<60% Cocoa Chocolate
606 chocolate bars in this cocoa range.
Bars under 60% cocoa are the sweetest range, holding most milk and white chocolate and many flavoured bars, with sugar, and in most of them milk, softening the cocoa.
Most common tasting notes at this cocoa percentage: caramel, creamy, fruity, honey, coffee and vanilla.
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 flavoured 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 cocoa range
Most active makers at this cocoa percentage
Other cocoa ranges
Bourbon Vanilla 53%
Branco 35%
Branco Leite dos Açores
Brazil Intenso Puro 55%
Brown Butter 45%
Brown Butter 55%
Brown Butter Milk 43%
Brown Butter Rum
Buckwheat 55%
Butter Boom!
Buttered Toast & Sea Salt
Cà Phê Sữa 44%
Cabin S'mores
Cacao & Raspberry
Café au Lait et Beignet
Cafe Con Leche 40%
Caffe Latte 34%
Calamansi Cheesecake
Cameroon 44%
Candied Orange Dark Milk 52%
Cannelé
Cape Sea Salt
Cappuccino
Caramel - Sea salt
Caramel & Puffed Quinoa
Caramel & Salt
Caramel 48% Cocoa Milk Chocolate
Caramel Crunch
Caramel Crunch
Caramel Crunch 50%
Caramel Milk
Caramelized Goat Cheese
Cardamom 55%
Cashew Butter
Cashew Dulce
Cashews & Biscotti 55%
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 range 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 range, holding most milk and white chocolate and many flavoured bars, with sugar, and in most of them milk, softening the cocoa.
Which tasting notes show up most often at this cocoa percentage?
Across the bars on Chof in this cocoa range, the most frequent flavor notes are caramel, creamy, fruity, honey, coffee and vanilla.
How many <60% cocoa chocolate bars are listed on Chof?
Chof currently lists 606 bars in this cocoa range.
Which origins are most common in this cocoa range?
The most common cacao origins for bars in this cocoa range on Chof are India, Ghana, Peru, Dominican Republic, Ecuador.
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, Honest Chocolate.
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