semisweet
Not fully sugared
Semisweet describes a middle ground between sweet and unsweetened.
The term appears most often with chocolate—semisweet chocolate has some sugar added but less than milk chocolate, making it the standard choice for chocolate chip cookies and many baked goods: The recipe calls for semisweet chips.
Wines may also be described as semisweet when they fall between dry and sweet.
Ground cacao seed powder
- chipsThin fried slices
- morselsSmall pieces of food
- bakingCooking with dry heat
- browniesDense chocolate baked squares
ganache · truffles · cacao · tempering · chocolatier · confectionery · fondue · glaze
Dense chocolate baked square
- cookieSweet baked snack
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- mousseAiry whipped preparation
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
truffle · pudding · cheesecake · macaron · scone · muffin · biscotti · fudge
Soft, ripe, relaxed
- subtleNot immediately obvious
- mildModerate in intensity
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
moderate · understated · smooth · delicate · palatable · toned-down · nuanced · restrained
cocoa
Ground cacao seed powder
brownies · ganache · truffles · cacao · tempering · chocolatier · confectionery · fondue · glaze · theobromine
brownie
Dense chocolate baked square
tart · truffle · pudding · cheesecake · macaron · scone · muffin · biscotti · fudge · frosting
mellow
Soft, ripe, relaxed
tempered · moderate · understated · smooth · delicate · palatable · toned-down · nuanced · restrained · soft
- Semi- wordssemicircle, semifinal, semicolon, semiconductor, semitruck
- chocolatedark, cacao, white, cocoa powder, cocoa
- sweet tastessugary, honeyed, syrupy, saccharine, cloying
- Chocolate termsdark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, ganache, cocoa butter
- Belgian chocolatespraline, pralines, truffle, truffles, Godiva
- couverturechocolate coating, dipping chocolate
semisweetunsweetened
Contains no sweetener
sugarless · saccharine · sugar-free · cloying · bitter
semisweetbitter
Sharp, unpleasant taste
tasteless · flavorless · sour · tart · unsweetened
semisweetbaking chocolate
Unsweetened chocolate for recipes
milk chocolate · white chocolate · bittersweet · dark chocolate
- semisweet chocolatePartially sugared cocoa solid
sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetness, sweetly, sweeten, sweetened, sweetener, sweetest