Ahan, Parchayi, and I all eat some dark chocolate every day. For us, anything under 72% is not dark. So, this post only has all the chocolate I’ve found that’s 85% cacao or more.
I’ll rate them in three categories – Ingredients, packaging, and taste.
There are three levels of ratings 🙂😐🙁. For ingredients emulsifiers and flavors earn negative points. All ingredients being organic earn an extra 🙂. Plastic in packaging earns negative points. Taste is subjective so YMMV but this is my opinion.
Aldi Moser Roth Privat 85% Dark
Ingredients: 😐
Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya); Vanilla Extract.
Packaging: 🙁
Outside: cardboard
Inside: plastic, 5 individual servings
Taste: 🙂
Much better than I expected. Smooth nice 85% chocolate
Alter Eco 85% Classic Blackout Organic
Ingredients: 🙂
*Organic cacao beans, *organic cocoa butter, *organic raw cane sugar, *organic vanilla beans
*Fair Trade Certified™ by Fair Trade USA, total 100% Fair Trade ingredients.
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: cardboard
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙁
None of us liked the taste of this one. It felt a bit sour.
Chocolove xoxox Extreme Dark 88%
Ingredients: 😐
Cocoa Liquor, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla.
** 88% of the Cocoa in this Product comes from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Farms.
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: paper
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙂
Smooth nice, also like the unique shape of their pieces.
Endangered Species Strong + Velvety 88% Dark
Ingredients: 😐
Bittersweet Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor, Cane Sugar, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla).
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: paper
Inside: foil
Taste: 😐
While this tasted good, the texture isn’t as “velvety” as the others for a chocolate bar that calls itself velvety.
Equal Exchange Organic Extreme Dark 88%
Ingredients: 🙂🙂
*Organic Chocolate Liquor, *Organic Cocoa Butter, *Organic Raw Cane Sugar, *Organic Ground Vanilla Beans.
*Fair Trade ingredient: by Weight 100% from Fair Trade Cooperatives
Packaging: 🙁
Outside: paper
Inside: plastic
Taste: 🙂
Lidl Preferred Selection 85% Dark
Ingredients: 😐
Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Powder (Vanilla Oleoresin, Sugar, Dextrose)
Packaging:
Outside: carboard
Inside: ? (this chocolate isn’t available anymore and I’ve forgotten)
Taste: 🙂
Like Aldi, I was pleasantly surprised how good this was
Beyond Good by MadeCasse 92% Organic Pure Dark
Ingredients: 😐
Organic Cocoa Beans, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Sunflower Lecithin
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: cardboard
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙁
This is the longest-lasting chocolate bar in our house because we only eat this when we run out of all the others. It is strange tasting kind of like Alter Eco but different.
Kroger Private Selection 85% Dark Swiss Bar
Ingredients: 😐
Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali, Natural Flavor
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: cardboard
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙂
As usual, nice smooth chocolate. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by most store-brand chocolates.
Kroger Simple Truth Organic 85% Dark
Ingredients: 🙂🙂
Organic Cocoa Mass, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Vanilla Pods
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: cardboard
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙂
Nice smooth pleasant tasting chocolate. Organic and affordable too.
Ingredients: 🙂🙂
Cocoa Beans+, Cane Sugar+, Cocoa Butter+, Ground Vanilla Bean+.
*ORGANIC +FAIR TRADE
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: paper
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙂
This is by far my favorite chocolate bar. Don’t throw away the wrapper. It contains a 1$ coupon. Also, Theo is the most sustainably sourced chocolate of them all.
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Lover’s 85%
Ingredients: 🙁
cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural vanilla flavor.
Packaging: 🙁
Outside: cardboard
Inside: plastic
Taste: 😐
Several years ago, I used to think this is one of the better-tasting chocolates but now it just tastes too sweet.
Trader Joe’s Uganda 85% Dark
Ingredients: 🙂
Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: cardboard
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙂
This is Trader Joe’s’ better 85% bar.
Ghirardelli Intense Dark 92% Moonlight Mystique
Ingredients: 🙁
Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Milk Fat, Vanilla Extract, Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin.
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: cardboard
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙁
In spite of adding in “natural flavors”, this is just not nice tasting. It is also available in 86% and that one is also not good. This is also the only bar that has milk making it the only non-vegan option in this list.
Lindt Excellence 90% Dark Chocolate
Ingredients: 🙂
Cocoa mass, cocoa butter, low fat cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla.
Packaging: 🙂
Outside: cardboard
Inside: foil
Taste: 🙂
This is Parchayi’s favorite bar. I find it on par with Trader Joe’s Uganda chocolate but not as nice as Theo. It is also available in 85% and 95%.
Trader Joe’s Organic 92% Dark from Madagascar
This is the same chocolate as MadeCasse so scroll up to that.
Have I missed your favorite? Let me know in the comments and I’ll try to find them and add them to this list.
How about Green and Black’s 85%? It’s my favorite along with Theo.