<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
Crème Brûlée
Creole Gardens Milk
Cusco Milk 50%
Czarna Porzeczka 45%
Daim
Dark 58% Duck Faces Classic
Dark Almond Caramel Crisp
Dark Almond Sea Salt 51%
Dark Caramel Crunch 55%
Dark Chocolate 55%
Dark Cocoa Orange
Dark Milk 42%
Dark Milk 55%
Dark Milk 55%
Dark Milk 58%
Dark Milk Chocolate 55%
Dark Milk Pretzel Toffee
Dark Milk with Sea Salt 53%
Darkish 50%
Davao Orange
Davao White
Dominican Republic 52% Coffee & cocoa nibs
Dorado 36%
Dream Cocoa Magic Coconut
Dubai Style White Pistachio & Kadayif
Dulcey Blond 35%
Dutch Grown Vanilla Milk 53%
Dutch Mokkaccino Milk 50%
Dutch Original Milk 52%
Dutch Vegan Mylk 52%
Earl Grey Tea 57%
Ecuador Coconut Milk
Esmeralda Lait 48%
Esmeraldas 42%
Espresso Milk
Everything bar
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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