milk chocolate

noun

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

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The palate offers a harmonious blend of vanilla, caramel and oak, with varying degrees of milk chocolate, plum and sweet pastry flavors depending on the barrel. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 There are notes of caramel, citrus, cherry, grape, and a little minerality on the palate, along with cinnamon, honey, and a bit of milk chocolate followed by a warm finish. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025 Those deer, which have changed from the color of milk chocolate to dark, break through our makeshift deterrents anyway and eat the yew, euonymus, arborvitae, and this winter, even the holly. Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Nutty Bars: Peanut butter ice cream with crunchy peanut butter pieces and crispy milk chocolate. Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for milk chocolate

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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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 19 May. 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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