What research shows
Grouped with eating at 30.7%. Food dreams increase measurably during dieting.
Objects
Dreaming about chocolate
Dreaming about chocolate is traditionally read as pleasure taken deliberately — chocolate dreams are among the few unambiguously indulgent ones. No survey has counted how often it occurs.
- Dream book of 1862
- Chocolate its heading in Fontaine
- Its lottery numbers
- 47 · 15 as printed in 1862
Dream book: Felix Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1862).
The psychological reading
For someone cutting out sugar, a chocolate dream is most simply read as the craving itself — continuity rather than symbolism.
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When it turns up
Why this dream arrives when it does
Chocolate is pleasure taken deliberately, and it rises during restriction like other food dreams. It arrives around treats, rewards and the permission to have one.
The version matters
Different ways this dream shows up
Chocolate that tastes wrong is a variant that reads as anticipated pleasure not arriving.
Eating chocolate
A searched version. Reported as straightforwardly pleasant, which is rare enough to note.
Hiding it
Pleasure that feels like it needs concealing. It clusters around dieting and around households with rules about food.
Too much of it
Indulgence past the pleasant point. Dreamers report the turn precisely.
Sharing it
Pleasure distributed. It arrives around family and celebrations.
Chocolate that tastes wrong
Expected pleasure not delivered. It follows disappointments in small rewards.
Buying it for someone
Care in a small deliberate form. Reported around apologies.
How often do people look up this dream?
Chocolate ranks 88th of the 111 themes here, with 0.22% of the searches; coffee leads the section at 13.8%.
Primary source
What a dream book said in 1862
“To dream of chocolate, signifies trouble, brought about by gossiping.”
Felix Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1862) — read the original text.
Like other American dream books of its time, Fontaine read dreams as omens and attached lottery numbers to them; under “Chocolate” it printed 47, 15. Today’s dream dictionaries still echo readings like this one.
Commonly claimed, and wrong
What this dream does not mean
Chocolate dreams are not a sign of self-indulgence or of a need for romance. Restriction during the day explains most of them.
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Asked most often
Questions about this dream
What does it mean to dream about chocolate?
Usually deliberate pleasure, and often literal craving if you have been restricting.
What does hiding chocolate mean?
Pleasure that feels like it needs permission. It is common during dieting.
Is it a sign I need something sweet in life?
Occasionally, but the simpler explanation is usually the right one.
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