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

Additionally, the company is introducing a new Chocolate Mint Cake to its rotating menu that features two layers of rich dark chocolate cake stacked with semi-sweet chocolate ganache, mint cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with smooth Andes Créme De Menthe Candy Pieces. —Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

That note mingles with flavors of dark chocolate, caramel, roasted espresso, baking spice, black pepper, and molasses, and the whiskey’s inherent sweetness is nicely tempered by the spice from the high percentage of rye in the recipe. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 June 2025

The extra space makes every step along the way easier, including offering room for a tasting wall, where customers can sample little bits of each chocolate bar from the most bitter dark chocolate to the sweet cafe con leche bar that is Exquisito’s biggest seller. —Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025

Additional roasted nuts, dark chocolate, and a subtle iodine/seaweed maritime note add complexity. —Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above