dark chocolate

noun

: chocolate that is dark in color and contains a high percentage cocoa and cocoa butter, usually no milk, and varying amounts of sugar

Imagine opening your mailbox and finding a three-pound bar of 70 percent pure dark chocolate.—

Elizabeth Eilender

The tart mousse was served in a dark chocolate cup, topped with meringue, and finished with a crisp wafer.—

Fran Bellamy

compare milk chocolate, white chocolate

Examples of dark chocolate in a Sentence

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Lovely aromas of ripe black fruits draw you in to experience complex layers of black cherry, blackberry, clove, and dark chocolate flavors wrapped in a velvety tannic sheath. —

Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024 Stir in a 1/2 cup (or more) of dark chocolate chips, nuts, shredded coconut, or pumpkin seeds. —

Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024 Add a pumpkin or pecan and dark chocolate pie for $30. —

Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024 There is a dark chocolate hojicha cookies and cream. —

Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dark chocolate

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of dark chocolate was in 1896

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