Eugenia suggested:
At 10:29 AM 2/13/98 MDT:

>So...be creative and make up some reason for the 
> colonials to have chocolate.
>Why would the Galactica have chocolate anyway?
I have it! Harken back, if you will, to The Long Patrol, and the
drawings Starbuck discovered in his cell. Robber pointed out at the end
of that episode that the cell _used_ to be occupied by someone called
"The Silent One" (possibly a mime exiled from a futuristic Earth during
a period known as The Renaissance of Good Taste--he was imprisoned
again because his antics immediately were proclaimed a heinous crime by
the Enforcers, who may not have had much in the way of brains but did
know a Bad Thing when they saw it) who is responsible for the drawings.
Perhaps this Earth refuge also brought with him...chocolate! And we're
talking good Swiss or German chocolate--none of the mediocre American
stuff. Maybe he even smuggled some of the appropriate plants with him,
along with Godiva's secret recipes (in a fit of pique about being
exiled).  

Soo...along with making ambrosia, the prisoners on Proteus have also
been manufacturing chocolate. All of which has been piling up in a
warehouse since they haven't had contact with the Colonies in ages.
After the attack on Proteus, in the unshown footage when the Galactica
is rescuing the Enforcers and the prisoners, a savvy member of the
rescue team happens upon the chocolate stash and the greenhouse-like
structure where the plants are kept. Knowing of the Fleet's perennial
food problems, he reports this to the Fleet quartermaster, who
confiscates the mysterious food item. After being thoroughly tested by
both Wilker and Salik and deemed safe for human consumption (in small
quantities) as well as having some medicinal value, the chocolate
begins to be distributed throughout the Fleet and chocolate production
(with the aid of the ex-Proteus prisoners, who don't have anything
better to do) begins in earnest. As demand for this item increases, one
or maybe two of the smaller Fleet ships will be converted to full-time
chocolate production.  As time goes on the Fleet advances further and
further into the uncharted reaches of space, encountering new
civilizations with whom they form alliances by virtue of having this
wonderful comestible with which to trade (it also helps that they're
not at all burdened with any of this Prime Directive nonsense). Soon
they've garnered enough support to turn on their Cylon pursuers,
launching a devastating full-scale attack. Their momentum (fueled by
the fact that most of the Warriors have been on a continual
sugar/caffeine rush from the chocolate for yahrens) is so great that
they eventually reclaim their homeworlds and wipe the Cylon menace out
of the galaxy. 

See--if the Warriors had a chocolate ration they could be _much_ more
efficient. :)

Michele