in the past year as it continued to build on an exceptional 2020, during which it shifted an extra 71. Made in Ecuador from an ancient cacao variety whose population was once reduced to just nine trees, the vintage chocolate from To'ak is consistently ranked among the finest—not to mention the most expensive—in the world.

The Seattle Chocolate Company created the Jcoco brand to highlight its fine Peruvian-sourced chocolate with unusual but delicious flavors. These will generally last two or three weeks at room temperature or a few months in the fridge—though refrigeration negatively affects chocolate's flavor. Each truffle and bar is hand tempered, dipped, and piped in an onsite kitchen before hitting the display case. Chocolate is not the most perishable food in the world, but freshness is still important—especially for high-end artisanal chocolate and if fillings and toppings contain fresh fruit or fresh dairy.The Signature Collection from Beverly Hills-based andSons Chocolatiers is a set of hand-painted chocolate shells filled with flavored ganaches that are almost too lovely to eat—but they're too delicious not to. Below, we've rounded up a wide-ranging selection of our picks for the best gourmet chocolates available today. In 1993, it launched the Easter bilby, which has since become the stuff of local legend around Easter. Like dark chocolate, milk chocolate includes cocoa beans, cocoa butter, and sugar, along with (surprise! Dark chocolate is often classified by percentage of cacao, which refers to the proportion of ingredients made up by cocoa beans and butter.

No list of the best chocolate brands in Australia would be complete without the Australian-made variant of the Birmingham-based brand Cadbury. This Valentine's Day gift is just as pretty, with a bit more traditional but still complex filling of salted bourbon caramel.

If you can think of it, you’ll find it here in the form of honeycomb smash bars and candied nuts and everything in between. And that doesn't even include all the ways all those types of chocolate can be turned into truffles and other candies, or poured over fruits and nuts.

The same applies to flavors, fillings, and anything else that isn't chocolate: The fewer ingredients and the more information given about where they come from, the better.Higher in cacao content, dark chocolate is complex, with roasty-toasty coffee flavors that are often drowned out in milk chocolate. Cadbury Favourites contains: Cadbury Dairy Milk, Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramello, Cadbury Dream, Cadbury Old Gold, Cadbury Flake, Cadbury Crunchie, Cadbury Picnic, Cadbury Boost, Cadbury Moro, Cadbury Cherry Ripe, Fry’s Turkish Delight. It was a game-changing moment, and when we found out their chocolates are hand-made right here in Sydney, we were hooked. Whoever you’re wrapping gifts for this year, spoil them, with a chocolate Christmas hamper bursting with our best-loved Cadbury brands. Along similarly acclaimed lines, the award-winning Tranquilidad 72% must be tasted to be believed with notes of honey and dried fruit.

The added dairy gives the chocolate a velvety texture, creamy taste, and lighter color, though the cacao percentage tends to be lower than dark chocolate for a less intensely chocolaty flavor. Between the organic ingredients, sustainable packaging, tremendous variety, and award-winning flavours there’s a reason we love this artisanal Australian chocolate brand. Gift-giving icon Oprah Winfrey gave this beautiful box her "Oprah's Favorite Things" stamp for 2022, so you know it's one of the best. So what better way to say happy birthday to someone than with a melt-in-the-mouth birthday chocolate gift or hamper? Staying true to its core principles, the brand never uses artificial flavourings or vegetable oils, using only the best Belgian chocolate couverture for their bars before loading them generously toppings and wrapping them up.Surprise a friend by sending a gift direct to their door or treat yourself with delicious luxury chocolates delivered. All-natural and delicious, we love Winnow Chocolates for their eye-catching colours and equally impressive flavours. Each and every bean is inspected by the brand before it’s roasted, winnowed, refined, conched, aged, tempered, and wrapped.