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
Elizabeth EilenderThe 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
Fran BellamyExamples of dark chocolate in a Sentence
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No other Häagen-Dazs products or other batches of Häagen-Dazs chocolate dark chocolate mini bars are affected by this recall.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
The pies include brown butter pumpkin, salted caramel dutch apple, classic pecan, dark chocolate brownie pie with malt marscapone, coconut cardamom sweet potato, mile-high lemon meringue chess, bourbon sour cherry, and dulce de leche banana cream pie ($35 each).
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Other foods and drinks often consumed include atole, a corn flour beverage, and dark chocolate.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Each shell is made from a mix of Torres’ signature hot chocolate and Belgian dark chocolate and filled with mini marshmallows and sprinkles.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
The pies include brown butter pumpkin, salted caramel dutch apple, classic pecan, dark chocolate brownie pie with malt marscapone, coconut cardamom sweet potato, mile-high lemon meringue chess, bourbon sour cherry, and dulce de leche banana cream pie ($35 each).
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Other foods and drinks often consumed include atole, a corn flour beverage, and dark chocolate.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Each shell is made from a mix of Torres’ signature hot chocolate and Belgian dark chocolate and filled with mini marshmallows and sprinkles.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dark chocolate
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“Dark chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark%20chocolate. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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