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

For dark-chocolate lovers Bedrock Wine Company Old Vine Zinfandel 2022 This zinfandel balances the bitterness of dark chocolate, which may be on the menu come Valentine’s Day. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025

His 2021 Petite Sirah is inky purple in color with aromas of cassis, dark chocolate, and blueberry. —Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025

For dessert, guests will be able to order festive specials such as a Valentine’s Heart made of chocolate sponge cake with passion fruit and strawberry jam or a Chocolate Biscuit with hazelnut coffee praline and dark chocolate. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025

Spector suggests dark chocolate over 70 percent cocoa with minimal ingredients as a healthier option along with nuts. —Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above