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Editorial chocolate lists curated by Bar & Cocoa and chocolate makers and guest experts.

• 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 made by the same maker; same origin mad

  11 chocolates
• Weird Wonders

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

  25 chocolates
• 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 undertones. They deliver an immediate bur

  10 chocolates
• Floral and Herbal 13 chocolates
• 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.

  5 chocolates
• 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 collection explores expressions of that history

  8 chocolates
• 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!

  9 chocolates
• "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.

  10 chocolates
• 100% Longevity Blueprint

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

  7 chocolates
• Summer, summer, summertime

  Summer treats

  14 chocolates
• 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 in the clearest way possible.

  5 chocolates
• 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.

  29 chocolates
• Summer Sweet

  Fresh picked berries and juicy peaches... Salty sea breezes... Fireworks exploding... Camping trips in the mountains... Sultry starry nights drinking wine amongst fireflies... The scent of herbs--lave

  34 chocolates
• 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 packaging inspired by Sabrina Carpenter’s s

  7 chocolates
• Dancing with the Dark

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

  12 chocolates
• Choc-o’clock

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

  33 chocolates
• 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 coffee, no tea), no mint (can contribute

  9 chocolates
• 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, autumnal eras and lyrical sense of nostalgia.

  5 chocolates
• Familiar beans, new hands.

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

  5 chocolates
• Christmas Stockings 4 chocolates
• 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 delicious and indulgent!

  5 chocolates
• My list 8 chocolates
• Gift Card List

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

  98 chocolates
• 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.

  14 chocolates
• Must Buys for 2026

  Bars that I will buy over and over

  15 chocolates
• My Wish List 8 chocolates
• Purist darks

  80% plus, no added cocoa butter or other stuff

  57 chocolates
• WORLD's BEST CHOCOLATE

  simply the best...

  12 chocolates
• Top 15

  Favorites

  15 chocolates
• My Wish List 9 chocolates
• Dream Wishlist 15 chocolates
• 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 respected independent competition in

  100 chocolates
• 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, Academy of Chocolate, and Great Taste (2017 t

  22 chocolates
• 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, citrus, and cream. It’s bright. If you thin

  7 chocolates
• 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, Porcelana, Carenero Superior — these names a

  8 chocolates

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