8 Artisanal Vegan Chocolate Bars for Indulging & Gifting
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Chocolate serves so many purposes: a comfort food, a self-care moment, a perfect dessert, a symbol of love and affection. It satisfies your sweet tooth in that particular way that only chocolate can. And it’s fun to elevate those various occasions with chocolate that really has it going on. Enter: these hand-picked vegan chocolate bars.
This collection of vegan chocolate focuses on thoughtful makers whose processes from bean to bar are marked by exceptional ingredients, techniques, and ethics. The results are delicious, handcrafted little masterpieces, ideal for gifting or pampering oneself.
Fully vegan brands are marked with a (V).
The Best Vegan Chocolate Bars
1. Compartés
Chic exteriors and fun flavors
PHOTOS: COMPARTÉS
Compartés is based out of Los Angeles, and it shows. Their packaging is artsy, bold, and luxurious. And among vegan chocolate bars, they have a big collection of interesting flavors. Nightcap Whiskey? Yes. Orange Peel Pink Pepper? Why not! If you love floral, fruity, and/or cocktail-inspired flavors—and glorious, crunchy, chunky textures—you’re sure to find a Compartés bar to love.
Vegan Flavors: Blueberry Almond, California Berries, California Garden, California Love Pretzel, Champagne Dark, Coffee Crunch, Espresso Martini, Margarita Tequila, Mexican Hot Chocolate, Nightcap Whiskey, Orange Peel Pink Pepper, Peanut Butter Protein, Peppermint Bark, Pineapple Coconut, Raspberry Matcha, Raspberry Rose, Salted Pistachio, Smoked Sea Salt, Strawberry Champagne, Strawberry Coconut, Strawberry Goji Acai, Wild Cherry, 80% Dark
Price Per Bar: $10 to $12
2. Endangered Species
Easy-to-find classics
PHOTOS: FLORAH
Endangered Species’ vegan chocolate bars are Fairtrade, certified gluten-free, and palm oil-free. They seem to be among the most readily available vegan chocolate options, appearing both in natural foods stores and in mega-retailers like Walmart and Target. Endangered Species has donated over $3M since 2016 to organizations that protect species, habitats, and humanity.
Vegan Flavors: Almonds & Sea Salt, Blueberry, Cacao Nibs, Cherries, Cinnamon Cayenne & Cherries, Coconut & Almonds, Cranberries & Almonds, Espresso Beans, Extreme Dark, Forest Mint, Mixed Berries, Oat Milk, Orange, Peppermint Crunch, Raspberries, Raspberry Filling, Rice Crisps, Salted Peanuts, Sea Salt & Almonds, Sea Salt, Smooth
Price Per Bar: $3.50
3. Goodio (V)
Gorgeous packaging and wild flavors
PHOTOS: FLORAH
Goodio’s chocolates are organic, bean-to-bar, transparently traded (directly sourced from farmers), and handmade in Finland. Their ingredients are as clean and lovely as they come, and their packaging is so beautiful that at one point I had it pinned up in my office as a colorful, patterned little gallery wall. And with flavors like Candied Chamomile, Forest, and Winter Frost, you’ll never get bored with Goodio.
Vegan Flavors: Apple Pie, Berry, Candied Chamomile, Caramel Crisp White Chocolate, Caramelized Coconut, Caramelized Rosemary, Chai, Coconut, Coffee, Dark, Fennel, Flower, Forest, Gingerbread, Lavender, Lemon, Licorice & Sea Buckthorn, Midnight Sun, Mint, Minty Cookie White Chocolate, Northern Lights, Orange Zest, Peppermint Crunch, Polar Night, Pumpkin Spice, Raspberry, Red Berries, Sea, Sea Salt, Strawberry, Strawberry Cake, Wild Blueberry, Winter Glow, Winter Frost
Price Per Bar: $7 to $10
4. Hu
Fairtrade dark chocolate in nut buttery flavors
PHOTOS: FLORAH
Hu offers lovely, Fairtrade dark chocolate in a nut-butter-heavy line-up of flavors. As you can see from the front of their packaging, they’re free of: refined sugar, cane sugar, sugar alcohols, erythritol, dairy, soy, palm oil, lecithins, and emulsifiers. Their chocolates are loved for their clean ingredients, which don’t sacrifice taste. And they’re widely available – find Hu at big retailers or online.
