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

The dessert menu is just as backward-looking (or, more generously, classic-minded) as the savory offerings: cheesecake with a swash of berry sauce, dark chocolate pot de crème. —Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024

But a Sacko signature that never leaves the menu is the decadent dark chocolate tart, thrillingly paired with chocolate-wasabi mousse and a scoop of wasabi ice cream. —Lindsey Tramuta, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2024

For example, a 2017 survey conducted by the FDA and the Illinois Institute of Technology of 78 dark chocolate products found that almost two-thirds contained an advisory statement for peanuts; of those, only about four actually contained the allergen. —Carolyn Beans, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024

Brownie Batter: Fantastically fudgy, this extra creamy ice cream is chock-full of dark chocolate flavor and brownie bites. —Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above