chocolate milk

• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃɑklɪtˈmɪɫk/

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• (archaic) (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑklɪtmɪɫk/

chocolate milk (usually uncountable, plural chocolate milks)

1. A sweetened cocoa-flavored drink, typically created by mixing chocolate syrup or chocolate powder with milk, and typically served cold.
   • 1940, International Association of Milk Sanitarians, Journal of Milk Technology, volumes 3-4, page 74:

     Historically, it would appear that the Certain-Thyson Milk Company of Miami, Florida, began the manufacture and distribution of chocolate milk in bottles during the late fall of 1919.

• Chocolate milk is distinct from milk chocolate, which is a solid form of chocolate made with milk. Chocolate syrup or powder mixed with a liquid and served hot is typically referred to as hot chocolate; this drink is usually made with water, although it may also be made with milk.

• milk chocolate