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

There is bright acidity in the mid palate and flavors of black cherry, dark chocolate, red plum, and freshly leafy herbs all deftly wrapped in velvety soft tannins. —Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2026

More data is needed before foods like dark chocolate can be recommended, especially because calories, sugar and fat could outweigh the benefits, Moon said. —Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026

Cognitive Benefits Beyond heart health, dark chocolate’s antioxidants may also support brain function. —Mura Dominko, Martha Stewart, 11 Feb. 2026

Bonbons are available at the Piazza Carmel chocolatier in flavors like marzipan, raspberry chipotle dark chocolate truffle, rose white chocolate truffle and strawberry cheesecake truffle. —Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above