Learn Spanish (Latin America): A mí me encanta el chocolate.

In Spanish, verbs like encantar (and gustar) work backwards compared to English. The thing you love is actually the subject of the sentence doing the action. Literally, this sentence translates to "The chocolate is enchanting to me." Because chocolate is an "it" (third-person singular), we use the ending for "it", which is encanta.

Why does the sentence use both A mí and me?

You are right that they basically both mean "to me"! In Spanish, the short pronoun me is required with these verbs to show who is receiving the feeling. The phrase A mí at the start is completely optional. We add it here just for extra emphasis, like saying "As for me, I love chocolate."

Why do we say el chocolate instead of just chocolate?

In English, we usually drop the word "the" when talking about things in general (like "chocolate" or "sports"). But in Spanish, when a general category or concept is the subject of a sentence, it almost always needs its definite article (el, la, los, or las). Since el chocolate is the grammatical subject performing the "enchanting", the el is required.

Can I use encantar to say I love a person?