Chocolate is a food product made from roasted and ground cocoa pods mixed with fat and powdered sugar to produce a solid confectionery. There are several types of chocolate, classified primarily according to the proportion of cocoa and fat content used in a particular formulation.
Chocolate most commonly comes in dark (bottom), milk (middle), and white (top) varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration.
Dark chocolate bar
Milk chocolate tablet
Ruby chocolate tablet
Milk chocolate is a form of solid chocolate containing cocoa, sugar and milk. It is the most consumed type of chocolate, and is used in a wide diversity of bars, tablets and other confectionery products. Milk chocolate contains smaller amounts of cocoa solids than dark chocolates do, and contains milk solids. While its taste has been key to its popularity, milk chocolate was historically promoted as a healthy food, particularly for children.
A Milka chocolate bar, 30% cocoa.
Daniel Peter, Swiss chocolatier who combined chocolate and milk
1905 ad for Gala Peter stating "The world's first milk chocolate"
Since its beginning, milk chocolate has been associated with Alpine scenery.