One of the best things about chocolate is that it’s always in season. Whether you’re celebrating, commiserating, or just feeling the pangs of a sweet craving, chocolate always helps, and it’s always within reach.
Yes, we live in a world with an abundance of vegan chocolatiers, but sometimes you just need to grab a bar off a shelf at the grocery store. We’ve compiled a list of chocolate bars that are doing vegan right. Let the chocolate tour begin.
1 Ritter Sport
This German chocolate company has been making dairy-free chocolate for years. Marzipan and 50% Cocoa Dark Chocolate are two indulgent accidentally vegan products from the company.
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2 Lindt
Ever watch those tantalizing Lindt commercials featuring a chocolatier whisking melted chocolate? This company has us hooked. Fortunately, a few options are vegan-friendly. All the Cocoa Excellence bars with 70 percent and up dark chocolate are good to go, and the brand also offers several vegan bars and even vegan truffles made with oat milk.
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3 Ghirardelli
Those who’ve stepped inside the iconic Ghirardelli factory in San Francisco know it’s like the real-life equivalent of Willy Wonka’s grand enterprise. Yes, there is dairy lurking in most of the dark chocolate options, but there are a handful of dairy-free choices, like the Intense 72% Cacao Twilight Delight squares.
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4 Endangered Species
Feel better and do better by eating a chocolate bar. This company donates 10 percent of its net annual profits to wildlife conservation efforts. In harmony with this mission, the company has developed many vegan-friendly chocolate bar options. Check out flavors like Forest Mint, Almonds & Sea Salt, and Blueberry.
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5 Tcho
Break free of the traditional chocolate mold and reach for a square-shaped confection. The Fair Trade and USDA Organic-certified company offers a plethora of options from solid dark chocolate to Holy Fudge. And, even better, Tcho has transitioned its brand to be entirely vegan. Cheers to that!
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6 Lake Champlain Chocolates
This Burlington, VT-based chocolate factory is taking cues from its neighboring dessert company, Ben & Jerry’s. Online, the company makes it easy for plant-based customers by providing a dedicated menu for vegan chocolate.
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7 Trader Joe’s
Yes, our favorite tiki-themed grocer makes vegan milk chocolate, but it carried dairy-free options way before it debuted its Almond Beverage Chocolate Bar in 2020. TJ’s Dark Chocolate Lover’s Bar and Dark Chocolate Strawberry Bar are plant-based, for example. For something a little creamier, reach for the chain’s Oat Chocolate Bars.
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8 Beyond Good
All bars from Beyond Good are made with single-origin Madagascar or Uganda cocoa, and they’re mostly vegan (other than the Salted Caramel). Between all of the flavors, it’s hard to choose, but Sea Salt & Nibs always seem to find a way into our shopping basket.
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9 Tony’s Chocolonely
Tony doesn’t sell bars of chocolate—he sells bricks. These bars are massive. Most dark chocolate varieties are vegan-friendly, other than the Dark Milk Pretzel Toffee flavor. Between the 70% Dark Belgium Chocolate and Dark Almond Sea Salt, you’ll find a brick of chocolate that calls to you.
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10 Compartés
It’s not just our sweet tooth that lures us into the Compartés display—it’s the gorgeous artistic packaging. Reach for a Compartés bar if you’re in the mood for something a bit wacky, as the vegan flavors range from California Love Pretzel to Salted Pistachio. Coffee Crunch and Wild Cherry are stunners as well.
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11 Chocolove
Pick up a bar of Chocolove when you’re in the mood for an interesting chocolate pairing. Don’t overlook the Chillies & Cherries in Dark Chocolate—it delights our taste buds. If you’ve never experienced chocolate and chili, you need to try it. Here’s the rule for finding a vegan Chocolove bar: opt for dark chocolate but avoid those that contain nut butter fillings, caramel, or toffee. Dark chocolate bars with whole nuts, sea salt, and whole fruit are usually fine.
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12 Lily’s
Reach for a Lily’s bar or baking chips when you’re looking for a lower-sugar option. Each product is “botanically sweetened,” meaning there’s no refined or processed sugar. Most bars contain stevia to balance out the strong cacao flavor. Many of the dark and extra dark bars are vegan.
