repetative lyrics

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As a parent of a teen girl with Aspergers, I am going insane with my daughters repetitions. She has been singing the one same lyric for years, there are many but one comes to mind that is her favourite, but it drives me crazy.
Is it ok for me to try and teach it out of her with consequences? She has an addiction to chocolate. She has a small portion each day or alternate day. Not unhealthy amounts.
I have said to her today, she has the option to sing her favourite lyric in her bedroom with the door shut, but if she chooses not to, if I hear this song in the kitchen, lounge room she wont be having anything chocolate for 6 days.
She doesnt sing these songs outside of home.
Do I need to let this flow over me, and if I should because this song is soothing to her, how do I let this song just blow over me?

I get how annoying it would be for you, we also get them same type of repetitions over and over from our sons. Sometimes my brain doesn't seem to even have space for my own thoughts.
but... I think the fact she sings it at home and not other places probably shows how comfortable she is at home, her home as well as yours. A 6 day chocolate ban is too much I think. If she has been singing it for so long, no doubt she will slip up, the stress of losing her chocolate and her song could really upset her. Can you talk to her about singing much more quietly?, or could she put it on a disc and just listen to it through head phones? Or perhaps trying to get her used to not singing the lyric after dinner as a compromise? To me, honestly that sounds like a very big ask from you. I think I would let it flow over me, as you say- so many more worrying things and it is such a comfort for her. If you can't however, if it really drives you crazy then I'd just go really slowly with it. For you? meditation? earplugs? laugh, so you don't cry?
It's not easy, Good luck!