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

Recent Examples on the Web

Polyphenols in dark chocolate support insulin sensitivity and metabolic health. —Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 13 Nov. 2025

Usually located in the warehouse's bakery section, the beloved bark is made using layers of dark chocolate and white chocolate, then topped with crushed peppermint candy pieces. —Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025

Sprinkle with flaky salt, dark chocolate chips, and/or a drizzle of honey. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Nov. 2025

While that helps some of us love and others loathe tastes like super-dark chocolate or black coffee, the evolutionary purpose of these receptors is to keep us from eating things that could harm or kill us. —New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above