What’s the difference between white/dark/milk chocolate?
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The main differences are the proportions of cocoa, milk and sugar in them.
Dark (or plain) chocolate has the most cocoa – 50%+ – and the least sugar and doesn’t generally have milk in (although it may have milk derivatives like lactose). At the high end of cocoa content, dark chocolate can have very little sweetness to it. It can be quite bitter, though partly this can be down to using cocoa powder to (more cheaply) make up the cocoa content.
Milk chocolate has less cocoa and more sugar, and obviously has milk in. That gives it a softer, creamier and less bitter taste.
White chocolate uses only cocoa butter, so lacks some of the flavours that come from cocoa powder, not to mention the brown colour. It’ll generally have the highest proportion of milk and sugar. (Though it depends on the chocolate – good quality white chocolate might have more cocoa in than low quality milk.)
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