Chocolate and contentment go together like winter and snow, hot dogs and baseball or peanut butter and jelly. This heavenly delight, which is considered devil's food, is so rich that it was once reserved for royalty only. In Europe, when Columbus came to the New World. According to government standards, it must contain at least 35 percent chocolate liqueur. Its fat content averages 27 percent.
Sweet chocolate is used mostly for decorating and garnishing.
The fat content is similar to semisweet. It lends itself to good use for garnishes and candy coatings. All milk chocolate made in the United States contains at least 10 percent chocolate liqueur and 12 percent whole milk. The chocolate liqueur can then be cooled and molded into blocks that are also known as unsweetened baking chocolate. The liqueur and blocks contain roughly 53 percent cocoa butter.