Message #46210

[mccoy]

Actually chocolate does have caffeine, but less than coffee, although the quantity varies wildly according to the type, commercial ready hot chocolate (tiny amounts), or prepared from cacao powder (higher amounts).
Chocolate contains also other alkaloids such as teobromine and is told to be serotoninergic (reinforces the flow of serotonin), so some direct effects on the brain are almost indisputable.