Chocolate contains theobromine and a little caffeine. A 1-ounce square of chocolate has as much caffeine as:
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For the record, chocolate contains small amounts of caffeine. Chocolate also contains another closely related substance called theobromine in much larger levels, and the presence of these two closely related substances has been the cause of much confusion among chocolate lovers.
caffeine is found in chocolate
Caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid substance that is found in the leaves, fruits and nuts of a variety of different plants, including coffee, guarana, tea, yerba mate, and approximately 60 other plants. Amazingly, caffeine is found in a wide variety of types of plants and on completely different sides of the world. One of these plants is the cocoa tree, where the caffeine is found in the seeds (called cocoa beans). Cocoa beans are similar in size and shape to almonds, and they grow inside cocoa pods. The hard cocoa pod is about the size of a small Nerf football. It grows off the branches and trunk of the cocoa tree and contains between thirty to forty beans.