The Best Chocolate of 2025

The Best Chocolate of 2025 highlights the chocolate bars that defined the year through independent expert evaluation, exceptional craftsmanship, and international recognition.

This annual selection forms a core input into our long-term editorial archive and contributes directly to the evolving Top 100 Chocolates in the World ranking.

How the Best Chocolate of 2025 Is Selected

The Best Chocolate of 2025 is curated based on results and evaluations from the International Chocolate Awards, alongside focused editorial assessment.

Key considerations include:

  • Highest sensory scores achieved during the 2025 award cycle

  • Category leadership (dark, milk, white, drinking chocolate, filled bars)

  • Technical execution, balance, and flavor clarity

  • Consistency across tastings and competitions

Only chocolate bars from makers we actively work with — and can source, verify, and stand behind — are included.

How This Page Relates to the Top 100 Chocolate Bars

This annual selection is foundational, not derivative.

  • The Best Chocolate of 2025 identifies standout bars of the year

  • These bars are evaluated alongside other years (2022–present)

  • The strongest performers contribute to the Top 100 Chocolate Bars master ranking

While the Top 100 is a fixed list of exactly 100 bars, yearly selections like this page are selective and reflect the actual distribution of excellence in a given year.

The Best Chocolate of 2025

  1. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - Best Canadian White Chocolate 2025 - Strawberry White (Score 91.7)
  2. Cacaosuyo Chocolate (Peru) - World's Best Dark Chocolate 2025 - El Ganso, 70% (Score 91.6)
  3. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - Dark Chocolate - Echarate, 80% (Score 91.1)
  4. Slitti Chocolate (Italy) - Dark Chocolate - Fino De Aroma Elegante, Hispaniola BIO, 75% (Score 91.0)
  5. BOHO Chocolae (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Kablon Farms, Philippines, 70% (Score 90.3)
  6. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - White Chocolate - Raspberry White (Score 90.3)
  7. Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Dark Chocolate - Vraem, 72% (Score 90.2)
  8. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Best American Dark Chocolate with Flavouring 2025 - Caramelized Onion, 77% (Score 90.1)
  9. Cacaosuyo Chocolate (Peru) The Best Peruvian Dark Chocolate 2025 - Piura Select, 70% (Score 90.1)
  10. Vigdis Rosenkilde - Milk Chocolate - Dark Milk, 60% (Score 90.1)
  11. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Dark Chocolate - Huila, Colombia, 75% (Score 90.0)
  12. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Chocolate Spread - Classic Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Spread (Score 90.0)
  13. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - World's Best Dark Chocolate 2024 - Quellouno 70% (Score 90.0)
  14. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - Dark Chocolate - Piura with Cacao Nibs, 70% (Score 90.0)
  15. Chocolate & Love (Switzerland) - Dark Chocolate - Pomegranate, 70% (Score 90.0)
  16. Chocolate & Love (Switzerland) - Chocolate with Filling - Creamy Dark (Score 90.0)
  17. Goodnow Farm (USA) - Best American Milk Chocolate 2025 - Classic Milk 60% (Score 89.7)
  18. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Best American Chocolate with Alternative Ingredients 2025 - Asochivite with Maple Sugar (Score 89.4)
  19. Sleep Walk Chocolateria (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Oaxaca, 70% (Score 89.4)
  20. Cacaosuyo Chocolate (Peru) - Dark Chocolate - Cuzco Chuncho, 70% (Score 89.4)
  21. Argencove Chocolate (Nicaragua) - Low-sugar Dark Chocolate - 92, 92% (Score 89.4)
  22. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Sugar-free Dark Chocolate - Special Reserve 100% (Score 89.3)
  23. Sleep Walk Chocolateria (USA) - Best American Dark Chocolate with Filling, 2025 - Miel Y Chiltepe, 70% (Score 89.2)
  24. Duffy's Chocolate (UK) - The Best British Milk Chocolate 2025 - Honduras, Mayan Red, 61% (Score 89.1)
  25. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Gianduja Chocolate - Buckwheat & Melilot Flowers (Score 89.0)
  26. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Chocolate Spread - Crunchy Coffee & Nibs (Score 89.0)
  27. Slitti Chocolate (Italy) - Chocolate Spread - Latte Riccosa (Score 89.0)
  28. Slitti Chocolate (Italy) - Dark Chocolate - Tavolette Gran Cacao, 73% (Score 89.0)
  29. Slitti Chocolate (Italy) - Dark Chocolate - Fino De Aroma Elegante, Peru BIO, 75% (Score 89.0)
  30. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - Sugar-free Dark Chocolate - Piura Blanco, 100% (Score 89.0)
