milk chocolate

noun

: chocolate made with milk solids compare dark chocolate, white chocolate

Examples of milk chocolate in a Sentence

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Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter is credited with first combining cocoa powder and powdered milk to make milk chocolate in 1875. Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2025 Dark chocolate, which contains more cocoa than milk chocolate, may be beneficial. Joy Emeh, Health, 10 Feb. 2025 The classic version uses a 40 percent West African milk chocolate, wrapped around both caramel and praline. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025 For dessert, couples can choose between seasonal soft serve and caramelized milk chocolate and peanut pie with dulce de leche, miso whip. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for milk chocolate 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of milk chocolate was in 1900

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“Milk chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20chocolate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

milk chocolate

noun
: chocolate containing ground cacao beans, cocoa butter, and milk from which no solids (as of sugar or fat) have been removed

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