Meanings
callet1
present singular third person callets · participle present calleting · participle past calleted · past calleted
callet2
plural callets
- A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a chocolate chip, designed for melting when cooking.
You add unmelted chocolate callets (purpose-made chocolate chips) or finely chopped chocolate to already-melted chocolate to bring the temperature down.
2014, Molly Bakes, “Techniques”, in Chocolate: Easy Recipes from Truffles to Bakes, Square Peg, →ISBN2 more examples
In the shops and bakery we use chocolate callets (or chips) in our baking. They come in a range of cocoa percentages and have the great advantage of melting evenly, which makes the chocolate less temperamental to work with.
2017, Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh, with Tara Wigley, “Baker’s tips and notes”, in Sweet, Ebury PressWe call for chocolate chips in our Chocolate Chip Cookies (page 1010), but there's another chocolate product on the market that's sometimes used for the same purpose: chocolate callets, which are formulated for melting.
2020, Everything Chocolate: A Decadent Collection of Morning Pastries, Nostalgic Sweets, and Showstopping Desserts, America's Test Kitchen, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
callet · noun, verb
- Irishcaile“girl”
- Frenchcaillette“a frivolous gossip”
- Englishcallet
Perhaps from French caillette (“a frivolous gossip”), or Irish caile (“girl”).
Full word history & related roots →callet · noun
- Frenchcallet
- Englishcallet
From French callet.
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Cite this entry
callet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callet
“callet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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