Chocolate, chosen
by people who
know the good stuff.

Introduction to the Best of Craft Chocolate: Curated Paired Tastings

Highlights from different makers, regions, and styles, with a specific emphasis on tasting comparisons across these aspects (for example, two difference origins…

Weird Wonders

Chocolate bars with interesting inclusions—you might even call them weird.

Oh you wish they would send you this instead of a fruit basket!

A fruit and flower chocolate basket full of bright, sunny, and cheerful tastes This selection of chocolate bars has bright floral and fruit flavors as well as…

Floral and Herbal

Sacred Terroir, Sacred Food

Cacao has long been held as sacred, but cacao that has been grown in volcanic soil is special to me. These bars are grown in such soil or near volcanoes.

Edible journey through Ancient American Genertics

Long before chocolate became associated with European confectionery, cacao evolved, traveled and diversified throughout Central and South America. The…

Unusual Chocolate Combinations Worth Trying

A list of chocolate bars that break the rules. Unusual pairings, unexpected ingredients, flavors that will catch you off guard. Can't wait to try all of these!

"You Must Try This" list for others

If someone asks me what kind of chocolate they should try, this is my go-to for good chocolates at a variety of price points.

100% Longevity Blueprint

Live to 200 so you can have more chocolate (or vice versa)

Summer, summer, summertime

Summer treats

Your First Five Single-Origin Bars

“Single-origin” means all the cacao came from one place — and geography changes flavor the same way it changes wine or coffee. Here are five bars that prove it…

Venezuelan Cacao in 8 Bars

Venezuela isn’t just an origin — it’s where “fine flavor” cacao begins. Most of the world’s premium criollo and trinitario lineages trace back here. Chuao…

Best Milk Chocolate Bars for Adults

What is the best milk chocolate for adults? Look for more cacao (roughly 40–60%), short ingredient lists, and a flavor with something to say. This list is our…

Introduction to Gianduja

What is gianduja? Gianduja (say “jahn-DOO-yah”) is chocolate blended with finely ground roasted hazelnuts, a specialty of Turin and the Piedmont region of…

World's Best Chocolate: Top 100 Award-Winning Bars (ICA Ranked)

What is the best chocolate in the world? This list is our data-driven answer. Every bar here has been judged at the International Chocolate Awards (ICA), the…

Most often, Dark

Over time, exploring and appreciating fine chocolates of the world has become a pastime for us. It is unique, surprising and gratifying.

Summer Sweet

Fresh picked berries and juicy peaches... Salty sea breezes... Fireworks exploding... Camping trips in the mountains... Sultry starry nights drinking wine…

That’s That Me Espresso

A flirty, feminine collection of espresso-spiked, berry-bright and rose-kissed chocolates, with creamy latte notes, dark chocolate richness and playful pink…

Dancing with the Dark

Palette for the mostly dark palate. Hold at 70ish% because your tongue still seeks sweet.

Choc-o’clock

Best choice whether you’re looking for something sweet and tantalizing or something Dark and Bold!

Making Humans Is Hard

A gift list for pregnancy, because even though a lot foods are restricted in pregnancy, chocolate usually isn't one of them. No alcohol, no added caffeine (no…

In My Gourmet Chocolate Era

A romantic, storybook-inspired assortment of lavender, apple, maple, dulce de leche and nostalgic dessert flavors, curated to evoke Taylor Swift’s dreamy…

Familiar beans, new hands.

Favorite origins, but first time trying brands, all 70% dark

Christmas Stockings

No added Sugar - but not 100% bars

I have cancer and am going through treatment. I need to drastically reduce sugar, but still enjoy life. These bars have zero sugar additives, and yet are…

My list

Gift Card List

Chocolates and flavors from origin and excellent makers creating edible chocolate art

So you have that one friend...

...who wants to try the good stuff but is scared of 'dark' and 'no milk' and—well, here's some great picks to get them started.

Must Buys for 2026

Bars that I will buy over and over

My Wish List

Purist darks

80% plus, no added cocoa butter or other stuff

WORLD's BEST CHOCOLATE

simply the best...

Top 15

Favorites

Dream Wishlist

World's Best 100% Chocolate Bars: Award-Winning Unsweetened Dark

The world’s best 100% cacao chocolate bars — pure, unsweetened, no sugar added. Every bar here is an award winner from the International Chocolate Awards…

A Tour of Malagasy Cacao in Chocolate Bars

Madagascar is the origin that converts dark chocolate skeptics. The cacao — mostly grown in the Sambirano Valley in the northwest — tastes like red berries…