mint chocolate chip
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "As exemplified by a peppermint patty or a bowl of mint chocolate-chip ice cream, mint is the chocolate lover’s herb."
- "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."
- "This cake is an ode to York Peppermint Patties, Andes Mints (swiped from your grandmother’s candy bowl), and mint–chocolate chip ice cream."
- "On the way home, we stopped at Rite Aid so the kids could get their double scoops, though once again they were out of mint chocolate chip."