mint chocolate chip
mint chocolate chip noun: a flavor typically used in ice cream and other desserts, consisting of a mint-flavored base, usually derived from peppermint or spearmint, embedded with small chocolate chips.
Noun
mint chocolate chip (uncountable)
- A flavor typically used in ice cream and other desserts, consisting of a mint-flavored base, usually derived from peppermint or spearmint, embedded with small chocolate chips.
- As exemplified by a peppermint patty or a bowl of mint chocolate-chip ice cream, mint is the chocolate lover’s herb.2000, Jerry Traunfeld, The Herbfarm Cookbook, Scribner, →ISBN, page 406
- I glance over at the ice cream counter. “They don’t have peppermint,” I say. “They have mint chocolate chip,” says Dad. “Not the same,” I say. Olive looks at me sympathetically. I sit down and join the family ice cream table, ice-creamless.2012, Melissa Walker, chapter 26, in Unbreak My Heart, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 149
- Synonyms:
- mint chip, mint choc chip, mint 'n' chip
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mint, chocolate chip.
Synonyms of mint chocolate chip
Questions about mint chocolate chip
- What does mint chocolate chip mean?
- Mint chocolate chip means a flavor typically used in ice cream and other desserts, consisting of a mint-flavored base, usually derived from peppermint or spearmint, embedded with small chocolate chips.
- What part of speech is mint chocolate chip?
- Mint chocolate chip is a noun.
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