chocolate

as in candy
a sweet food made from cacao beans She gave me a box of chocolates for my birthday.

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Recent Examples of chocolate Other items on the menu include fries cooked in beef fat and a Dutch chocolate milkshake. Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025 Private villas were rented and transformed into extravagant replicas of the movies’ opulent Capitol, complete with servers in eccentric wigs, chocolate fountains that flowed for hours and enough colorful macarons to feed a small city. Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Don’t skip dessert here: Opt for a swirl of homemade vanilla soft-serve ice cream or a slice of decadent chocolate pie. Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 10 May 2025 Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Delight Doughnut: A miniature Original Glazed doughnut dipped in chocolate icing & chocolate chip cookie crumble, topped with cookie dough flavored buttercreme. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for chocolate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocolate
candy
Noun
  • Kith Treats sells soft-serve ice cream and milkshakes that can be mixed with cereal or candy, a Build Your Own menu and some of the company’s global collections.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
  • The finish is long and sweet, with lingering tropical fruit and hard maple candy notes.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

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“Chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocolate. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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