# Caffine-free chocolate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-free-chocolate/75630>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 9, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-free-chocolate/75630 "2001-08-09T17:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-free-chocolate/75630/1 "2001-08-09T17:44:21Z")

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Does anyone know where I would be able to order or get such a thing? I have a good friend who is a choco-holic but she can’t have caffine…she’s in a hard place!

I know someone out there must know a place!

–==the sax man==–

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**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-free-chocolate/75630/2 "2001-08-09T22:35:02Z")

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Well, a quick google search brings up this place, [http://www.mrsgibbles.com/](http://www.mrsgibbles.com/)  
It’s a pretty crappy website and I can’t find the actual product or price on it. Maybe I’m not trying hard enough.

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-free-chocolate/75630/3 "2001-08-09T23:02:59Z")

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Does she know that chocolate is a problem? One candy bar has only around 11 mg of caffeine, whereas an 8 oz cup of coffee (which seems a little large to me, I don’t drink coffee) has 137 mg of caffeine. Unless she has a major physical reaction to caffeine, it really shouldn’t be a problem. If she does, she also needs to avoid decaffeinated coffee, which has 2 mg (I’ve heard up to 5 mg) and Starbuck’s decaf has around 25 mg. I don’t think you could remove the caffeine from chocolate without removing the taste and the theobromine (which is what you want anyway).

I quit caffeine several years ago, but I still eat all the chocolate I want.

[sub]Nutrional analysis courtesy of [Search the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference](http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_s.pl)[/sub]

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**Author:** ![nonsequitur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@nonsequitur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonsequitur)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-free-chocolate/75630/4 "2001-08-14T07:13:15Z")

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Ovaltine is a good substitute for hot chocolate. There’s a recipe on the container for chocolate cheese cake too.

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**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-free-chocolate/75630/5 "2001-08-27T23:01:26Z")

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Has anybody found any decaf chocolate yet? I’ve searched again with no success.