Vegan Flavors: Almond Butter + Puffed Quinoa, Almond Crunch, Cashew Butter + Orange Vanilla, Cashew Butter + Raspberry, Cashew Butter + Vanilla Bean, Crunchy Mint, Hazelnut Butter, Hazelnut Coffee, Salty, Simple, Vanilla Crunch
Price Per Bar: $4 to $6
5. Mast
Elegant, small-batch chocolate
PHOTOS: MAST
Mast’s picture-perfect chocolate bars are organic and handcrafted in small batches using simple ingredients. They’re made from ethically and sustainably sourced cocoa beans from Tanzania, for which Mast pays much higher than fair trade premiums. I loved this product description for their vegan Oat Milk bar, “You have chosen wisely. Organic oats, a drizzle of maple, creamy chocolate, and zero dairy. Your tongue, tummy, friends, family and planet will thank you.”
Vegan Flavors: Dark Chocolate with Almond and Sea Salt, Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt, Dark Chocolate with 80% Cacao, Oat Milk Chocolate with Cacao Nibs, Oat Milk Chocolate 50% Cacao
Price Per Bar: $8
6. Raaka (V)
Transparently traded, unroasted dark chocolate
PHOTOS: FLORAH
Raaka’s organic, transparently traded chocolate is made using unroasted cacao beans to preserve the natural, slightly fruity flavor of the cacao. Here’s their best-selling bar description (Bourbon Cask Aged, aka the ‘Tuxedoed Sophisticate’): “We age single origin Tanzanian cacao in bourbon casks for two months, creating a deeply nuanced bar with a cocktail-like vibe: oaky and smooth, with a hint of cherry cordial on the finish.” Yes, please.
Vegan Flavors: Apple Crisp, Bananas Foster, Bourbon Cask Aged, Candy Cane (White), Coconut Milk, Cookies & Cream (White), Ginger Snap, Green Tea Crunch, Oat Milk, Pink Sea Salt, Pure Cacao & Strawberry & Coconut, Strawberry & Cream (White), Maple & Nibs, Winter Citrus, 100% Cacao
Price Per Bar: $6 to $8
7. Rawmio
Raw, organic, Fairtrade chocolate
PHOTOS: FLORAH
Rawmio is all about dense nutrition and flavor with their raw, organic chocolate. It’s made using a low-temperature stone grinding technique that renders a dreamy texture while preserving nutrients, and allows for the subtle flavors of the cacao to come through. The base of all of Rawmio’s vegan chocolate bars is single-origin, fair-trade cacao from Peru and raw cocoa butter. They add a couple other simple organic ingredients and wrap it all up in those gorgeous, metallic-accented wrappers.
Flavors: Dark Chocolate (70% Cacao, 85% Cacao, 100% Cacao), Mint, Orange, KETO, Oat Milk, Dark Chocolate with Vanilla Bean, White Chocolate
Price Per Bar: $3 to $5
8. TCHO
Truly creamy vegan milk (and dark) chocolate
PHOTOS: FLORAH
I only recently learned about TCHO, and I was blown away upon trying their Toffee Time bar. So much vegan chocolate is dark—for which there is certainly a time and a place—but gosh, sometimes you just want a good old fashioned non-dairy MILK chocolate bar. Toffee Time is exactly that; it’s creamy and glorious. Highly recommend. TCHO’s chocolate is also organic, soy-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, and Fairtrade, and the company itself is a certified B Corp. Good stuff, folks.
Flavors: Aww Nuts!, Born Fruity, Choco Latté, Dark Duo, Dark & Salty, Dirty Chai, Hazel Nuts!, Holy Fudge, Karl the Nog, Napa Noir, Perfect Matcha, Pumpkin Up, Toffee Time
Price Per Bar: $6 to $12
