25 Chocolate Brands, Ranked Worst To Best

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If you have a sweet tooth, chances are chocolate brands are high on your snack radar. And if you agree that chocolate might as well be the eighth wonder of the world, keep reading. Per Insider, the chocolate industry is a more than $100 billion business, and keeping that business alive requires a lot of cocoa beans. According to the National Confectioners Association, it takes 400 cocoa beans to make just one pound of chocolate — and a cacao tree will, on average, produce some 2,500 beans a year, which yields about six pounds of chocolate. To put this into context, for Valentine's Day alone, an estimated 58 million pounds of chocolate are sold every year.

As with any food product, some chocolate makers are killing it in this space, while others aren't quite living up to the hype. Our Tasting Table taste testers hit the ground running to round up 25 chocolate brands with the end goal of ranking them from worst to best. As self-proclaimed chocolate fanatics, we found so many good ones it was truly a challenge to organize them for this list. But we did, so grab a glass of milk, a cup of tea, or whatever beverage fits your fancy (and pairs well with chocolate, of course), and get ready for some serious deliciousness.

25. Esthechoc
Esthechoc chocolate packs
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According to Esthechoc, a healthy outside starts from the inside. We definitely agree with this statement, so we dove into the chocolate to see if its aesthetically pleasing wrapper had the deliciousness inside to match. Think of Esthechoc as a food supplement made from 72.6% dark chocolate. The darker the chocolate and fewer additives, the healthier the chocolate is and, therefore, better for your overall health. This chocolate will definitely make you feel good instead of leaving you with the sugar rush hangover that comes with chocolate that's too sweet.

While Esthechoc's website states all the positive benefits of consuming chocolate, including support of skin metabolism and antioxidants, we're obviously most concerned about how the products taste. So, is beautiful chocolate also delicious chocolate? In our opinion, no. Compared to the other chocolate brands on this list, Esthechoc missed the mark for us. This chocolate tasted healthier but was not the first chocolate we would reach for when heading back for seconds.

24. Whittaker's
Whittaker's chocolate bars
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Next on our list is family-crafted and New Zealand-based Whittaker's Chocolate. Whittaker's sources its beans from Ghana, which, once harvested, take some 80 days to journey from West Africa to Porirua; there, the chocolate maker batch roasts the beans itself. Whittaker's main focus is making palm oil-free chocolate, and we appreciate knowing the chocolate we are consuming has quality ingredients and was crafted responsibly. Making chocolate is neither a simple task nor one that should be rushed. Whittaker's takes every precaution to ensure a high-quality and delicious chocolate result every time.

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