  31. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - Dark Chocolate - Echarate, 70 (Score 89.0)
  32. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - The Best Dark Chocolate 2023 - Kiteni, 70% - (Score 89.0)
  33. Cacaosuyo Chocolate (Peru) - Milk Chocolate - Piura Milk, 50% (acore 89.0)
  34. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - Dark Chocolate - Kisinga 70% (Score 88.8)
  35. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Dark Chocolate - Scoconusco, 71% (Score 88.7)
  36. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Esmeraldas 70% (Score 88.6)
  37. Goodnow Farm (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Brown Butter, 70% (Score 88.5)
  38. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - White Chocolate - Blackberry White (Score 88.5)
  39. Argencove Chocolate (Nicaragua) - Dark Chocolate - Apoyo, 70% (Score 88.5)
  40. Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Low-sugar Dark Chocolate - Solo Kakao, 90% (Score 88.5)
  41. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Putnam Rye Whiskey, 77% (Score 88.4)
  42. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Herbaceous Sichuan Pepper, 70% (Score 88.4)
  43. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Vegna Milk Chocolate - Oat Milk, 61% ( Score 88.3)
  44. Argencove Chocolate (Nicaragua) - Dark Chocolate - Caramelized Cacao Nibs, 70% (Score 88.1)
  45. SLOK Chocolate (Hong Kong) - Dark Chocolate - Aged With Idaho 7 Hops, 71% (Score 88.1)
  46. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Asochivite 77% (Score 88.1)
  47. Cacaosuyo Chocolate (Peru) - Dark Chocolate - Lakuna, 70% (Score 88.0)
  48. Duffy's Chocolate (UK) - Dark Chocolate - Guatemala, Rio Dulce, 70% (Score 88.0)
  49. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Ucayali 70% (Score 87.9)
  50. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Coffee Crunch, 69%, (Score 87.9)
  51. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - Milk Chocolate - Earl Grey Tea, 57% (Score 87.8)
  52. SLOK Chocolate (Hong Kong) - Drinking Chocolate - Thailand, 70% (Score 87.7)
  53. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - Sugar-free Dark Chocolate - Tupi, 100% (Score 87.6)
  54. Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Dark Chocolate - Perla Negra 74% (Score 87.5)
  55. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Milk Chocolate - Coco Loco, 60% (Score 87.4)
  56. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - El Carmen 77% (Score 87.4)
  57. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Milk Chocolate - Leche Y Cafe, 58% (Score 87.3)
  58. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - Milk Chocolate - Goat's Milk (Score 87.2)
  59. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - Dark Chocolate - Single Malt, 70% (Score 87.2)
  60. Sleep Walk Chocolateria (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Mole, 70% (Score 87.1)
  61. Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Dark Chocolate - Collection N5 (Score 87.1)
  62. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - White Chocolate - Lait de Chévre (Score 86.7)
  63. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Dark Chocolate - Lawley's Rum, 77% (Score 86.7)
  64. Duffy's Chocolate (UK) - Dark Chocolate - Honduras, Indio Rojo, 72% (Score 86.5)
  65. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Hot Chocolate - Mexican Maple & Tonka, 61% (Score 86.3)
  66. Goodnow Farms (USA) - Hot Chocolate - El Carmen, Nicaragua (Score 86.2)
  67. BOHO Chocolate (USA) - White Chocolate - Orange Olive Oil (Score 86.1)
  68. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) - White Chocolate - Calamansi White (Score 86.0)
  69. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Dark Chocolate with Fillings - Almond, Lavender & Poppy Seeds (Score 85.7)
  70. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Dark Chocolate with Fillings - Almond, Pineapple & Coconut (Score 85.5)

Why the Best Chocolate of 2025 Matters

Chocolate quality evolves year to year. New harvests, fermentation techniques, and maker philosophies mean that excellence is never static.

This guide captures the state of the art in chocolate for 2025, offering a snapshot of the bars that defined the year according to independent expert evaluation and long-term editorial curation.

A Living Annual Record

This page may be updated as:

  • Late-season award results are announced

  • Availability changes

  • Additional Top 100–level bars from 2025 are confirmed

It is designed to remain accurate, transparent, and useful over time.

This selection reflects our curated archive and does not claim to represent every award-winning chocolate produced in 2025.