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

At a cask strength of 118 proof, this is an intense sipper, but that heat does not obscure delicate notes of tropical fruit, vanilla, pepper, citrus, and dark chocolate. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 June 2026

Be mindful of chocolate portion sizes, and stick to roughly an ounce (28 g) per day—preferably of dark chocolate. — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 17 June 2026

Drink a cup of unsweetened black or green tea, eat berries at breakfast, have an apple or pear for a snack, add beans to your lunch or dinner, or enjoy a small piece of dark chocolate or low-sugar cocoa as a treat. — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 16 June 2026

His dark chocolate skin was something that colonial recruitment offices had rejected in volunteers just one year before. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above