# Where can I get caffinated hot chocolate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350 "2006-07-20T15:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/1 "2006-07-20T15:46:38Z")
I need my caffeine in the mornings, but I can’t stand coffee, with or without sugar/cream/foam/cocoa/sand/sundry additives. What I would like is some caffinated hot chocolate mix. Has anyone seen any? Can I get it cheap, in individual serving packets or by the bucket? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/2 "2006-07-20T15:50:29Z")
Two simple ways are (a) chocolate usually has caffeine in it, and (b) you could make it with H2Joe or something like that (caffeinated water). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/3 "2006-07-20T15:53:31Z")
[QUOTE=Subway Prophet] Can I get it cheap, in individual serving packets or by the bucket? [/QUOTE] Well, if you’re willing to drink it by the bucket, just stick with ordinary hot chocolate. It has about 5% the caffeine content of coffee, so just drink 20 cups and you’re good to go. (And yes, you’ll definitely _have_ to go, after drinking that much liquid.) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/4 "2006-07-20T16:04:11Z")
If you weren’t quite so anti-coffee, I’d suggest stirring a spoonful of instant coffee into your hot chocolate. I suppose you could try stirring in a ground-up No-Doz or Jet Alert or Vivarin, but I’m afraid that would taste worse than the coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/5 "2006-07-20T16:32:47Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] If you weren’t quite so anti-coffee, I’d suggest stirring a spoonful of instant coffee into your hot chocolate. I suppose you could try stirring in a ground-up No-Doz or Jet Alert or Vivarin, but I’m afraid that would taste worse than the coffee. [/QUOTE] Thanks, but yeah, flavor is somewhat important here. 🙂 [QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Well, if you’re willing to drink it by the bucket, just stick with ordinary hot chocolate. It has about 5% the caffeine content of coffee, so just drink 20 cups and you’re good to go. (And yes, you’ll definitely _have_ to go, after drinking that much liquid.) [/QUOTE] I laughed so hard at this one that I _almost_ p… whoops, nix that “almost”. Gotta go. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/6 "2006-07-20T21:28:07Z")
> **[Caffeine information](https://paul.spurious.biz/caffeine)** > > Paul Kremer's personal website, providing basic pointers about who I am and what I do as well as further links and possibilities to contact me. > [@](#): > > The average cup of hot cocoa contains about 10 mg of caffeine but over 200 mg of theobromine. Make double-strength hot chocolate using Dutch cocoa powder, found in your grocery’s baking aisle. I guarantee you’ll get a buzz. Theobromine is also a stimulant, chemically close to caffeine. Or just take one No-Doz with a regular hot chocolate mix. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/7 "2006-07-20T21:46:08Z")
[QUOTE=Subway Prophet] I need my caffeine in the mornings, but I can’t stand coffee, with or without sugar/cream/foam/cocoa/sand/sundry additives. What I would like is some caffinated hot chocolate mix. Has anyone seen any? Can I get it cheap, in individual serving packets or by the bucket? [/QUOTE] Up to this point, have you just been tolerating coffee in the mornings, even though you can’t stand it? I am trying to gauge the size of your desired fix here. In other words, to what have you been turning for your morning dose of caffeine? ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-caffinated-hot-chocolate/365350/8 "2006-07-20T22:22:28Z")
[QUOTE=The Swan] Up to this point, have you just been tolerating coffee in the mornings, even though you can’t stand it? I am trying to gauge the size of your desired fix here. In other words, to what have you been turning for your morning dose of caffeine? [/QUOTE] Can’t stand the stuff. I can hardly bear to be in the same room as a cup of coffee from the aroma. If I were trapped on a lifeboat with a coffee lover who brought along his favorite brew, I fear I would resort to cannibalism on day two. 😉 I have been getting my morning fix via Dr. Pepper, then Diet Dr. Pepper. Not nearly as much caffeine as coffee, but a bajillion times the crap. So I decided to quit the sodas.