British Chocolate Makers & Brands
37 British chocolate makers and craft chocolate brands based in the United Kingdom, with cocoa percentage, origin and tasting notes where Chof has them.
What is British chocolate making known for?
British chocolate making has shifted from a heritage of big confectionery names to a lively modern craft scene. The bean-to-bar makers on Chof tend to score highly, with a leaning toward bright, fruit-led origins such as Madagascar, Colombia and Peru. Alongside them sit melters, who remould and flavour finished couverture rather than working from the bean.
The United Kingdom is really two scenes at once. One is the long tradition of large-scale confectionery the country is famous for; the other is a younger wave of craft bean-to-bar makers who buy traceable cacao and press their own bars, and it is this second group that fills most of the UK maker pages on Chof.
British makers show a clear taste for fruit-driven origins, with Madagascar a recurring favourite alongside Colombian and Peruvian cacao. The catalogue also includes a number of melters, makers who start from finished couverture and add flavour or reshape it, which is a legitimate craft but a different one from working bean-to-bar, and worth telling apart when you read a label.
British chocolate on Chof
What the catalogue shows for makers based in the United Kingdom.
Where British makers source cacao
Median across the 193 scored bars from makers based in the United Kingdom. Chof Score scores bars on fine-chocolate signals like ingredient purity and cacao traceability, not taste. How Chof Score works.
British chocolate bars
Some of the best-scoring bars from makers based in the United Kingdom. Tap any bar for its full breakdown.
Saint Thomas 75%
Ecuador Camino Verde 85%
Guayaquil Hacienda Victoria 75%
Ecuador 65%
San Vicente Gold
Roasted Hazelnut
Hallmark Milk
Chulucanas Gold 70%
Bars with awards
31 bars from makers based in the United Kingdom have award results on Chof. Showing the 12 with the newest results. How Chof lists awards
Canoabo 85%
by Mayoy Cacao
Chuao 100%
by Mayoy Cacao
Guayaquil Hacienda Victoria 75%
by Coco Caravan
Hacienda La Carrera 55%
Honduras Indio Rojo 72%
by Duffy's
Nicaragua Amarillo 72%
by Duffy's
Nicaragua Oh Juno! Milk 45%
by Duffy's
Nordic Berries Milk 50%
Rye Crumb, Milk & Sea Salt 60%
by Pump Street
Sourdough & Sea Salt 66%
by Pump Street
Uganda 78%
by Pump Street
Belize Black
Chocolate makers by city in the United Kingdom
Browse city pages where Chof has enough confirmed maker locations to show a useful local view.
Based in the United Kingdom
Divine
Åkesson's
Cadbury
Chocolarder
Coco Caravan
Firetree Chocolate
CHOCOLATE TREE
Pump Street
Dormouse Chocolates
The Chocolate Smiths
Tosier
Bullion
SOLKIKI
Table
Green & Black's
Ocelot
Duffy's
Luisa's
Willie's Cacao
Fatso
Mayoy Cacao
Superfood Cocoa
Waitrose & Partners
YOKOKO
York Cocoa Works
Heist Chocolate
M&S
Montezuma's
Oumé
Pret
Bare Bones
Fortnum & Mason
Galaxy
La Fleur de Chocolat
Nearynógs
Rococo
Salahuddin
Frequently asked about chocolate makers in the United Kingdom
What is British chocolate known for?
Historically, large confectionery brands; today, a fast-growing craft bean-to-bar scene. The British makers on Chof lean toward bright, fruit-forward origins like Madagascar, Colombia and Peru, and many of their bars rank among the higher-scoring in the catalogue.
What is the difference between a bean-to-bar maker and a melter?
A bean-to-bar maker controls the whole process from raw cacao bean to finished bar. A melter starts from ready-made chocolate (couverture) and remoulds or flavours it. Both appear among UK makers on Chof, and the maker type is listed on each page.
What are the best British chocolate brands?
Chof lists 37 British chocolate makers and brands. Ranked by the best Chof Score among each maker's published bars, the top three in the United Kingdom are Pump Street for its Saint Thomas 75% (4.0 out of 5 from 6 community ratings), SOLKIKI for its Ecuador Camino Verde 85% and Coco Caravan for its Guayaquil Hacienda Victoria 75%. 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 United Kingdom are listed on Chof?
Chof currently lists 37 chocolate makers based in the United Kingdom.
Are there any bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the United Kingdom?
Yes. 21 of the 37 makers listed in the United Kingdom on Chof work bean-to-bar. 1 of them is tree-to-bar, growing the cacao as well.
What is the median Chof Score for British chocolate?
Across the 193 scored British bars on Chof, the median Chof Score is 85 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 United Kingdom cacao on Chof?
Bean origin (where the cacao is grown) and maker country (where the chocolate is made) are different things. The United Kingdom is a chocolate-making country rather than a cacao-growing origin, so Chof has no United Kingdom cacao origin page. To browse chocolate by cacao origin, open the cacao origins index on Chof.
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