Why, Starbucks? Why?

Why must you include coffee in so many of your drinks? I know you're a coffeehouse, but still. And why, why, WHY is there COFFEE {or espresso, or mocha, or whatever - something that contains more caffeine than I ever wanted to consume} in your hot chocolate? 

And in your salted caramel hot chocolate? 

AND in your peppermint hot chocolate? 

You could've at least warned me about that before I discovered that I liked them. And don't even try to tell me that I should have assumed they were safe. Who puts that much caffeine {90 mg, which is nothing compared to straight coffee, but it's still more than I want!} in a generally Niamh-friendly beverage? 

But I know better now! Never again will I trust a drink unless I've thoroughly researched it! 

The plus side of this is that I did go and thoroughly research every other not-obviously-caffeinated drink at Starbucks, and I now have a Mormon-friendly Starbucks Bucket List!

1. White Hot Chocolate

2. White Chocolate Creme Frappuccino

3. Vanilla Bean Creme Frappuccino

4. Cinnamon Dolce Creme Frappuccino

5. Orange Mango Smoothie

6. Strawberry Smoothie

{there were a couple more that I could have included in this list, but they sounded yucky to me. I'm pretty sure one involved coconut...blech}

If Starbucks has still somehow managed to slip caffeine into these drinks undetected, 

someone please let me know before I try them!

Also, someone told me that if you have them add a creme base to pretty much anything, that makes it caffeine-free. True or False?

P.S. I'm grateful for

+ a three-day weekend! Thank gooseness!

+ when Blogger behaves

+ this amazing cold weather! I've been piling on the 

blankets these past few nights...and days :)