2013 Chocolate Tasting Results, Short Version

Switzerland and Germany take the lead!  If you can get your hands on some Gilgen, Villars, Edeka, or Schweitzers chocolate, do so at once, but if you're restricted to USA shopping, hit up the Trader Joe's Swiss, Divine, and Galler, which are all available in this country and also received top marks.  If you find yourself in Australia (or have a friend who does), try the new Daintree Estates chocolate, which you will either love or hate- it's pretty different.  You'll need a Russian connection to get your hands on A. Kournov, but it's worth the trouble.  And finally, if you're a die hard super dark fan, go straight for a Blanxart bar from Spain- you'll probably love it!

Overall Winners:

Milk:

Trader Joe's Swiss Milk (made by Villars) from Switzerland

Gilgen Milk Hausegmacht from Switzerland

Divine Milk from Germany

Galler Milk from Belgium

Lindt Milk from Switzerland

Dark:

Gilgen Chocolat Cremant Hausegmacht from Switzerland

Edeka Zartbitter from Germany

Callier Cremant from Switzerland

Super Dark:

A Kourkunov Elite 72% Dark Chocolate from Russia

Schweitzers Zartbitter 72% from Switzerland

Divine 70% Dark Chocolate from Germany

Edeka Edel Zartbitter 72% from Germany

Villars Chocolat Noir 72% from Switzerland

Other Chocolates of Note (popular but polarizing):

Daintree Estates Dark 70% and Milk 45% from Australia

Blanxart 82% Congo Dark from Spain

Kallari 70% Cacao from Ecuador