Abstract: A tobacco-like product includes a coffee, tea, cocoa or soy base material. A flavor ingredient is added to the base material and the final product is formulated to a suitable form, such as lozenges, tablets, cakes, shredded, powdered and capsules. In the practice of the method of the present invention, a tobacco-like product is manufactured by selecting a base material, drying the base material, converting the base material, adding a flavor ingredient, adjusting a caffeine content, processing the combined ingredients, formulating the final product and packaging the final product.