Oh, now you’re in trouble!!!! KC has THE BEST barbeque ever! LOL! I still say I make good chili and I don’t put chocolate chips in it. I know it sounds weird but a tablespoon of cocoa adds an incredibly unique flavor. But you know, if you want to be the same as everyone else, by all means don’t work outside of the box! ;0)
I think that adobo sauce does about the same thing as the cocoa, but I never realized until I read this thread that chocolate would go in chili. Adobo sauce is about as nasty as a mouthful of non-sweetened cocoa powder, but it adds something to chili that can’t be described.