Buy European

Please support Tony’s Chocolonely- they actively work to make sure that their Cocoa suppliers get a living wage, far more than what virtually any other Cocoa buyers pay.

As a bonus, their chocolate is pretty tasty too!

Please avoid Nutella, Kinder and Ferrero products in general. They are known to source their cacao and nuts from child labour.

Also Nutella is like 2/3 palm oil, which destroys rainforests.

Instead of corporate, mass produced chocolates, please consider locally made, small batch chocolates if you truly want to support your chocolate industry. Also, its so much better.

Most of the American crap you listed only loosely qualifies as chocolate. I’m American and I don’t buy it.

Lindt is the good stuff. And the coconut version of the top middle item.

Haribo and Chupa Chups now make chocolate?

(BTW +10 respect to Tony's for actually carrying about the sources of their ingredients).

This feels very dependent on where in Europe you live. Up here in Sweden for instance we would most likely buy Cloetta or Fazer.

Oh, Tony's is European? I've been trying to cut it down but you leave me no choice but to keep supporting them...

I get the sneaking suspicion that OP is from Germany based on the selection presented :D

Fazer from Finland!

I can't recommend Tony's Chocolonely enough since they are the only chocolate maker that actively tries to act against exploitation of cocoa farmers by paying a higher price per kilo. There is a John Oliver Episode on them :)

Who the fuck is buying Hersheys outside of the States anyway? Some sick fucks who enjoy the taste you get when you burp and throw up a little?

Nah, anyone in Europe who's eaten chocolate that's made from actual milk would automatically reject that shit out of hand. In fact, I'd sooner eat the abomination that Cadburys has become since they got bought out by the Yanks.

Cocoa doesn't grow in Europe.

Are there any chocolate companies with well-documented supply chains that don't use child labor, slave labor, or otherwise exploit cocoa producers? Because everything I've seen and heard tells me that its best to just not eat chocolate at all.

Ritter Sport! Quadratisch, Praktisch, Gut

You'll be better if you don't eat any of that shit, European or not.

Tbf, European chocolate has always been superior in my humble opinion.

I recommend Björnsted and Tom's as well.

Most of these aren't chocolate.

Either from a pretentious standpoint (Kinder? Nutella?) or realistic one (does Chupa Chups even make any chocolate items? Haribo *might*)

I tried a Toney Chocoloney not too long ago and GOD DAMN that was some good fucking chocolate.

Wasn't a fan of the way it's cut(?). It makes it real damn hard not to just eat the entire bar in one sitting when I can't just break off 2 or 3 squares.

As a Belgian I have no clue how anyone can eat most of these, and that's including the European ones. Jacques, Callebaut or Galler are the only chocolate I actually buy. Cote Dor dark is decent though.

Or Leonidas, Neuhaus or any small chocolatier for chocolate "bonbons", the fancy filled chocolates.

the Ferrero brand make nutella and kinder bars, and they also financially support the zionist entity and their ongoing genocide of palestinians. If that's the kind of thing you'd rather not support i'd suggest avoiding ferrero (and nestle)

I‘d like to add Zotter to the list. Really good chocolate plus they only use ingredients from organic cultivation and pay their suppliers well.

there's a problem with the picture - nutella is garbage, not chocolate.

"European brands", look inside, american trust funds...