about Whetstone's past, as well as facts about chocolate manufacturing. The tour also includes a chocolate tasting, a four-tiered affair that mixes and matches flavors of dark chocolate, milk and white chocolate, creams, truffles, and more, all selected for their percentage of cocoa butter, granule fineness, and vocal range. Sweet seekers can learn and taste the subtleties and ingenious customs that define and represent artisan chocolate.

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Essortment named the chocolate-tasting tour led by Whetstone Chocolate Factory one of 20 Things to See in America's Oldest City, St. Augustine, FL.