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

Greif Lagrein, 2021 Greif Lagrein is intense and rich, with dark fruit aromas of blackberry, black cherry, and plum and secondary notes of dark chocolate, leather, and tobacco, along with subtle hints of violet and black pepper. —Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025

Though dark chocolate has been proven to have an array of health benefits, it also has been found to have high levels of heavy metals, according to a study conducted in July 2024. —Rachel Raposas, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025

The bag touts tasting notes of strawberry, raspberry, and dark chocolate, which are spot-on. —Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025

Magnesium is found in dark chocolate, lentils, peanuts, cashews, and more. —Emily Peck, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above