Top 20 Chocolate Makers Right Now
The 20 highest-scoring chocolate makers on Chof right now, ranked by the average quality of their bars across origin transparency, ingredient purity and how much they document about how each bar was made.
Want the best individual bars instead? See the Top 20 chocolate bars.
ZOTO
BelgiumBean-to-Bar9 bars
Maüa
SpainBean-to-Bar6 bars
Plaq
FranceBean-to-Bar11 bars
Foundry
New ZealandBean-to-Bar8 bars
Dandelion Chocolate
United StatesBean-to-Bar7 bars
ruvido
ItalyBean-to-Bar5 bars
Krak
NetherlandsBean-to-Bar7 bars
Taman
CroatiaBean-to-Bar3 bars
Luisa Abram
BrazilBean-to-Bar8 bars
Barre Clandestine
FranceBean-to-Bar8 bars
Noirdate
IndiaBean-to-Bar5 bars
Kokopods
IndiaTree-to-Bar3 bars
Goodnow Farms
United StatesBean-to-Bar9 bars
Spinnaker
United StatesBean-to-Bar4 bars
Friis Holm
DenmarkBean-to-Bar24 bars
Chocolatoa
BelgiumBean-to-Bar7 bars
Lucid Chocolatier
New ZealandBean-to-Bar20 bars
Anuttama
IndiaBean-to-Bar14 bars
The Heart of Cacao
NetherlandsBean-to-Bar3 bars
Pump Street
United KingdomBean-to-Bar9 bars
What “top” means for a maker
A maker's rank is the average quality of their scored bars on Chof, with a minimum of three scored bars to make the average meaningful. Bar quality combines origin transparency, clean labels (no PGPR, vegetable fats or vanillin), documented fermenting, drying and roasting, and a clean safety profile backed by lab results.
Makers move up when their bars get higher quality on average, not when one outlier bar happens to be great. To see the highest-scoring individual bars, see Top 20 chocolate bars. To browse every maker on Chof, see chocolate makers.
Frequently asked
How are the top 20 chocolate makers on Chof ranked?
Each maker is ranked by the average Chof Score of their bars. Bar quality combines origin transparency, ingredient purity (no PGPR, vanillin or vegetable fats), how much of the fermenting, drying and roasting the maker documents, and lab evidence where it exists. Only makers with at least three scored bars qualify, so a single great bar cannot dominate the ranking. Community ratings are shown on maker pages but do not affect this ranking.
Why a three-bar minimum?
Average scores get noisy with very small samples. A maker with one outstanding bar might top the list on luck rather than consistency. Three bars is the threshold where the average starts to mean something about how the maker actually works, not just how their best bar tastes.
Are these makers the best in the world?
They are the 20 makers with the highest average Chof Score, which skews toward bean-to-bar and tree-to-bar makers who disclose origin and process. "Best" depends on what you taste for: a maker focused on Madagascan red-fruit profiles will score very differently from one mastering Tanzanian stone fruit, but both can be excellent.
How often does the list change?
The list is regenerated hourly. Makers move up when they add high-quality bars, or document more about the bars they already have. They move down when fresher, higher-signal makers overtake them.
Where can I buy chocolate from these makers?
Each maker page links to the maker website where you can find an authoritative purchase channel. Chof does not sell chocolate directly, yet.
How can a maker be added to Chof?
Most makers and bars are added by chocolate enthusiasts using the Chof app. Makers can also send their full range with images and details to felipe@chof.nl, or visit the For Makers page.