While nothing that tastes amazing should make us feel guilty, eating too much chocolate isn’t great for us.
Luckily, the world is expanding and there’s a vareity of excellent chocolate treats that will satisfy that craving and aren’t unhealthy at all.
This is the ultimate win-win (but nobody is judging if you prefer the old stuff).
So here is the ultimate guide to healthy chocolate in 2022.
Montezuma’s Absolute Black Chocolate
If you like your chocolate on the dark side, Montezuma Absolute Black range is 100 per cent cocoa. It comes in five flavours but all have no added sugar and come in 100 per cent recyclable packaging.
Buy the Collection Pack for £14 from Ocado
H!P Oat Milk Berry Crunch White Chocolate Bar
Founded by James Cadbury himself, H!P is a dairy free chocolate alternative made from oat milk.
The Berry Crunch White Chocolate Bar contains freeze dried raspberries, blueberries and puffed rice balls and has around 30 per cent less sugar than other high street alternatives.
Buy for £3 (70g) from Hip Chocolate
Rhythm Almond and Sea Salt Bar
Vegan, organic and gluten-free, this Rhythm Almond and Sea Salt Bar is made without palm oil and has no refined sugar.
It’s a perfect balance of sweet and salty and a real treat without the guilt.
Brik Superfoods and Caramel Marble Tile
While this does contain sugar, Brik Superfoods and Caramel Marble Tile also contains sea buckthorn powder and reishi mushroom powder which are both superfoods.
The brand specialises in edible textures so expect anything from terrazzo to concrete.
Cheerful Buddha CBD Chocolate
For CBD lovers, Cheerful Buddha offer a 70 per cent dark chocolate infused with 70mg hemp-derived CBD, which is carried in MCT coconut oil.
It comes in three flavours: plain, mint and orange.
Buy it for £5.99 (70g) from Cheerful Buddha.
Bulk Gourmet Macro Munch Bar
Get your chocolate fix with a side of protein with a Bulk Gourmet Macro Munch Bar. There’s nine flavours to choose from (we love Millionaire’s Shortbread) and each bar has 20g protein and is less than 4g sugar.
Buy it for £1.99 per 62g bar from Bulk.
The Skinny Food Co Chocaholic Malt Balls
The Skinny Food Co create everyday foods with low sugar and calories, but tonnes of taste. There’s everything from syrups, sauces and spreads to everyday treats like these Chocaholic Malt Balls – only 87 calories per bag and 89 per cent less sugar than regular brands.
Buy it for £5.99 (12 x 20g packets) from The Skinny Food Co.
Benefit Chocolate
The aptly named Benefit Chocolate is a range of 85 per cent coca dark chocolate with added benefits.
Vitamins is blended with 12 key vitamins, Energy contains added B vitamins and caffeine to perk you up, and Protein has 19 per cent plant protein.
Buy for £3 (80g) each from Ocado.
Push Chocolate Salted Caramel Buttons
Push Chocolate is made from unrefined sugar and the natural sweetener, inulin (chicory root fibre), a prebiotic that feeds the good bacteria in the gut It’s dairy-free, palm oil free, vegan-friendly and free from 14 major food allergens.
It comes in six flavours – the Salted Caramel buttons gets our vote.
Buy it for £4.99 (100g) from Push Chocolate.
NKD Living Keto Chocolate Peanut Brownie
NKD Living Keto Chocolate Peanut Brownie is a low-carb, low-sugar chocolate delight.
It’s suitable for keto diets as it has just 5.6g of net carbohydrates, 8.6g of protein and less than 2g of sugar.
Buy it for £2.99 (45g) each from NKD Living.
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