# When and how did drinking chocolate fall out of fashion?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 27, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-drinking-chocolate-fall-out-of-fashion/427945 "2007-11-27T19:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-drinking-chocolate-fall-out-of-fashion/427945/61 "2007-11-29T21:20:46Z")

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[QUOTE=PastAllReason]  
They are flavoured hot chocolate mixes rather than simply cocoa powder. At least north of the 49th parallel you can buy all kinds of flavours: truffle, kahlua, amaretto, raspberry chocolate, mint chocolate, etc. I often buy some single serving sizes (they come in pouches) to use as stocking stuffers at Christmas. Can you not buy these in the US?  
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I can resoundingly answer, Yes! I don’t know about individual packets, but definitely tins.

[Here’s](http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com/Chocolate/Hot-Chocolate/Cocoa-Powder.aspx) “Old World Hot Chocolate” shavings.

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**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-drinking-chocolate-fall-out-of-fashion/427945/62 "2007-11-30T13:31:20Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
Does Ghirardelli make unsweetened cocoa powder?  
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Yes, they do. I have four cans in my pantry right now. (Stocking up while it was on sale. I use it in my holiday Rum Balls.)

Sorry to be so long in answering. I’ve been out of town for a couple of days.

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**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-drinking-chocolate-fall-out-of-fashion/427945/63 "2007-11-30T15:11:30Z")

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Back to the OP: I am almost completely clueless when it comes to culinary history, but my WAG would be that drinking chocolate declined when the even stronger buzz of coffee became widely known.

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