[Tex/LaTex] itemize and \item option

Question

I am using itemize and then \item[option] inside it. I thought ‘option’ would end up being in boldface, but it doesn't. I'm using LaTeX. Is there a way to easily modify that without having to write \textbf for each of the options?
This is what I want to achieve:

\begin{itemize}
\item[\textbf{title:}]description
\end{itemize}

using this:

\begin{itemize}
\item[title:]description
\end{itemize}

But if I use the second solution, I don't get the same thing as the first one, although I thought an item option would appear in bold without having to type textbf

Answer 1

Use a description environment instead of itemize:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}
  \item[foo] text
  \item[bar] text
\end{description}
\end{document}