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

Since the homemade icing on the cake is so sweet, and the real star of the show, my mom always opts for a lighter chocolate cake mix, like milk chocolate, instead of dark chocolate or fudge. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

Thin Mint doughnuts also feature Thin Mint cookie bits and dark chocolate chips and a minty green icing drizzle. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 7 July 2026

There’s also magnesium in avocados, dark chocolate, and fatty fish, such as salmon. — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 5 July 2026

Drizzle dark chocolate on walnuts for extra antioxidants and health benefits. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above