I have used coffee to thin out a pot of chili before. It's different. I will have to give the cocoa powder a try the next time I make a batch.
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:: The Aztecs generally consumed chocolate as a hot drink made with water and cayenne powder. ::
My daughter mixes cocoa, hot milk and chili piquine.
She does add some sugar.
I tend to like it, too.
(I won a local chili contest with my choco-chili. I named it “Bagster’s Want”.)