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

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Greek Yogurt with Berries and Dark Chocolate Chips If a big bowl of ice cream is your kryptonite, Greek yogurt mixed with berries and dark chocolate chips is an excellent alternative. Christina Manian, Health, 22 Oct. 2025 Hire an assistant to follow me around with a purse full of money and a suitcase full of dark chocolate bars, to be handed over as needed. Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025 For a more intense, semisweet cookie, choose dark chocolate cocoa powder. Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Her 2022 Cabernet Franc is garnet colored in the glass and has sultry aromas of crushed violet petal, bell pepper, pencil lead, ripe cherry, and dark chocolate. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025 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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“Dark chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark%20chocolate. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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