The Best Chocolate in the World: Top 100 Chocolates Ranked

What Does “The Best Chocolate in the World” Really Mean?

The Top 100 Chocolate Bars is Hello Chocolate’s definitive reference for identifying the best chocolate in the world, based on the highest scores awarded by the International Chocolate Awards from 2022 onward.

The phrase “the best chocolate in the world” is often used casually. At Hello Chocolate, we treat it as a serious and well-defined standard.

The world’s best chocolate is not determined by popularity, price, or marketing. It is defined by craft, origin, flavor clarity, balance, and consistency—and, crucially, by independent expert evaluation.

This page is our definitive reference for chocolate excellence. It brings together the world’s most highly regarded chocolate bars into a single, continuously curated ranking based on measurable achievement rather than opinion.

Looking for a romantic gift? Explore our curated Valentine’s Day chocolate gifts, featuring award-winning bars selected from this Top 100 list.

How the World’s Best Chocolate Is Evaluated

Exceptional chocolate is the result of many factors working in harmony:

  • Cacao quality & origin – genetics, terroir, and fermentation

  • Craftsmanship – roasting, grinding, refinement, and aging

  • Flavor balance – clarity, acidity, bitterness, sweetness, and texture

  • Consistency – repeatable excellence across batches and years

  • Transparency – traceable origins and ethical sourcing

To ensure objectivity, we rely heavily on results from the International Chocolate Awards, the most respected independent chocolate competition in the world. Their judging panels include sensory experts, chocolatiers, pastry chefs, and food professionals from across the globe.

Why Chocolate Awards Matter

Chocolate awards are not marketing labels. When properly conducted, they are blind tastings performed under strict protocols.

The International Chocolate Awards are especially important because they:

  • Judge chocolate without knowing the maker

  • Separate entries by style (dark, milk, white, filled, drinking chocolate)

  • Reward flavor clarity and technical excellence

  • Maintain global consistency year after year

Many of the world’s most respected bean-to-bar makers have built their reputations through these awards—not advertising.

These principles form the foundation of our Top 100 ranking.

How the Top 100 Is Ranked

The Top 100 Chocolate Bars are ranked from #1 to #100 based on the highest scores achieved at the International Chocolate Awards from 2022 to the present.

When a chocolate bar has received multiple awards across different years or competitions, the highest official score is used for ranking purposes. In cases where scores are equal, editorial judgment is applied based on:

  • Consistency across multiple tastings

  • Breadth of international recognition

  • Sensory balance and technical precision

This methodology ensures the ranking reflects measured excellence, not popularity or sales performance.

How This Page Relates to Our Other Rankings

This Top 100 ranking is the foundation for all other chocolate guides on Hello Chocolate.

  • Yearly selections (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026…) highlight the most defining bars from the Top 100 for a specific year.

  • Category guides (dark, milk, white, no-sugar, drinking chocolate, filled) feature focused subsets drawn from the same archive.

  • Regional guides explore geographic trends using selections from the Top 100.

Those pages are selective editorial guides and may include fewer than 100 bars depending on relevance.

Explore the Top 100 Chocolate Collection

The Top 100 Chocolate Bars (2022–Present)

80 and above indicates fine chocolate quality and scores above 90 suggest extraordinary quality and craft.

