To attempt answer the why I love chocolate question...
Good dark chocolate has this smooth, slightly bitter, warm taste. It slides on your tounge and simply melts. It has caffeine and so gives me a small pick-up and helps me deal with migranes. Dark chocolate is lower in sugar so I don't end up crashing a few hours later after the sugar drains my energy.
It goes good with some wine, It's great with milk, I love hot chocolate, it goes on cake, you can make it into a pie, it goes good with almost any fruit or nut. For me, just one bite of chocolate can satisfy a sweet tooth craving that would take a whole bag of spice drops to satisfy.
As for the chemistry that causes people to love it so much - I think it's more a mental taste for it than a physical need. I could drink coffee, or tea and get the antioxidents and caffeine that I can get in chocolate. There are other chemical ingredients that affect hormones in your body but just one bite of chocolate shouldn't in theory have that large of an effect. For me it's just a food that I love the taste of and that I mentally see as an indulgence for me that isn't bad for me. How much better can you make it?
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