milk chocolate

noun

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

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It’s filled with milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate pieces with drool-worthy flavors like raspberry ganache, chocolate lava cake, strawberry cheesecake, salted caramel, vanilla dream, and more. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026 Lay’s Wavy Milk Chocolate features the brand’s signature ridged potato chips coated in milk chocolate, while Lay’s Wavy Dubai-Style Dark Chocolate combines dark chocolate and pistachios with the salty crunch of potato chips. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 And its milk chocolate gems are like M&M’s but colored with real foods like beet juice and spirulina. — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Where a milk chocolate brown once kissed and colored her long, blended layers, a dark brown — almost black — shade now stood. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for milk chocolate

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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

noun

: chocolate containing ground cacao beans, cocoa butter, and milk from which no solids (as of sugar or fat) have been removed

milk chocolate

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