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chocoholic

American  
[chaw-kuh-haw-lik, -hol-ik, chok-uh-] / ˌtʃɔ kəˈhɔ lɪk, -ˈhɒl ɪk, ˌtʃɒk ə- /

noun

  1. a person who is excessively fond of chocolate.


chocoholic British  
/ ˌtʃɒkəˈhɒlɪk /

noun

  1. informal

    1. someone who is very fond of eating chocolate

    2. ( as modifier )

      the chocoholic British

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chocoholic

choco(late) + -holic


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California Cultured, a competitor, is targeting chocoholic health nuts by cultivating bean cells high in flavanols but minus the heavy metals sometimes found in dark chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

"I used to be a bit of a chocoholic, so this is a big wrench!"

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2022

Dessert entails pot de creme for the chocoholic that I am and, thankfully, my lady wisely selects the apple cobbler, which is positively out of sight.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2017

The New Celebrity Apprentice The teams create a new candy  for chocoholic billionaire Warren Buffet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2017

The odd man out is chocolate, which admittedly has an intriguing technological back-story, but it's there essentially because Miodownik is a chocoholic.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2013

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