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milk chocolate

milk chocolate

5 1.0
A sweet chocolate made with milk and sugar that tastes creamy
  • noun
  • /mɪlk ˈtʃɔk.lət/
translation icon : chocolate con leche
  • Please, I'll buy you a milk chocolate Magnum each.
  • milk chocolate bar
  • milk chocolate chips
  • milk chocolate pudding

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Examples

  • The only ones I can find are milk chocolate!

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  • The salted caramel milk chocolate is flawless.

    Molly Burke

  • OK, I found the milk chocolate version of these online.

  • The 70% starts off with a hit of sugar, closer to what I think of when eating milk chocolate.

    Blog text (21)

  • Caffeine in milk chocolate is about half that of plain chocolate.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Well, then might we offer you a delicious four-pack of milk chocolate Turtles?

    Snack Shack (2024)

  • Before serving, drizzle melted milk chocolate on top.

    Blog text (12)

  • Hot honey, caramel popcorn with milk chocolate honeycomb pieces.

  • I've got a bunch of milk chocolate buttercream frosting.

    Rosanna Pansino

  • The recipe calls for 200 grams of milk chocolate to make a rich and creamy dessert.

How Milky

milk chocolate
5 1.0

Surface Forms

milk chocolate singular
milk chocolates plural

Morphology

milk + chocolate

The meaning 'a type of chocolate made with milk' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'milk' (the ingredient) with 'chocolate' (the confection), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning. This modifier+head compound pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English noun compounding, making it highly transparent.

Etymology

Milk chocolate comes from adding milk to chocolate, which makes the bar softer and sweeter than plain chocolate. One popular story says Swiss makers mixed condensed milk into cocoa to make a smoother bar, so today the phrase means chocolate made with 'milk' and tastes 'creamy' and 'sweet'.