White chocolate is a sweet, creamy confection made from cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids, distinguished by its lack of dark cocoa solids, giving it an ivory color and vanilla-like flavor. It’s essentially cocoa butter blended with sugar and milk, providing richness without the bitter notes of regular chocolate, though some debate whether it’s “real” chocolate due to missing cocoa solids, but it meets legal definitions requiring at least 20% cocoa butter.