chocolatophile

plural chocolatophiles

1. informalA lover of chocolate.

   Rows and rows of luscious Snickers bars await band members who will sell them to eager chocolatophiles.

   1984, April Harper, “Love at First Bite”, in 1984 Spur, Austin, Tex.: John H. Reagan High School, →OCLC, page 169

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   The Gihardelli Chocolate factory has a soda shop enough to make a chocolatophile cry. Ever had white chocolate: The palate refuses to accept the fact it tastes the same.

   1974 April 7, “The Barn Owl”, in The Stuart News, volume 37, number 158, Stuart, Fla.: E. W. Scripps Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 74

   [O]ne awful day, the chief began to restrict its [chocolate’s] use. […] My father openly opposed the government; the group of chocolatophiles was formed.

   1989, Virgilio Piñera, translated by Mark Schafer, “The Cause”, in René’s Flesh (The Eridanos Library; 16), Boston, Mass.: Eridanos Publishers, →ISBN, pages 26–27

   Synonyms: chocophile