milk chocolate

Milk chocolate is a type of chocolate made with milk solids. It is distinct from dark chocolate, which typically contains a high percentage of cocoa and cocoa butter, usually without milk, and varying amounts of sugar. White chocolate is also different, being made from cocoa butter, milk products, sugar, and flavorings, and is technically not considered chocolate.123

Chocolate itself is a food product derived from cocoa beans and is a source of carbohydrates and quick energy. It contains small amounts of caffeine and theobromine. The history of chocolate dates back over 3,000 years to the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples, who prepared it as a beverage and used cocoa beans as currency. Chocolate was introduced to Europe by Spain and evolved into various forms, including the addition of milk around 1700, which eventually led to the development of milk chocolate in Switzerland in 1876.3