Australia's most loved chocolate is often cited as Cadbury Dairy Milk for overall sales and blocks, but iconic local bars like Cherry Ripe (Australia's oldest) and newer favorites like Caramilk are incredibly popular, with surveys highlighting strong preferences for both classic Cadbury and other brands like KitKat, Mars Bar, and premium options like Lindt and Ferrero Rocher.
SBS Australia and other surveys consistently show Cadbury Dairy Milk as Australia's top-selling chocolate brand overall, particularly in blocks, with flavors like the original, Hazelnut, and Top Deck leading sales. While Dairy Milk dominates blocks, classic bars like Cherry Ripe, Kit Kat, and Mars also remain extremely popular favorites, often ranking high in bar-specific polls.
The number one selling chocolate bar globally is widely considered to be Snickers, known for its nougat, caramel, peanuts, and milk chocolate, with massive annual sales and broad international availability, though in the U.S., Reese's Peanut Butter Cups often ranks highest by some metrics, while Hershey's also dominates.
An iconic Australian chocolate is the Cherry Ripe, Australia's oldest chocolate bar (1924) with cherry & coconut filling in dark chocolate, but other famous contenders include the creamy caramel Cadbury Caramilk, the crunchy peanut Scorched Peanut Bar, and the classic malted Milo Kit Kat Chunky. For artisan chocolates, Haigh's Chocolates and Koko Black are highly regarded.
There's no single "#1 best" chocolate, as taste is subjective, but top contenders often include Domori (Italy) for rare cacao, Teuscher (Switzerland) for luxury truffles, Cacaosuyo (Peru) for award-winning origin bars, and brands like Lindt, Godiva, Dandelion Chocolate, and Lake Champlain for quality and widespread appeal, with winners varying by awards and personal preference.
The Most Popular Chocolate Bars
The chocolate bar was invented in 1847 by Joseph Fry, a British chocolatier. 🍫 Joseph Fry discovered that by mixing cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and sugar, he could create a moldable chocolate paste, which he then pressed into a bar shape.
The Cherry Ripe is Australia's oldest chocolate bar and is one of the top chocolate bar brands sold in the country. So it really is a classic Aussie treat.
The "5 chocolate bar method" is a mindful eating strategy where you keep five bars of a treat (like chocolate) on hand, replacing them as you finish them to remove the sense of scarcity, normalize the food, and reduce the urge to overeat due to restriction, helping you gain control and enjoy it in moderation without guilt. It breaks the cycle of restriction and bingeing by signaling to your brain that the food isn't "special" or limited.
The most common Australian slang for chocolate is "choccy" (or variations like chockie, chocky, choccie) and is often used in phrases like "choccy bickie" (chocolate biscuit). While "choc" might appear on menus, "choccy" is the typical spoken abbreviation for the sweet treat, fitting the Aussie tendency to add '-ie' or '-y' to words, according to a Reddit thread on the topic.
The annual global sales of Snickers is over $380 million, and it is widely considered the bestselling candy bar in the world. Mars Inc. Maybe You Just Need a Snickers.
In a ranking by three nutritionists, Snickers bars were cumulatively rated as the healthiest candy bar, even over plain milk chocolate. While all chocolate-based candy bars contained the same range of calories, Snickers bars had the lowest amount of saturated and trans fats.
5 Star is a chocolate bar produced by Cadbury and sold in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, South Africa, the Philippines and Egypt. It is described as a "caramel and nougat" mix covered with "smooth milk chocolate" and is sold in a golden wrapper decorated with stars.
Tim Tam biscuits are Australia's most loved chocolate biscuit. With a unique combination of biscuit, cream filling and chocolate coating, it's an indulgent treat you'll want to share with friends and family.
Haigh's chocolate is so good because of their meticulous "bean-to-bar" process, starting with sourcing high-quality, ethically farmed cocoa beans globally, roasting and refining them in their Adelaide factory using artisan skills, and combining them with premium local Australian ingredients like macadamias, honey, and native fruits for unique flavors, resulting in exceptionally smooth, rich, and complex tastes without being overly sweet.
Australia boasts well-known brands like Cadbury (with local favorites like Cherry Ripe, Caramello Koala) and Darrell Lea, alongside premium makers like Haigh's Chocolates and Koko Black, plus craft producers such as Bahen & Co, Hunted & Gathered, and Zokoko, offering a diverse range from classic bars to artisanal bean-to-bar treats.
There's no single "most unhealthy" candy, but top contenders often cited for high sugar, fat, calories, and artificial ingredients include Candy Corn, Twix, Skittles, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and Take5, due to their combination of high-fructose corn syrup, sugar, saturated fats (like hydrogenated oils), and minimal nutritional value, making them nutritionally poor choices for frequent consumption.
It was created by the chef and owner of the Trellis, Marcel Desaulniers in collaboration with pastry chef Donald Mack. Desaulniers said that he got the name from an article in Gourmet (magazine) where a cake was named "mourir de chocolat," French for dying of chocolate.
The Chocolate Bar emoji 🍫 is used to express love (or hunger) for chocolate in all of its forms.
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King Charles III's preference for a healthy diet—reportedly favouring fruit and seeds over chocolate—has likely contributed to the diminished appeal of confectionery brands at Buckingham Palace. His decision not to renew Cadbury's Royal Warrant reflects a shift in priorities for the monarchy.
Lindt & Sprüngli (Switzerland)
Founded in 1845 by David Sprüngli-Schwarz, Lindt is a premium Swiss chocolatier renowned for its exceptional quality and rich flavor—making it well worth the price. The brand's signature product, Lindor truffles, is especially popular for its irresistibly smooth chocolate filling.
Fast forward to now, and we all know and love it as Nestle KitKat. This somewhat simple name was derived from the Kit Kat Club, an exclusive 18th-century club for the elite in London. The name was chosen to add a hint of sophistication and grandness to this sweet and smooth snack.
First produced in 1847, they became the namesake and core product of the now-defunct New England Confectionery Company (Necco), which operated near Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest American candy brand still in production (although Good & Plenty is the oldest continually produced American candy brand).
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Milk chocolate in the UK must have at least 20% cocoa solids and 20% milk solids to earn the name chocolate. Without that it has to be labelled "chocolate flavour". There is even a debate among some chocolate fans over whether the year-round classic Cadbury's Dairy Milk has changed its recipe.