    1. Cacaosuyo (Peru) – World's Best Dark Chocolate 2025 – El Ganso (Score 92.3)
    2. Prague Chocolate Steiner & Kovarik (Czech Republic) – White Chocolate – White Chocolate 40% With Asparagus (Score 92.1)
    3. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Putnam Rye Whiskey (Score 92.0)
    4. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) – White Chocolate – Strawberry White (Score 91.7)
    5. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) – World's Best Dark Chocolate 2024 – 70% Quellouno (Score 91.7)
    6. Argencove (Nicaragua) – Dark Chocolate – Mombacho 70% (Score 91.6)
    7. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Sugar-free Dark Chocolate – Solo Kakao 100% (Score 91.6)
    8. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) – World's Best Dark Chocolate 2023 – 70% Kiteni (Score 91.6)
    9. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Milk Chocolate – Leche y Café 58% (Score 91.5)
    10. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Dark Chocolate – Single Origin Vraem 68% (Score 91.5)
    11. Allo Simonne (Canada) – Chocolate Spread – Hazelnut & Jaguar Chocolate (Score 91.4)
    12. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Limited Release, Spiced Winter Maple (Score 91.4)
    13. Prophecy Chocolate (United States) – Chocolate with Fillings – Umami Macambo (Score 91.3)
    14. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) – Dark Chocolate – 70% Piura med kakaonibs (Score 91.2)
    15. Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Dark Chocolate – Chuncho - Cuzco (Score 91.1)
    16. SLOK Chocolate (Hong Kong) – Drinking Chocolate – Peru Chuncho 72% (Score 91.1)
    17. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Dark Chocolate – Pitaya de mayo 58% (Score 91.0)
    18. Chocolate Sierra Sagrada (Colombia) – Dark Chocolate – 72% Sierra Nevada (Score 90.9)
    19. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Milk Chocolate – Leche y Vainilla 57% (Score 90.9)
    20. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) – White Chocolate – Raspberry White (Score 90.8)
    21. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) – Dark Chocolate – 80% Echarate (Score 90.8)
    22. Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Dark Chocolate – Lakuna (Score 90.7)
    23. Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Dark Chocolate – Piura Nibs (Score 90.7)
    24. Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Dark Chocolate – Piura Select (Score 90.7)
    25. Chocolate Sierra Sagrada (Colombia) – Dark Chocolate – 64% Sierra Nevada (Score 90.7)
    26. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Dark Chocolate – Soconusco 71% (Score 90.7)
    27. Chaleur B Chocolat (Canada) – World's Best Milk Chocolate 2023 – Milk Chocolate 51% (Score 90.6)
    28. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Dark Chocolate – Single Origin Vraem 72% (Score 90.5)
    29. Duffy's (United Kingdom) – Dark Chocolate – Nicaragua Juno 70% (Score 90.4)
    30. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Almendra Blanca, 77% (Score 90.4)
    31. Boho Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – 70% Dark – Philippines – Kablon Farms (Score 90.3)
    32. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – El Carmen with Coffee (Score 90.3)
    33. Argencove (Nicaragua) – Dark Chocolate – 92 bar (Score 90.2)
    34. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Asochivite with Maple (Score 90.2)
    35. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Caramelized Onion (Score 90.1)
    36. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Dark Chocolate – Inti 70% (Score 90.1)
    37. Sleep Walk Chocolateria (United States) – Chocolate with Filling – Miel y Chiltepe (Score 90.1)
    38. Argencove (Nicaragua) – Dark Chocolate – Apoyo 70% (Score 90.0)
    39. Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Milk Chocolate – Piura Milk (Score 90.0)
    40. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Dark Chocolate – Flor de Un Día 70% (Score 90.0)
    41. McGuire Chocolate Company (Canada) – Milk Chocolate – Hanky Panky (Score 89.9)
    42. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Boyaca 73% (Score 89.8)
    43. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Dark Chocolate – Finca la Rioja 73% (Score 89.7)
    44. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Asochivite 77% (Score 89.7)
    45. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Milk Chocolate – Classic Milk (Score 89.7)
    46. McGuire Chocolate Company (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – Santa Maria 70% (Score 89.7)
    47. Chaleur B Chocolat (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – Ucayali 72% (Score 89.5)
    48. Duffy's (United Kingdom) – Dark Chocolate – Nicaragua Amarillo 72% (Score 89.5)
    49. Sleep Walk Chocolateria (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Oaxaca (Score 89.4)
    50. Allo Simonne (Canada) – Chocolate Spread – Hazelnut, Dark Chocolate & Buckwheat (Score 88.9)
    51. Chaleur B Chocolat (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – Tanzanie 79% Organic (Score 89.3)
    52. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Sugar-free Dark Chocolate – Special Reserve, 100% (Score 89.3)
