# Black coffee and dark chocolate

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Tags:** coffee\
**Created:** [November 22, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-coffee-and-dark-chocolate/1025053 "2025-11-22T20:09:34Z")\
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Some people think things through for a long time.

> [@Dark chocolate or milk chocolate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031):
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> For me, it has to be dark. Totally dark all the way.

Some people get it right fast:

> [@CairoCarol](#):
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> there is typically more sugar and less cacao in milk chocolate as opposed to dark

It seems people who crave milk in their chocolate also want more sugar in it, and get less **[theobromine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine)** as a net result. It is the same for coffee, I guess. It also gives them pimples when they are in the right age bracket for that and it makes them fat.

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