baking chocolate

noun

variants or less commonly baker's chocolate

: unsweetened chocolate that is used especially as an ingredient in baking

Melt two ounces of baking chocolate and mix it into the batter.

Unadulterated chocolate is sold as unsweetened or baking chocolate and packs the boldest chocolate punch.

—Keith Dresser

Large amounts of chocolate, especially baker's chocolate and chocolate chips, can be toxic to your pets.

—Amy Marder

Examples of baking chocolate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bright, medium-deep purple; the aromas are quite lovely, with notes of black plum, black cherry, baking chocolate and sweet oak. —Tom Hyland, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

Just a few spoonfuls of flavorful cocoa (or, in some versions, a couple of tidy squares of baking chocolate) turn this cake a pale, ruddy brown, the same color as the building blocks of brown stone building facades, thus its name. —Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023

Even so, Texans have become particularly creative in this heat wave, proofing bread in a mailbox, baking chocolate chip cookies in the car and popping popcorn on pavement. —Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above