Chocolate

37 products ranked by Scout score

Best chocolate right now

Hu Nut Butter Filled Almond Butter + Crispy Quinoa Dark Chocolate 87/100
Scout's analysis: Hu Nut Butter Filled Almond Butter + Crispy Quinoa Dark Chocolate scores 87/100, highlighting its beneficial ingredients like cacao, almonds, and quinoa, which…
Equal Exchange Organic Fairly Traded Dark Chocolate 85/100
Scout's analysis: This dark chocolate bar is made with high-quality, organic ingredients such as chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, and ground vanilla beans, which are minimally processed…
Honey Mama's Chocolate Cake Chocolate Fudge Bars 83/100
Scout's analysis: Honey Mama's Chocolate Cake Chocolate Fudge Bars score 83/100, highlighting their health benefits from ingredients like organic raw honey and unrefined coconut oil,…

What to skip

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Dipped Pretzels 2/100
Scout's analysis: This product is heavily processed and contains refined wheat flour and sugar as primary ingredients, which are common in ultra-processed snacks. The presence of high…
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar 15/100
Scout's analysis: Hershey's Milk Chocolate scores 15/100. Sugar is the FIRST ingredient — ahead of the chocolate itself — in an ultra-processed formulation that also carries soy…
FERRERO ROCHER, HAZELNUT CHOCOLATES 18/100
Scout's analysis: This product is ultra-processed and contains several ingredients that are considered harmful, such as refined sugar, palm oil, and artificial flavors. The presence of…

Ingredients to watch in chocolate

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 37 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

Sugar in 13 of 37
Soy lecithin in 7 of 37
Cane Sugar in 6 of 37
Natural flavors in 3 of 37
Organic Cane Sugar in 2 of 37
Sunflower lecithin in 2 of 37

What the better chocolate have in common

Cocoa butter in 23 of 37
Vanilla Extract in 8 of 37
Organic cocoa butter in 6 of 37
Sea salt in 6 of 37
Cocoa Mass in 6 of 37

Common questions about chocolate

What scores highest in chocolate on Scout?

Hu Nut Butter Filled Almond Butter + Crispy Quinoa Dark Chocolate leads Scout's chocolate ranking at 87/100, followed by Equal Exchange Organic Fairly Traded Dark Chocolate (85) and Honey Mama's Chocolate Cake Chocolate Fudge Bars (83). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in chocolate?

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Dipped Pretzels scores 2/100, the lowest of the 37 products Scout has analyzed in chocolate; next lowest are Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar (15) and FERRERO ROCHER, HAZELNUT CHOCOLATES (18). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in chocolate?

Across these 37 products the most common flagged ingredients are Sugar, Soy lecithin, Cane Sugar, Natural flavors, Organic Cane Sugar, Sunflower lecithin. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

How does Scout score chocolate?

Every product in chocolate gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores chocolate

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →