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
Elizabeth EilenderThe 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
Fran BellamyExamples of dark chocolate in a Sentence
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Mocha, which lies somewhere between light sand and dark chocolate, looks especially sophisticated in leather variations and plays well with all types of styles, from bohemian maximalist to quiet-luxury minimalist.
—René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 16 May 2025
Desserts are wonderful old favorites, including plump profiteroles with a deep dark chocolate; succulent poached poire belle Hélène; and a hot apple tart that was crisp and sweet and had the real taste of good apples.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Pair a square of dark chocolate with nuts for a balanced snack that won’t spike blood sugar.
—Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
Flavonoids are abundant in foods like tea, apples, oranges, kale, dark chocolate and particularly berries.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
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René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 16 May 2025
Desserts are wonderful old favorites, including plump profiteroles with a deep dark chocolate; succulent poached poire belle Hélène; and a hot apple tart that was crisp and sweet and had the real taste of good apples.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Pair a square of dark chocolate with nuts for a balanced snack that won’t spike blood sugar.
—Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
Flavonoids are abundant in foods like tea, apples, oranges, kale, dark chocolate and particularly berries.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dark chocolate
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“Dark chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark%20chocolate. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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