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Unsweetened chocolate - Also called baking chocolate, chocolate or pure chocolate, unsweetened chocolate is cooled chocolate liquor. When chocolate liquor cools, it also hardens.
- Bittersweet chocolate - Sometimes called semisweet or dark chocolate, bittersweet chocolate includes cocoa butter, sugar and at least 35% chocolate liquor. The cocoa butter content and sugar content will vary according to brand.
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- Sweet chocolate - To be considered sweet chocolate, the product must have a minimum of 15% chocolate liquor. Cocoa butter and sugar content varies.
- Milk chocolate - This form of chocolate has a minimum of 10% chocolate liquor and consists of at least 12% milk. The milk can come in various forms such as milk powder or cream. Sugar content and cocoa butter content varies.
- White chocolate - This form of chocolate will have at least 20% cocoa butter and 14% milk or milk products. Sugar content will vary. Chocoholics may not consider white chocolate to be a "true" chocolate because white chocolate doesn't have any chocolate liquor content.
