chocolate

/ˈtʃɑklɪt/

/ˈtʃɒklət/

Other forms: chocolates

Chocolate needs little introduction or definition — it is world famous as a candy, dessert ingredient, hot drink, holiday gift, flavor, and common craving.

Roasted cacao beans make chocolate. If you say, "I want chocolate," this usually means a candy bar or piece of chocolate, though chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, and chocolate shakes all have chocolate as an ingredient. If someone tells you, "My living room is chocolate," don't get too excited — it means the walls are painted the same rich brown as the delicious treat.

Definitions of chocolate

1. noun

   a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
   types:

   baking chocolate, bitter chocolate, cooking chocolate

   pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy

   chocolate candy

   candy made with chocolate

   chocolate liquor

   the liquid or paste that is produced when cocoa beans are roasted and ground; the basis of all chocolate

   cocoa butter

   the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate

   cocoa powder

   the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed; used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream

   bittersweet chocolate, dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate

   chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added

   couverture

   chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter

   milk chocolate

   chocolate made from chocolate liquor with sugar and cocoa butter and powdered milk solids and vanilla and (usually) lecithin; the most common form of chocolate for eating; used in chocolate candy and baking and coatings

   white chocolate

   a blend of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla; used in candy bars and baking and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor

   choc

   colloquial British abbreviation

   chocolate bar

   a bar of chocolate candy

   Dutch-processed cocoa

   cocoa powder treated with a mild alkalizing agent (such as baking soda)

   jimmies, sprinkles

   bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream

   nonpareil

   a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

   chocolate kiss

   a kiss that consists of a conical bite-sized piece of chocolate

   type of:

   food, solid food

   any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
2. noun

   a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
   synonyms: cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate

   type of:

   beverage, drink, drinkable, potable

   any liquid suitable for drinking
3. noun

   a medium brown to dark-brown color
   synonyms: burnt umber, coffee, deep brown, umber

   type of:

   brown, brownness

   an orange of low brightness and saturation