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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: chili; chocolte; food; recipe
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To: nickcarraway
I've tried a mole sauce with dark chocolate. Can't say I'm a big fan.

21 posted on 07/17/2025 1:40:51 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: nickcarraway

Mole’ Chicken is one of my all time favorites.


22 posted on 07/17/2025 1:41:07 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t like chocolate or cinnamon in my chili. Why I’m not a big fan of Skyline.


23 posted on 07/17/2025 1:41:50 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: rightwingcrazy

Yup.


24 posted on 07/17/2025 1:43:15 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: ebshumidors

Some people swear by adding a little cinnamon to coffee.


25 posted on 07/17/2025 1:43:51 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway

Dark Chocolate square is a secret ingredient? This isn’t the first time I’ve heard of that being added to chili or pasta sauces. Not sure why everyone is in such awe about it.


26 posted on 07/17/2025 1:45:57 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: ryderann

Same here. Also for almost 50 years. Hardly a secret.

On the other hand, home cooking does seem to be on its way to becoming a lost art.

I’ve known several adults who have never used an appliance in their kitchen other than the coffee pot. Take out, delivery or restaurants for every meal.


27 posted on 07/17/2025 1:46:20 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: nickcarraway

Coco and coffee are standard additions to chili.

This is not remotely new.


28 posted on 07/17/2025 1:46:52 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Sacajaweau

I may be theonly person in the world who hates chili and chocolate too.


29 posted on 07/17/2025 1:47:25 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: Jamestown1630

It has. And coffee.

Zero new knowledge here.


30 posted on 07/17/2025 1:47:28 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: nickcarraway

Been doing that for years.


31 posted on 07/17/2025 1:48:13 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Mean Daddy

Yeah no. Unless you’re from Cincinnasty.


32 posted on 07/17/2025 1:48:16 PM PDT by 03A3 (If we can defund the police, we sure as hell can defund the FBI)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve won regional awards with “Choco-chili”.
Also, you might try 3 shots of espresso in 2 quarts of finished chili.
Known as Red-Eye.


33 posted on 07/17/2025 1:49:05 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (There are no more conspiracy theories, only questions that further the truth.)
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To: nickcarraway

Cocoa and coffee in chile is standard. The generation that can’t cook is surprised.


34 posted on 07/17/2025 1:49:17 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

Cincinnati-style chili includes cocoa powder. I’m


35 posted on 07/17/2025 1:50:07 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Yep, no secret, some Mexican recipes call for it, most do not.

Texas chili sure does not


36 posted on 07/17/2025 1:54:39 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: V_TWIN

Britain would be the last place in the world one would go to for recipes.


37 posted on 07/17/2025 1:54:45 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: AnglePark; nickcarraway

“”””It’s right up above, in the third sentence of the post...””””

Oops, my excuse is that I was cooking spaghetti and a canned hot tamales/canned chili sauce for it.

By the way dark chocolate is an old and not unusual addition to chili as many have noted already, I use it sometimes.


38 posted on 07/17/2025 1:55:54 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

A square of dark chocolate.


39 posted on 07/17/2025 1:55:55 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: nickcarraway

I love both chili and mole, so why not?


40 posted on 07/17/2025 1:56:12 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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