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However, considering that chocolate has caffeine in it, is your late-night treat secretly sabotaging your sleep?

Keep reading to see what the experts have to say.

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Brooklyn–based registered dietitian

Does chocolate contain caffeine or not?

Yes, most chocolate has caffeine in it.

In milk chocolate, there are about20 milligrams of caffeineper 100 grams, Pasquariello says.

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Interestingly, chocolate also packs theobromine, a mild stimulant closely related to caffeine.

Which chocolate has the most caffeine?

Generally speaking, the darker your chocolate treat is, the more caffeinated it will be.

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Dark chocolate will typically have at least three times the amount of caffeine as milk chocolate, notes Pasquariello.

Milk chocolate falls in the middleless than dark chocolate, but more than white chocolatebecause it containssomecocoa solids.

Can you eat chocolate if you cant have caffeine?

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Brooklyn–based registered dietitian

Caffeine considerations aside, Pasquariello believes that chocolate is a joy that can accommodate any dietary regimen.

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But ultimately, its also about not depriving ourselves of foods we love.

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Particularly when those foods can alsohelp you live longer(as is the case with chocolate).

Martinez-Pinilla, Eva et al.

The relevance of theobromine for the beneficial effects of cocoa consumption.Frontiers in pharmacologyvol.

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