<60% Cocoa Chocolate
388 chocolate bars in this cocoa band.
Bars under 60% cocoa are the sweetest band. Most milk chocolates and many filled or aerated bars sit here. Cocoa flavor is present but typically softened by sugar and dairy.
Most common tasting notes at this cocoa percentage: caramel, creamy, cinnamon, vanilla, coffee and sea salt.
What is <60% cocoa chocolate?
Chocolate under 60% cocoa is the sweet end of the scale. It covers most milk chocolate, by convention white chocolate, and many filled, flavoured or aerated bars. Cocoa flavour is present but softened by sugar and, in milk chocolate, by dairy.
This is the chocolate most people grow up on. The lower cocoa share leaves room for sugar, milk and inclusions, so the focus shifts from origin character to texture, sweetness and add-ins. That does not make it lesser, it is simply a different goal: comfort and crowd appeal rather than tasting-bar nuance.
Craft makers work here too. A thoughtful milk chocolate or caramelised white can be every bit as considered as a dark bar, using better milk, real vanilla and properly fermented beans instead of relying on sugar alone.
Top origins in this band
Most active makers at this cocoa percentage
Other cocoa bands
Salted Almond 53%
Salted Caramel
Salted Caramel 38%
Salted Caramel 58%
Salted Chili Tamarind 58%
Salted Toffee 55%
Scorpion Pepper 58%
Sea Salt Crystals 55%
Sea Salt Dark Milk 52%
Sea Salted Almonds
Sea Salted Toffee
Seasonal
Shiso Seeds 58%
Sierra Leone 40%
Sierra Leone Dark Milk 40% Sea Salt
Sierra Nevada 55% Milk Chocolate
Soft Core Dubai Pistachio
Sourdough 52% Dark Milk
Spaghetti Eis
Special Milk 55%
Specials Dark Chocolate
Spiced White and Caramel
Spring Salted Dark Milk 56%
Stardust
Stracciatella White Cocoa Nibs
Strawberry
Sugar Free Dark 55%
Sweet 'n Salty Duo Caramel Crush & Big Brownie
Sweet Dark 50%
Sweet-Spicy-Crunchy 55%
Tanned Chocolate
Thai Milk Tea
Thandai 51%
The Coconut Covenant
Thekkinthandu Milk 45%
Tiramisu
Frequently asked about <60% cocoa chocolate
Is milk chocolate always under 60% cocoa?
Most milk chocolate is, often well under, but dark milk bars can climb into the 60s and beyond. The cocoa share, not the milk, decides which band a bar falls into.
Does white chocolate have a cocoa percentage?
White chocolate contains cocoa butter but no cocoa solids, so any percentage on the label refers to cocoa butter content. That is why white chocolate is grouped at the lower-cocoa end of the scale.
What does <60% cocoa chocolate taste like?
Bars under 60% cocoa are the sweetest band. Most milk chocolates and many filled or aerated bars sit here. Cocoa flavor is present but typically softened by sugar and dairy.
Which tasting notes show up most often at this cocoa percentage?
Across the bars on Chof in this band, the most frequent flavor notes are caramel, creamy, cinnamon, vanilla, coffee and sea salt.
How many bars are in the <60% cocoa chocolate band on Chof?
Chof currently lists 388 bars matching this band.
Which origins are most common in this band?
The most common cacao origins for bars in this band on Chof are India, Peru, Ghana, Dominican Republic, Côte d'Ivoire.
Which makers are most active in this cocoa range?
The makers with the most bars on Chof at this cocoa percentage are Lindt, Tony's Chocolonely, Zotter, Taza, Villars.
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