Best way to add chocolate to a brew?

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I want to get a little bit of real chocolate flavor into a lager I'm getting ready to brew. My first thought was to add some melted chocolate to the secondary fermenter, but I'm worried it might just re-harden on contact.

Other possibilites would be to add cocoa powder/chocolate shavings to secondary, or to stir it in at flameout.

Any suggestions/anecdotes?
 
Ive had good success adding low/no fat cocoa powder to the boil at flame out. Never used cocoa nibs though, so can't comment there. In a stout, 4 oz of powder is usually good.
 
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