    53. McGuire Chocolate Company (Canada) – Milk Chocolate – 46% Pumpkin Spice Milk Chocolate (Score 89.3)
    54. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) – Dark Chocolate – 70% Santa Ana (Score 89.3)
    55. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Las Palomas Coffee (Score 89.2)
    56. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Lawley’s Rum (Score 89.2)
    57. Duffy's (United Kingdom) – Milk Chocolate – Honduras Mayan Red 61% Milk (Score 89.1)
    58. Boho Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – 70% Colombia / Sierra Nevada (Score 89.0)
    59. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Milk Chocolate – Oat Milk (Score 89.0)
    60. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Pure Passion Fruit (Score 88.9)
    61. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – Tanduay Rum (Score 88.9)
    62. Argencove (Nicaragua) – Dark Chocolate – Batch 18 80% (Score 88.8)
    63. Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Dark Chocolate - Safron (Score 88.8)
    64. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – 70% Kisinga (Score 88.8)
    65. Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Dark Chocolate – Cuzco 80 (Score 88.7)
    66. Chocolate Sierra Sagrada (Colombia) – Dark Chocolate – 85% Sierra Nevada (Score 88.7)
    67. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Dark Chocolate – Soconusco 70% (Score 88.7)
    68. Prague Chocolate Steiner & Kovarik (Czech Republic) – White Chocolate – White Chocolate 40% With Oyster Mushroom (Score 88.7)
    69. Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) – Dark Chocolate – 70% Echarate (Score 88.7)
    70. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Esmeraldas (Score 88.6)
    71. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Ucayali 70% (Score 88.6)
    72. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Dark Chocolate – Single Origin Piura 72% (Score 88.6)
    73. Sleep Walk Chocolateria (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Trinitario (Score 88.6)
    74. Allo Simonne (Canada) – Chocolate with Filling – Gianduja and Cacao Nibs Bar (Score 88.5)
    75. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Brown Butter (Score 88.5)
    76. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) – White Chocolate – Blackberry White (Score 88.5)
    77. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Dark Chocolate – Chuncho Collection N°5 (Score 88.5)
    78. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Dark Chocolate – Solo Kakao 90% (Score 88.5)
    79. Boho Chocolate (United States) – Milk Chocolate – Smoked Hickory Sea Salt (Score 88.4)
    80. Chaleur B Chocolat (Canada) – White Chocolate – Vegan White Chocolate (Score 88.4)
    81. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) – Dark Chocolate – Herbaceous Green Sichuan (Score 88.4)
    82. Kasama Chocolate (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – 70% Costa Esmeraldas (Score 88.4)
    83. Meybol Cacao (Germany) – Dark Chocolate – Chuncho Collection N°3 (Score 88.3)
    84. Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) – Sugar-free Dark Chocolate – Soconusco 100% (Score 88.2)
    85. Allo Simonne (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – Huila 75% (Score 88.1)
    86. Argencove (Nicaragua) – Dark Chocolate – Caramelized Cacao Nibs (Score 88.1)
    87. Chaleur B Chocolat (Canada) – Dark Chocolate – Ténébris 70% Organic (Score 88.1)
    88. SLOK Chocolate (Hong Kong) - Dark Chocolate - Aged With Idaho 7 Hops (Score 88.1)
    89. Allo Simonne (Canada) - Chocolate with Filling - Gianduja & Whole Hazelnuts Chocolate Bar (Score 88.0)
    90. Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Dark Chocolate - Banana, Cinnamon and Cloves (Score 88.0)
    91. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) - Dark Chocolate - El Carmen 77% (Score 88.0)
    92. Goodnow Farms Chocolate (United States) - Dark Chocolate - Black Urfa Chili (Score 88.0)
    93. SLOK Chocolate  (Hong Kong) - Dark Chocolate - Peru Chuncho 72% (Score 88.0)
    94. SLOK Chocolate  (Hong Kong) - Drinking Chocolate - Thailand 70% (Score 88.0)
    95. Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Dark Chocolate - Cocibolca 70% (Score 87.9)
    96. Chocolate Sierra Sagrada  (Colombia) - Sugar-free Dark Chocolate - Sierra Sagrada 100% Sierra Nevada (Score 87.9)
    97. Prophecy Chocolate (United States) - Chocolate Spread - Copuazu Coconut Manna (Score 87.9)
    98. Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Milk Chocolate - Earl Grey Tea (Score 87.8)
    99. Allo Simonne  (Canada) -Dark Chocolate - 70% Zorzal, Republique Dominicaine  (Score 87.7)
    100. Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Dark Chocolate - Amazonas 100 (Score 87.7)

    A Living Reference

    Chocolate evolves. New harvests, new makers, and new award winners appear every year.

    This ranking is not static. The list remains fixed at 100 entries, but positions may change as new award results are announced and additional bars enter the archive.

    If you are looking to understand what truly defines excellence in chocolate—and where to find it—this page is designed to be the most reliable reference available.