Although we may consume more hot cocoa in one sitting than a chocolate bar, it doesn’t necessarily mean more caffeine. Most packaged hot chocolate mixes you’d make at home usually contain 5 mg ...

A regular cup of coffee has around 130 milligrams of caffeine. A cup of decaf has about five milligrams. That's about the same amount as a cup of hot cocoa or half of a bar of chocolate.

That said, the small amounts of caffeine found in chocolate and cocoa likely won't cause harm in moderation. How does matcha's caffeine content compare to other drinks? Matcha treads the middle of ...