This graph from Google shows how frequently “chocolate” was mentioned in the vast Google Books archive. As you can see, the proportion of books which mentioned chocolate took a nose-dive in the mid-twentieth century:
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Um, wasn’t it rationed for a fair chunk of that period?
Good point Richard. Though does rationing make you more or less likely to write about it – less of it about versus more longing for it?