plain chocolate

British  

noun

1. chocolate with a slightly bitter flavour and dark colour Compare milk chocolate

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Example Sentences

And a box of fridge-cake can be make an inexpensive bar plain chocolate and a hodge-podge of store cupboard ingredients into a fancy treat.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2023

"We were instructed we couldn't use milk in confectionery, but we were able to make some plain chocolate, like KitKats, which came in a blue packet," said Miss Hutchinson.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2017

Now, in the wide-screen Gypsy, Candy Salesman Karl Maiden spiritedly says: "Crispy Butterfingers are better than those plain chocolate bars."

From Time Magazine Archive

The new volume will follow the same pattern as the first, but will vary the recipes and include such new material as puff pastry, brioches, croissants and a plain chocolate cake.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cover the tops with a plain chocolate icing.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences