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
Elizabeth EilenderThe 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
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The Cookies & Cream is creamy with notes of dark chocolate that can substitute for a dark and dreamy Espresso Martini.
—Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The distinct aroma of ripe cherries and dark chocolate should cause Paul Giamatti to exit your home and never return.
—Graeme Carey, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
The signature Beam nutty grain flavor is present, but it’s softened with layers of milk and dark chocolate, espresso bean, dulce de leche, fig, and a backbone of smoky oak.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
This bourbon exhibits dark chocolate, stone fruit, and sweet corn with a smoky, complex finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The distinct aroma of ripe cherries and dark chocolate should cause Paul Giamatti to exit your home and never return.
—Graeme Carey, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
The signature Beam nutty grain flavor is present, but it’s softened with layers of milk and dark chocolate, espresso bean, dulce de leche, fig, and a backbone of smoky oak.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
This bourbon exhibits dark chocolate, stone fruit, and sweet corn with a smoky, complex finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Dark chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark%20chocolate. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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