![]() ![]() Please keep in mind that consuming caffeine in excess can affect your health and if used too often, excessive amounts of caffeine could disrupt your regular sleep pattern. And white chocolate typically has zero grams of caffeine, as it doesn’t contain any of the cocoa solids that give the other kinds of chocolate their caffeine content. Milk chocolate contains about half that amount, at around 6 milligrams per ounce. Typically, dark chocolate contains the most caffeine at about 12 milligrams per ounce. You can generally tell how much caffeine is in a chocolate, purely by how dark it is. Yes, anything that is made from real chocolate will have some amount of caffeine. Global military units continue to give out chocolate rations in MREs (Meals, Ready-to-Eat) to this day. These are just a few examples of how throughout history candy has been used to help give people quick, sustained bursts of energy with just a simple snack. Could you imagine operating military equipment with melted chocolate all over your hands? In 1941, the Mars Chocolate Company developed the candy-coated chocolates to help keep soldier’s hands clean. ![]() Through testing different products and recipes, the US Military was actually responsible for the creation of M&M’s. Many had stated that they would’ve actually preferred the boiled potato. While the bar provided enough saturated fat, calories, sugar and caffeine to keep the troops going, it wasn’t necessarily anyone’s favorite snack. He had asked for the chocolate bar to not taste too good, because he didn’t want the troops eating the chocolate, unless it was truly an emergency. The “ D-Ration” was specifically designed to be high in energy, not melt under a hot sun and taste “slightly better than a boiled potato”.Ĭolonel Paul Logan, the US Quartermaster General and Deputy Director of the Subsistence Division was in charge of food rations for the troops during the second World War. ![]() In World War II, the Hershey’s Company developed a chocolate bar, exclusively for our troops. The British company, Cadbury provided Britain’s soldiers with massive amounts of chocolate throughout the early 1900’s. In the American Revolutionary war, George Washington found that eating a few pieces of chocolate was enough to give his soldiers the extra boost of energy they needed to keep pushing forward. During periods of intense physical exertion, your body needs more of these sugars in your bloodstream to help the different parts of your body to function properly. Your body breaks down these carbohydrates into glucose, which is what your body burns to give you quick bursts of physical and mental energy. Sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in a variety of foods. The history of candy as an energy boosterįor as long as humans have walked the earth, it is likely that certain forms of sweets were not only consumed for enjoyment, but also to get a quick burst of energy when it’s needed the most. Caffeinated candies are in high demand these days, as many people are looking for something to help them remain productive on those long, and sometimes exhausting days. In today’s world, getting a much-needed jolt of energy from a cup of coffee or energy drink isn’t the only way to help you stay awake. Ever since the first chocolate bar was created in 1847, we have known that candy can offer us a delightful pick-me-up. ![]()
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