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13 Alter Eco
Many of the chocolate bars from Alter Eco are vegan, including Orange Blackout and Mint Blackout. We highly recommend the Raspberry Blackout and Quinoa Crunch (it tastes like a Nestlé Crunch bar!).
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14 Hu Kitchen
When strolling through grocery store aisles, you can’t go wrong with a Hu Kitchen chocolate bar, as all of the brand’s dark chocolate products are vegan. And with flavors like Hazelnut Coffee, Cashew Butter + Raspberry, and Crunchy Mint, we’re loading them all into our cart. Why choose when you can try them all?
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15 Theo
Vegan options are in no short supply at this chocolate company. Between classic flavors (think Sea Salt, Mint, and classic dark varieties) and unique flavor combinations such as Brown Rice Quinoa Crunch and Cherry Almond, there are plenty of bars to salivate over.
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16 Divine Chocolate
We can’t think of a more fitting name for a chocolate company. Co-owned by cocoa farmers, Divine Chocolate is certified fair trade, so you can feel good about your midday chocolate break. The dark chocolate varieties get a green light, including the mint, raspberry, pink salt, and ginger-orange varieties.
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17 Taza Chocolate
Taza’s next-level chocolate bars are keeping us coming back for more. The vegan company offers a variety of dark chocolate options alongside creamy milk chocolate made with oat milk. Between Fruit & Nut Crunch, Creamy Toffee Crunch, and Chocolate Cookie Crunch, nothing is off limits.
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18 Ibarra Chocolate
We don’t recommend eating these straight, but they’re good to have on hand whenever you’re in the mood for a Mexican hot chocolate or champurrado. Each disc is made of cacao paste, sugar, and cinnamon to add a comforting spice element to any chocolatey drink. Pair with your favorite non-dairy milk or follow this recipe by Dora’s Table to make vegan champurrado.
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19 Green & Black’s Organics
This company wants you to feel good about your chocolate purchase. The business sources its cocoa through a third-party sustainability program, Cocoa Life, to ensure workers are paid a fair wage. Most of the dark varieties are vegan.
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20 Sugarfina
Remember the days of samples? We used to walk by this candy store to see if employees were sampling any of the vegan options. It was always a good day when they broke out the Cold Brew Cordials. Think cherry cordials, but instead of fruit in the middle, you get a splash of cold brew. Coffee and chocolate are the perfect couple.
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21 Dylan’s Candy Bar
This whimsical candy shop has seriously stepped up its vegan game. Choose from delicious dark chocolate bars like Almond and Sea Salt.
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22 Valrhona
When top pastry chefs claim a brand as their chocolate of choice, you know it’s worth the splurge. You’ll often find Valrhona products in the baking aisle, but the company makes “tasting bars” as well. Most of its dark chocolate bars are a safe bet—from the pleasantly sweet Manjari to the super dark Abinao 85%.
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23 Simple Truth Organic / Private Selection
Kroger’s allergen-friendly and organic name-brand line of products cranked out a medley of vegan options in 2020, and we’re thrilled that chocolate was included in that rollout. The Simple Truth 85% Cacao Dark Chocolate bar is velvety and intense. Kroger’s other product range, Private Selection, also offers vegan-friendly dark chocolate bars in flavors such as Almond Blueberry and Sea Salt Almond.
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24 Raaka
Everything from Raaka is vegan, so you can take your pick from a range of creative flavors, including Bananas Foster, Green Tea Crunch, and Pink Sea Salt.
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25 Hershey’s
26 365 by Whole Foods Market
If you’re stopping by Whole Foods Market and craving something sweet, be sure to pick up the 365 Dark Chocolate bars. Made with 70 percent cacao, they’re rich, creamy, and perfectly satisfying for a quick treat or snack.
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28 Bettergoods
29 No Whey! Foods
30 Pascha Chocolate Co
Pascha’s chocolate bars are 100 percent plant-based, so good luck choosing between all the tasty options. We’re big fans of the Vegan White Bar, but varieties like Very Dark, Arabica Coffee, and Dark Chocolate with Cocoa Nibs are just as delicious.
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