Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a small amount of sweetening.
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- adjective Partially
sweet or sweetened but having a distinctbitter component. Especially used to describe darkchocolate which is much less sugary than milk chocolate.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
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Examples
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There are other types of chocolate chips out there to choose from, including bittersweet and white chocolate chips, but semisweet is by far the most common.
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There are other types of chocolate chips out there to choose from, including bittersweet and white chocolate chips, but semisweet is by far the most common.
Baking Bites » Print » The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook 2009
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Hi Alisa, i have a few "rejects" I saved for myself and a bundle of ganache centers waiting to be dunked in semisweet.
Dark Chocolate Truffles with Fleur de Sel.. Michele 2005
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Each of the semisweet chips is large and flat, like three or four regular chocolate chips smushed into one.
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The topping is a chocolate ganache, made with semisweet chocolate and butter.
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She was the first to add butterscotch bits, pecans, milk chocolate, and semisweet chocolate chips into a lovely little vanilla cookie.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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She was the first to add butterscotch bits, pecans, milk chocolate, and semisweet chocolate chips into a lovely little vanilla cookie.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Combine semisweet chocolate, milk and confectioners sugar in a small bowl and whisk until smooth.
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I used dark chocolate for these eggs, although milk and/or semisweet will work well, too.
Homemade Peanut Butter-Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs | Baking Bites 2009
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Mini chocolate chips make slicing the log of dough easier, but I actually used a mixture of regular-sized white and semisweet chocolate chips for these.
Car-Baked Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies | Baking Bites 2009
ecbrenner commented on the word semisweet
Semisweet chocolate has 50%-69% cacao content (or 15% chocolate liquor by weight).
July 8, 2010