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

These Cabernets often deliver bold black currant, plum, and dark chocolate flavors, layered with savory iron, dusty spice, herbs, and mineral notes. —Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

Dark Chocolate Regularly eating small amounts of dark chocolate may support mood in some people. —Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2026

With botanical notes from Castle & Key Gin and high-quality dark chocolate, Bissinger's Gin and Tonic bar is one to savor. —Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Berries are a great source of polyphenols, but foods like herbs, spices, dark chocolate, coffee, tea, olives, nuts, and some fruits contain equal or even higher amounts gram for gram. —Lindsey Desoto, Health, 27 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above