American Chocolate Makers & Brands
56 American chocolate makers and craft chocolate brands based in the United States, with cocoa percentage, origin and tasting notes where Chof has them.
Looking for chocolate made with cacao from the United States? See the United States cacao origin page.
What is American chocolate making known for?
Chocolate making in the United States is defined by the craft bean-to-bar movement that took shape there in the 2000s. American makers work with one of the broadest ranges of cacao origins on Chof, and a handful even press bars from home-grown cacao in Hawaii, the only US state that grows it. The scene runs from tiny one-room workshops to established craft brands.
The modern bean-to-bar idea, buying traceable beans and controlling every step from roast to mould, was popularised by a wave of American makers, and the country still has one of the largest craft scenes anywhere. That breadth is the thing to know: rather than a single national style, you find makers chasing bright, fruit-forward roasts next to others going for deep, fudgy, classic chocolate.
Hawaii gives the United States a rare distinction as the one part of the country that grows cacao at any scale, so a few American bars are genuinely tree-to-bar without leaving home soil. Most makers, though, import fine cacao from Latin America, Africa and the Pacific, which is why American shelves carry such a wide spread of origins.
American chocolate on Chof
What the catalogue shows for makers based in the United States.
Where American makers source cacao
Median across the 351 scored bars from makers based in the United States. Chof Score scores bars on fine-chocolate signals like ingredient purity and cacao traceability, not taste. How Chof Score works.
American chocolate bars
Some of the best-scoring bars from makers based in the United States. Tap any bar for its full breakdown.
Hacienda San Jose 70%
Hacienda San Jose 55%
Quinoa Crunch Milk Chocolate
Esmeraldas Ecuador 70%
Honoli'i 70% Dark
Costa Esmeraldas 60%
Brown Butter Nibs and Sea Salt
Piedra de Plata 70%
Bars with awards
60 bars from makers based in the United States have award results on Chof. Showing the 12 with the newest results. How Chof lists awards
Barrel Aged Bourbon
by Honoka'a
Black Fig 72% Dark
by Dick Taylor
Cuyagua 70%
by Amano
Dos Rios
by Amano
Hawaiian Dark 85%
by Honoka'a
Kuleana Barrel Aged Rum Bar
by Honoka'a
Lemon Twist
by TCHO
Perfect Matcha
by TCHO
Raspberry Rose 55%
by Amano
Sambirano Valley
by Amano
Tumaco Dark Milk 60%
by Castronovo
Cardamom Black Pepper 60%
by Amano
Chocolate makers by city in the United States
Browse city pages where Chof has enough confirmed maker locations to show a useful local view.
Based in the United States
Taza
Askinosie
Chokaico
Hu
Beyond Good
Vosges
Dick Taylor
mānoa chocolate
Casa Bosques
Moka Origins
Bixby Chocolate
Videri
Endangered Species Chocolate
Goodnow Farms
Raaka
TCHO
Theo
Fruition Chocolate Works
Dandelion Chocolate
Elements Truffles
Mindo Chocolate
Moksha Chocolate
Ór Dubh Chocolate
Sotto Chocolate
Alter Eco
Amano
Gansett Craft Chocolate
Honoka'a
Maeve Chocolate
Piety and Desire Chocolate
Cocoa Legato
Equal Exchange
Hazel Hill
kamm
Ritual
Spinnaker
French Broad Chocolate
Castronovo
Feastables
Hammond's
Kessho
Monsoon Chocolate
André's
Blue Spruce Chocolates
Daim
Fruition
Ghirardelli
Markham & Fitz
Milka
Nu Chocolat
Ranger Chocolate Co
Sted
The Conscious Bar
Trader Joe's
Xocolatl
Zak's Chocolate
Frequently asked about chocolate makers in the United States
What is American chocolate known for?
The craft bean-to-bar movement. The United States has one of the largest communities of small makers buying traceable cacao and pressing single-origin bars, working across a very wide range of origins and roast styles rather than one national house style.
Is chocolate grown in the United States?
Only in Hawaii, which has the tropical climate cacao needs and is the one part of the United States that grows it at any scale. A small number of American makers press tree-to-bar Hawaiian bars; most import fine cacao from Latin America, Africa and the Pacific.
What are the best American chocolate brands?
Chof lists 56 American chocolate makers and brands. Ranked by the best Chof Score among each maker's published bars, the top three in the United States are Chokaico for its Hacienda San Jose 70%, Dick Taylor for its Quinoa Crunch Milk Chocolate and Goodnow Farms for its Esmeraldas Ecuador 70%. 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 States are listed on Chof?
Chof currently lists 56 chocolate makers based in the United States.
Are there any bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the United States?
Yes. 40 of the 56 makers listed in the United States on Chof work bean-to-bar.
What is the median Chof Score for American chocolate?
Across the 351 scored American bars on Chof, the median Chof Score is 83 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 States cacao on Chof?
Bean origin (where the cacao is grown) and maker country (where the chocolate is made) are different things. To browse chocolate made with cacao from the United States, open the United States cacao origin page on Chof.
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