I Asked 7 Chefs for Their Favorite Chocolate Bar, and the Winner Was a Total Surprise

AllRecipes.com ^ | November 16, 2025 | Karla Walsh

[Twotone]

Come trick-or-treat season or any time you’re presented with a choice from a candy jar, selecting just one chocolate bar from the mix is about as difficult as picking a favorite child (or so I’ve heard from parents). Sweetness levels vary widely, as does the source of the chocolate, the mix-ins or fillings, the texture, and more.

To help us narrow down the competition and build a shortlist of the best bars for s’mores, snacking, and sneaking into cakes, we called up a handful of our favorite culinary pros from coast to coast for some sweet talk. Read on to discover which chocolate bar these chefs love—plus, brilliant ways to add it to your menu this week.

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The Best Chocolate Bar, According to Chefs

Just like with chocolate chip cookies, many of us have a different definition of “perfect” when it comes to chocolate bars. The chefs shared quite a diverse collection of favorites, ranging from trick-or-treat mainstays to trendy artisan chocolates. But only one drew multiple votes, earning the crown from chefs in our poll: Tony’s Chocolonely.

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TOPICS: Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chocolate

[j.havenfarm]

When I was a boy there were a bunch of canneries of tomato products in the town where I lived. I’d rather live 24/7 in a Hershey’s factory than ever again smell tomatoes being processed at scale. It’s quite unpleasant

[Varda]

Thanks, will look into it the next time I'm in that area.
For those visiting Western PA, Sarris has a candy store in Canonsburg which is like something out of Willy Wonka. Since the article is about chefs, the store is not too far from the All Clad factory which is where most chefs get their cookware.

[KC Burke]

When I was a teenager I did some construction laborer work at a plant that used my dad’s company routinely. Every time I had to leave my clothes in the garage. It had one of the most intense smells you can imagine.

Wright’s Liquid Smoke. The actual plant they distilled the smoke into liquid. Took two shower’s each night but it stayed in your sinus cavities.

[mass55th]

I grew up in the 50’s. Hershey Bars (bigger than the ones they sell today) were 5 cents. I’m more of a milk chocolate person. I always liked Nestle’s Crunch Bars, and I liked their milk chocolate bars, which they don’t make anymore. They only make them in miniature form, mixing them in with their other bagged miniature bars. I don’t like nuts or peanut butter and chocolate together, although I like nuts and peanut butter separately. These days I buy Whoppers (malted milk balls), Nestle’s Crunch bars and Ghiradelli milk chocolate and salted caramel squares.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

The House Choice here!!!

[MikelTackNailer]

"There it is, Robin..."

"You may eat the chocolate now."

[bantam]

Tony Chocolony is awesome, but at $6-7 a bar where we live. It’s not an everyday thing.

[missthethunder]

I eat pecans and “bunch of crunch” together all the time.

It’s the best.

[Sirius Lee]

I don't care if my chocolate is fair trade or if it's made out of orphan's souls, just as long as it's better than anybody else's.

I don't think this is unreasonable.

[maddog55]

The best chocolate bar is the one your eating at the time.

[Vermont Lt]

I agree. There is not a bad one. At least none that I’ve found.

[TalBlack]

I’ve been hearing for decades now that dark chocolate is actually good for you.

[catnipman]

WHICH bar? ... pic shows milk chocolate, which is crap, no matter who makes it ...

[Albion Wilde]

[yldstrk]

I gotta agree with Heath Bar.

[catnipman]

Chocolove is uniformly delicious, reasonably priced, readily available in many ubiquitous retail chains, and each bar lists the percentage of chocolate in the bar:

https://www.chocolove.com/

[Albion Wilde]

It’s the best. I dread Halloween for triggering my addictions: Heaths and Reese’s.

[cowboyusa]

Yep, The Golden Almound Bar. Not in stores.

[Chickensoup]

Now that I need to be gluten free. I have to be very suspicious about my chocolate...and every thing else.

I have been trying to find the boxed assorted chocolates my grandmother used to have during g the holidays. I would like to give them as gifts thiS year. They were called CONTINENTALS CHOCOLATE S. They were sold in fine department stores, the ones that had specialty food treats. They were delicious.

Anyone remember them?

[Persevero]

I got one for my birthday and ended up throwing the last third away. Tasteless to me. And I like Easter bunnies! As well as Lindt, milka, nestle chips, and high end chocolatiers. Ghirardelli. See’s. Etc.

( above reference the Tony’s)

Hersheys have a barf aftertaste to me, too. I won’t seek it out.