Top Chocolate Bars of 2018 Released

• DAGOBA Organic Chocolate 37% CACAO GINGER LIME MILK CHOCOLATE BAR

• Chocolate Visions Sweet Alchemy Lemon/Almond Bar

• Delysia Chocolatier Tropical chocolate bark: dark chocolate blended with almonds, tropical fruit, citrus zest, spices, and hibiscus leaves
• Ticket Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Chocolate Bark with Sea Salt

• Chocolate Visions Sweet Alchemy Lemon/Almond Bar

• The Oakland Chocolate Company 70%Cacao Leaves, Bachelors Hall, Jamaica

• Delysia Chocolatier Tropical chocolate bark: dark chocolate blended with almonds, tropical fruit, citrus zest, spices, and hibiscus leaves
• Taste Artisan Chocolate Amazonas 75%

• Rainy Day Chocolate 2018 Dual Origin Blend - Guatemala & Belize

• The Oakland Chocolate Company 70%Cacao Leaves, Bachelors Hall, Jamaica

• Chocolate Visions Sweet Alchemy Lemon/Almond Bar
• Volo Chocolate 70% Chocolate Caramel Crunch - Salted Toffee and Cream
• Scharffen Berger Scharffen Berger Extra Rich Milk Chocolate Bar
• SELEUSS Chocolates SELEUSS - L'Odalisque Blonde 39%+
• Volo Chocolate 73% Deep Dark Chocolate
• SAPORE DELLA VITA LLC Orange Cardamom Crunch Bar

• chocoMe Entree V107 Milk chocolate with crystalized violet petals and freeze-dried strawberry pieces
• JARDI chocolates Bar #1 - Milk Chocolate & Maple-Caramel Almond Butter

• SELEUSS Chocolates SELEUSS - L'Odalisque Blonde 39%+
• chocoMe Entree BL104 Blond chocolate with Piemonte hazelnuts, ground Ethiopian Yirga coffee beans with freeze-dried caramel pieces
• Delysia Chocolatier Tropical chocolate bark: dark chocolate blended with almonds, tropical fruit, citrus zest, spices, and hibiscus leaves
• Ticket Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Chocolate Bark with Sea Salt
• Delysia Chocolatier Cardamom orange blossom chocolate bark: Dark chocolate blended with cardamon, orange zest, pomegrante seeds, and orange blossoms
• Endorfin Foods Ginger & Rose

• Chocolate Visions Sweet Alchemy Lemon/Almond Bar
• SAPORE DELLA VITA LLC Orange Cardamom Crunch Bar
• Ticket Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Chocolate Bark with Golden Raisins
• Oro de Cacao AG 60% Cuba Cacao Milk Chocolate
• Taste Artisan Chocolate Madagascar Milk + Chai 58%
• Chip in a Bottle Blackberry Coconut Almond Infusion Bar
• chocoMe Entree F119 Milk chocolate with caramel flavored chocolate pastilles and sea salt with Tahitian vanilla
• Sweet Mona's Chocolates Kale & Roasted Pine Nuts in Milk Chocolate
• The Chocolate Fetish Peanut Butter Swirl Round
• Bella Sophia Chocolates Matcha-Maccha
• JARDI chocolates Garnish & Gather, Dark/Strawberry/Vanilla

• The Oakland Chocolate Company 70%Cacao Leaves, Bachelors Hall, Jamaica

• Rainy Day Chocolate 2018 Dual Origin Blend - Guatemala & Belize
• Taste Artisan Chocolate Piura 75%

• Oro de Cacao AG 60% Cuba Cacao Milk Chocolate
• Taste Artisan Chocolate Madagascar Milk + Chai 58%
• Scharffen Berger Scharffen Berger Extra Rich Milk Chocolate Bar
• Waialua Estate Chocolate Hawaiian Milk Chocolate

• chocoMe Entree BL104 Blond chocolate with Piemonte hazelnuts, ground Ethiopian Yirga coffee beans with freeze-dried caramel pieces

• Chocolate Visions Sweet Alchemy Lemon/Almond Bar

• DAGOBA Organic Chocolate 37% CACAO GINGER LIME MILK CHOCOLATE BAR

• Bella Sophia Chocolates Matcha-Maccha

• JARDI chocolates Bar #1 - Milk Chocolate & Maple-Caramel Almond Butter
• The Chocolate Fetish Peanut Butter Swirl Round

• The Oakland Chocolate Company 70%Cacao Leaves, Bachelors Hall, Jamaica

• Waialua Estate Chocolate 70% Hawaiian Extra Dark

• The Oakland Chocolate Company 70%Cacao Leaves, Bachelors Hall, Jamaica
• Chocolate Visions Sweet Alchemy Lemon/Almond Bar

• Rainy Day Chocolate 2018 Dual Origin Blend - Guatemala & Belize
• Rainy Day Chocolate 69% Dark Chocolate with Cacao Nibs
• Taste Artisan Chocolate Madagascar Milk + Chai 58%
• Waialua Estate Chocolate 70% Hawaiian Extra Dark
• Taste Artisan Chocolate Amazonas 75%
• Taste Artisan Chocolate Piura 75%
• Waialua Estate Chocolate Hawaiian Milk Chocolate
• Oro de Cacao AG 60% Cuba Cacao Milk Chocolate
• Waialua Estate Chocolate 55% Hawaiian Cocoa Nib Bar

• chocoMe Entree BL104 Blond chocolate with Piemonte hazelnuts, ground Ethiopian Yirga coffee beans with freeze-dried caramel pieces
• Delysia Chocolatier Cardamom orange blossom chocolate bark: Dark chocolate blended with cardamon, orange zest, pomegrante seeds, and orange blossoms
• Scharffen Berger Scharffen Berger Extra Rich Milk Chocolate Bar
• Delysia Chocolatier Tropical chocolate bark: dark chocolate blended with almonds, tropical fruit, citrus zest, spices, and hibiscus leaves
• SELEUSS Chocolates SELEUSS - L'Odalisque Blonde 39%+
• Ticket Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Chocolate Bark with Sea Salt
• DAGOBA Organic Chocolate 37% CACAO GINGER LIME MILK CHOCOLATE BAR
• SAPORE DELLA VITA LLC Orange Cardamom Crunch Bar
• Ticket Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Chocolate Bark with Golden Raisins
• Oro de Cacao AG 75% Guatemala Cacao Dark Chocolate
• The Chocolate Fetish Mint Meltaway Bar
• The Chocolate Fetish Peanut Butter Swirl Round
• Volo Chocolate 73% Deep Dark Chocolate
• Chip in a Bottle Blackberry Coconut Almond Infusion Bar
• chocoMe Entree V107 Milk chocolate with crystalized violet petals and freeze-dried strawberry pieces
• Endorfin Foods Coconut Dream
• Oro de Cacao AG 80% Perú Cacao Dark Chocolate
• Volo Chocolate 70% Chocolate Caramel Crunch - Salted Toffee and Cream

• Bella Sophia Chocolates Matcha-Maccha
• chocoMe Entree F119 Milk chocolate with caramel flavored chocolate pastilles and sea salt with Tahitian vanilla
• Endorfin Foods Dark & Salty
• Delysia Chocolatier Smoked salted almond bark: dark chocolate with herbed almonds and salts smoked in a barbecue pit
• JARDI chocolates Garnish & Gather, Dark/Strawberry/Vanilla
• Chip in a Bottle Cardamom Cinnamon Crunch Bar
• Chuao Chocolatier Sea Salt Surf
• JARDI chocolates Bar #1 - Milk Chocolate & Maple-Caramel Almond Butter
• The Good Chocolate Signature Dark 65% Zero Sugar Chocolate Bar
• Chuao Chocolatier Sprinkle Dreams
• Endorfin Foods Ginger & Rose
• SAPORE DELLA VITA LLC Moroccan Spice Bar
• The Good Chocolate Zero Sugar Variety Gift Pack

FAVORITES

• Chocolate Visions Sweet Alchemy Lemon/Almond Bar
• Taste Madagascar Milk + Chai
• Chocolate Visions lemon almond-smooth balance Delysia card/orange-flavor combo Wailua 70%-best dark/floral notes So hard to limit to one favorite for different reasons
• Volo Chocolate - Deep Dark Chocolate 73 percent
• Ticket:dark choc & white swirl/cranberry pecan-sea salt.

COMMENTS

• Jardi Chocolate Bar Milk Maple Caramel Almond Butter was almost too beautiful to eat; a work of art! Rainy Day Chocolate's blend of Guatemala and Belize chocolates was remarkable and memorable taste sensation. Seleuss Chocolates' L'Odalisque blonde 39% shined with it's unique taste from slow heating of the cacao butter to get a fabulous caramelized flavor. Dagoba struck gold with its ginger lime milk chocolate bar. The flavor combination is wonderful and the flavors just jumps out and dazzles the taste buds.
• Taste and Waialua had me intrigued from the packaging to the look of the bars, to the first break.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHOCOLATIERS

• I love the mouth feel and texture of fruits and nuts combined with dark chocolate like passion fruit or apricots or orange/lemon/lime peel.
• I think this is one of the most competitive tastings we have had. Most of the chocolates were desirable and I would look for them on line. there were a few that were not highly rate. Adding salt is complicated. Most of the chocolates with salt were ok, but only a few would make me want to try them again. I enjoyed the Good Chocolate.
• In general, it's more important to create an enjoyable experience with chocolate than a strictly unique one. Often the most elaborately decorated end up being the least enjoyable taste experiences. Better to under promise and over deliver.