American Chocolate Makers & Brands
47 American chocolate makers and craft chocolate brands based in United States, with cocoa percentage, origin and tasting notes where Chof has them.
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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 United States.
Where American makers source cacao
Chof Score rates 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 United States. Tap any bar for its full breakdown.
Quinoa Crunch Milk Chocolate
Esmeraldas Ecuador 70%
Honoli'i 70% Dark
Brown Butter Nibs and Sea Salt
Maya Mountain, Belize 2022 Harvest
Ransiki, Indonesia 70%
Zorzal Comunitario 70%
Hazelnut Milk Chocolate
Chocolate makers by city in United States
Browse city pages where Chof has enough confirmed maker locations to show a useful local view.
Based in United States
Taza
Askinosie
Chokaico
Hu
Beyond Good
Dick Taylor
Casa Bosques
mānoa chocolate
Moka Origins
Bixby Chocolate
Videri
Raaka
Theo
Endangered Species Chocolate
Fruition Chocolate Works
Goodnow Farms
Elements Truffles
Mindo Chocolate
Moksha Chocolate
Ór Dubh Chocolate
Sotto Chocolate
Amano
Gansett Craft Chocolate
Honoka'a
Maeve Chocolate
Alter Eco
Dandelion Chocolate
Piety and Desire Chocolate
Cocoa Legato
Equal Exchange
Hazel Hill
Ritual
Spinnaker
French Broad Chocolate
Feastables
Hammond's
Monsoon Chocolate
André's
Blue Spruce Chocolates
Castronovo
Kessho
Markham & Fitz
Milka
Ranger Chocolate Co
The Conscious Bar
Xocolatl
Zak's Chocolate
Frequently asked about chocolate makers in 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 47 American chocolate makers and brands, including Taza, Askinosie, Chokaico, Hu, Beyond Good. Each is ranked and detailed below with maker type, bar count and origins.
How many chocolate makers in United States are listed on Chof?
Chof currently lists 47 chocolate makers based in United States.
Are there any bean-to-bar chocolate makers in United States?
Yes. The most common maker type in United States on Chof is bean-to-bar, although several makers fall outside this category.
What is the median Chof Score for American chocolate?
Across the 310 rated 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 measures 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 United States, see /origins/united-states on Chof.
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