chocolate - a food made from roasted ground cacao beansfood - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" 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 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 backing and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor |