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Mom’s Secret Chili Ingredient Goes Viral and Leaves TikTokkers Stunned
New York Post ^
| July 17, 2025
| Andrea Margolis
Posted on 07/17/2025 1:32:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A mother’s chili secret has gone viral in a TikTok video that has some loving the added ingredient while others are in disbelief.
The video was posted by the Hnieno Fam, a family-oriented TikTok account centered on a London mother and a father of two.
Jade Hnieno, the mom of the family, shared the video last month, revealing the mysterious addition: a square of dark chocolate added directly to the pot. “Secret ingredient to make the best chili,” she captioned the video.
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TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: chili; chocolte; food; recipe
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To: nickcarraway
No mention of the ingredient?
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:34:03 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: nickcarraway
That’s just a common Mexican-type of ingredient matchup.
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:34:05 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
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To: ansel12
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:34:22 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
I’ve done that for 50 years.
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:35:18 PM PDT
by
ryderann
To: ansel12
It’s right up above, in the third sentence of the post...
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:35:24 PM PDT
by
AnglePark
(My opinion is the most worthless thing I own.)
To: nickcarraway
I thought Mexican cooking had long used chocolate in savory dishes.
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:35:30 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: ansel12
a square of dark chocolate added directly to the pot. “Secret ingredient to make the best chili,” she captioned the video.
Even Betty Crocker knows this! (maybe it is cocoa powder...)
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:36:15 PM PDT
by
Unassuaged
(I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
To: ansel12
it’s a secret. unless you read the third sentence.
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:36:20 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: ansel12
It says it - a square of dark chocolate.
To: nickcarraway
Yes....chocolate....nothing new...we had a cookoff here in Town and a couple folks added the chocolate.
To: ConservativeMind
Have implemented it for decades. That and coffee grounds (fresh).
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:36:45 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
To: nickcarraway
Two things...
1. That’s not exactly a secret
2. “Hnieno Fam”....yeah, that’s a traditional Brit name alright. /s/
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:36:56 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: nickcarraway
Who didn’t know that? Cocoa powder works too.
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:38:27 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
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To: nickcarraway
Cinnamon too to enhance flavor like salt.
To: Jamestown1630
I had some of the actual mole at a Mexican wedding. Delicious.
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Cocoa powder is also what you use to make good marble rye bread, or pumpernickel bread. I’ve been using it in my chili since the 70’s. It’s hardly a secret?
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:40:12 PM PDT
by
blackdog
((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
To: Mean Daddy
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