Chocolate is comfort food for many people. That fact has long been established. Comfort foods are foods we eat to…well, feel comforted. They bring out positive emotions. That’s what they do. However, they are also known to stir up feelings of guilt afterwards.

In a study of American comfort food choices, men leaned more toward warm, hearty, meal-related comfort foods like steak and soup. On the other hand, women opted for foods that were snack related, yup, like chocolate. Also, the study showed how younger people tend to like snack-related comfort foods more compared to people over 55.
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