How to Use cocoa in a Sentence

cocoa

noun

• The recipe calls for three tablespoons of cocoa.
• The free fest features live ice carving demonstrations, character meet and greets, free hot cocoa and crafts.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2022
• His Velvet Truffles are made with fresh Perthshire cream and a rare island cocoa.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
• The thin batter comes together easily with Dutch process cocoa to make a dense, supremely moist cake.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2022
• Instead of looking for the perfect holiday scent, choose this set with three 4-ounce candles: cocoa and cream, vanilla snowflake, and frozen lake.
  — Toni Sutton, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
• The fragrance contains notes of cocoa powder, vanilla orchid, espresso beans and night-blooming jasmine.
  — Mikelle Street, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
• It’s the world’s rarest type of chocolate, representing less than 5 percent of the cocoa production on the planet.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
• The cocoa flavor is a little dull, a little muted, like the month of January here in Michigan.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 28 Jan. 2022
• Chocolate: Swap a portion (about 1/4 of the quantity) of the flour with Dutch-process cocoa for a chocolatey spin.
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
• While traditional truffles are filled with ganache and rolled in cocoa powder, bonbons are chocolates filled with all of the delicious things: caramel, fruit purées and so on.
  — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• The products are made with organic dark chocolate from fair-trade cocoa and without refined sugars and artificial dyes and flavors.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2022
• Palate: Dense undertones of dark chocolate, tobacco, and cocoa form an exquisite overture of flavor.
  — Emily Price, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• There’s a precedent for the union of cheese with chocolate: Puerto Ricans sometimes prepare their hot cocoa with a Cheddar cube swirled in.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2022
• Aromas of pungent mountain herbs announce its Howell Mountain provenance, swirling with violets, red fruit and touches of cocoa and smoke box.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2022
• Bees and butterflies play a vital role in agriculture, with farmers around the world depending on these and other insects to help pollinate crops ranging from coffee and cocoa to berries.
  — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
• Gradually add the flour, cocoa powder, expresso powder and nuts until thoroughly combined.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
• Roughly 70 percent of all crop species, including apples, strawberries and cocoa, depend on them for pollination.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2022
• Collaborating with efforts to perfect the process was sustainable cocoa producer Koa.
  — Eve Thomas, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
• Sipping hot cocoa, ice skating, and building a snowman are some of the recreational activities that make a joyous winter, but the colder weather and crisp air can bring about something less cheerful: dry skin.
  — Kayla Hui, Health.com, 29 Jan. 2022
• This means that the cocoa booth will be back for the first time since 2019.
  — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2022
• Shake the cocoa through a fine-mesh sieve to evenly coat the top.
  — CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
• Many of the homes sell treats and hot cocoa, so make sure to have a few bucks on hand.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• Trees must be trimmed, and there are cups to be filled with cocoa.
  — Curbed, 27 Dec. 2023
• To serve, remove it from the foil, dust it with the cocoa powder and slice.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• And be sure to warm up with snuggles and lots of hot cocoa.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 22 Dec. 2022
• So, grab your shopping bags, a hot cocoa and hit the road.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2022
• For the cocoa tree to fruit well, rains need to come at the right times in the growing cycle.
  — Hilaire Zon, ajc, 13 Nov. 2022
• It’s a classic, malty and sweet with caramel and cocoa.
  — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022
• Stick to two to four squares a day and opt for 70 percent cocoa or more, adds Gomer.
  — Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder, sugar and salt, then blend in the vanilla.
  — Katie Workman, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Dec 2024