Dutch Chocolate Brands & Makers
Of the 24 Dutch chocolate brands and makers on Chof, the three whose top bar has the highest Chof Score are Heinde & Verre, Krak and Original Beans.
What is Dutch chocolate making known for?
Amsterdam has been one of the world's largest cacao trading ports for centuries. The Dutch makers on Chof include craft bean-to-bar makers and a larger share of private-label and melter brands than most countries, and the Dutch catalogue leans toward milk and lower-cocoa bars and West African beans more than most craft-led countries.
Amsterdam has been a hub of the global cocoa trade for centuries, and the Netherlands has a deeper industrial chocolate history than almost anywhere: the Van Houten press and Dutch-process (alkalised) cocoa were both Dutch inventions. The Dutch catalogue on Chof also carries more private-label and melter brands than a purely craft-led country.
The bean-to-bar side is smaller. Dutch bars tend toward milk and lower cocoa percentages, and West African cacao from Ghana and the Ivory Coast appears more often than it does in most craft ranges.
Dutch chocolate on Chof
What the catalogue shows for makers based in the Netherlands.
Where Dutch makers source cacao
Median across the 128 scored bars from makers based in the Netherlands. Chof Score scores bars on fine-chocolate signals like ingredient purity and cacao traceability, not taste. How Chof Score works.
Dutch chocolate bars
The highest Chof Scores among bars with a photo from makers based in the Netherlands. Open a bar for its score breakdown.
Pristine Nativo Peru 71%
Vibrant Colombia 71%
Pearl of Ecuador
Belize Peini Plantation 70%
Mellow & Wild Papua
Madagascar Mava Ottange
Pure & Wild Papua 71%
Beni Wild 66%
Bars with awards
20 bars from makers based in the Netherlands have award results on Chof. Showing the 12 with the newest results. How Chof lists awards
Chocolate makers by city in the Netherlands
City pages, for cities where Chof has confirmed the locations of enough makers.
Chocolate festivals in the Netherlands
Where to taste bars and meet makers in person.
Based in the Netherlands
Chocolate Makers
Tony's Chocolonely
Heinde & Verre
Original Beans
Delicata
CLARO
Krak
Mesjokke
Jumbo
Verkade
De Bonte Koe
Hands Off
Lovechock
The Heart of Cacao
Albert Heijn
Bonvita
Chokay
Happy Chocolate
PLUS
de Bron
MACAO
Simon Lévelt
smells like chocolate
Urban Cacao
Frequently asked about chocolate makers in the Netherlands
Why is the Netherlands important in chocolate?
Amsterdam is one of the world's largest cacao trading ports, and the Van Houten cocoa press and Dutch-process (alkalised) cocoa were both Dutch inventions. The Dutch makers on Chof include private-label and melter brands as well as craft bean-to-bar makers.
What kinds of chocolate makers does the Netherlands have?
Craft bean-to-bar makers, private-label brands and melters who remould finished couverture. The Dutch catalogue on Chof leans more toward milk and lower-cocoa bars than most craft-led countries.
What are the best Dutch chocolate brands?
Chof lists 24 Dutch chocolate makers and brands. Ranked by the best Chof Score among each maker's published bars, the top three in the Netherlands are Heinde & Verre for its Pristine Nativo Peru 71%, Krak for its Belize Peini Plantation 70% (5.0 out of 5 from 4 community ratings) and Original Beans for its Beni Wild 66% (4.4 out of 5 from 8 community ratings). Chof Score rates what a maker discloses about a bar: how precisely the origin is named, how clean the ingredient list is, and how much of the fermenting, drying and roasting is documented.
How many chocolate makers in the Netherlands are listed on Chof?
Chof currently lists 24 chocolate makers based in the Netherlands.
Are there any bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the Netherlands?
Yes. 10 of the 24 makers listed in the Netherlands on Chof work bean-to-bar.
What is the median Chof Score for Dutch chocolate?
Across the 128 scored Dutch bars on Chof, the median Chof Score is 77 out of 100, and the most common maker type is bean-to-bar. Chof Score scores bars on fine-chocolate signals like ingredient purity and cacao traceability, not taste.
Where can I find Netherlands cacao on Chof?
Bean origin (where the cacao is grown) and maker country (where the chocolate is made) are different things. The Netherlands is a chocolate-making country rather than a cacao-growing origin, so Chof has no Netherlands cacao origin page. To browse chocolate by cacao origin, open the cacao origins index on Chof.
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Scan a Netherlands bar and track what you taste
Open Chof while a Netherlands bar is in your hand to log your tasting, save the maker, and compare it with related bars.
