Chocolate Bar Ratings

This database contains over 2,500 chocolate bar ratings from around the globe!

Its focused on plain dark chocolate with an aim of appreciating the flavors of the cacao when made into chocolate. The ratings do not reflect health benefits, social missions, or organic status.

Each chocolate is evaluated from a combination of both objective qualities and subjective interpretation. A rating here only represents an experience with one bar from one batch. Batch numbers, vintages and review dates are included in the database when known.

Flavors of Cacao Rating System:
4.0 - 5.0 = Outstanding
3.5 - 3.9 = Highly Recommended
3.0 - 3.49 = Recommended
2.0 - 2.9 = Disappointing
1.0 - 1.9 = Unpleasant

Analysis ideas

• Which countries of bean origin results in the highest rating?
• Does cocoa percentage or ingredients affect the rating?
• With these high rates, what are the most memorable characteristics?

Note to theingredients column:
B (Beans), S (Sugar), S* (Sweetener other than sugar or beet sugar), C (Cocoa Butter), (V) Vanilla, (L) Lecithin, Sa (Salt)