The Best Vegan Chocolate for the Festive Period

Every chocolate truffle Booja Booja makes is vegan, organic, gluten and soya-free and delicious. They’ve been hand-making their incredibly delicious treats since 1999, and thir team of expert truffle-makers based in Norfolk produces magical flavours such as Around Midnight Espresso, Fine de Champagne, Hazelnut Crunch, Rum Sozzled Sultana, Stem Ginger and Almond Salted Caramel (all present here). This is a really special selection, and truly one of the pinnacles of vegan chocolate in the UK!

We can’t really think of a finer stocking-filler than one of these brilliant Vego bars! No-one could believe these were vegan when they first exploded onto the scene, as they’re so fantastically, lusciously creamy. They’re studded with a very generous amount of whole, roasted Italian hazelnuts, but not only that – the chocolate itself is made with hazelnut paste, which gives it an incredibly moreish, unique flavour. If you like your chocolate outrageously nutty and wonderfully chunky, this is the one for you. It’s also available in a smaller 65g bar too – but it’s Christmas, so we recommend going large!

The combination of dark chocolate and mint is a classic flavour pairing. These are the perfect ‘wafer thin mints’ for a lip-smacking conclusion to a festive dinner. Divine has been making chocolate in accordance with Fair Trade principles since a group of Ghanaian cocoa farmers got together in the 1990s and voted to set up their own chocolate company aimed at the mass market, determined to take exploitation out of the equation. Since launching the first Divine chocolate bar in 2002, their products have really taken off as chocolate-lovers have been won over by their superb quality and Divine’s sense of integrity and mantra of fairness to farmers. These Dark Chocolate and Ginger Thins are a taste sensation too!

Bring a touch of class to your Christmas celebrations by choosing these very grown-up treats, which consist of intoxicatingly good organic dark chocolate enrobing an organic, unblanched almond and dusted with premium organic cinnamon. They’re wonderful to pass around with the coffee, and also work brilliantly well as cake decorations or sitting on top of a good trifle!

Montezuma’s are chocolate masters, and really understand how to coax the very best out of the humble cacao bean to create the tastiest treats. These black-as-night snowmen are formed from chocolate made with a mind-boggling 100% cocoa solids. Despite their jaunty shape, this is perhaps the most grown-up entry on the list. 100% cocoa solid chocolate is certainly an acquired taste, but once you fall under the spell of the deep, dark flavour of this pure, near-black chocolate, you’ll be a convert for life! Anyone craving this amazing dark chocolate taste all year round will be pleased it’s also available as a bar.

These super-fun Christmas offerings from vegan chocolate superstars Moo Free contain no dairy, soy or gluten, but don’t compromise on taste! The deliciously creamy chocolate contains Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa, so you know that buying Oscar or Olivia will support sustainable farming in some of the ecologically-threatened parts of the planet. Not only that, but all their packaging is recyclable too!

You’ll be hard pressed to find many finer vegan truffles this Christmas than these fiendishly good raspberry and coconut-flavoured wonders. Dreamy, mellow and studded with caramelised coconut pieces, these make a superb present (but we’d definitely recommend buying a box to treat yourself too!) Monty Bojangles also makes these delicious ‘Cocoa Nib Nights’ vegan truffles as well as a show-stopping chocolatey vegan hazelnut spread.

Another excellent choice as a stocking filler, these little buttons of intensely moreish dairy-free raw chocolate are a rather special Christmas gift. Not only do they melt seductively in the mouth, they also contain added lactobacillus acidophilus as a bonus addition. These live cultures balance potentially harmful bacteria that can otherwise flourish in the gut, thereby offering our digestive system a healthy helping hand. These scrummy buttons also contain coconut sugar, which gives them a deep caramel sweetness which will have your taste buds rejoicing!

Ombar also makes an awesome Coco Mylk Chocolate Bar, which makes a great stocking addition. It’s also fab to have a few squirrelled away as a store cupboard standby, for those times when only chocolate will do!

Here’s a smashing chocolate selection which any youngster would be thrilled to receive (and most grown-ups too!) Made without any animal involvement at all, this pack contains Moo Free’s original Choccy Buttons, a wonderful strawberry chocolate bar, a bar of their luscious white chocolate, a caramel bar and one of their lip-smacking Bunny Comb bars.

Here’s another amazing flavour from Divine Chocolate. Clementines are traditionally placed right at the bottom of Christmas stockings, and their citrussy taste and aroma is one of the main flavours of Christmas. Secretly though, many people would prefer a bar of this scrummy clementine chocolate than the fruit!

This bar’s made using delectable premium cocoa from the Kuapa Kokoo Farmer’s Union in Ghana, mixed with aromatic tangy clementine oil giving lending the bar its attractive Yuletide flavour.

PLAYin CHOC make vegan-friendly, sustainably-sourced chocolate treats. These funky little boxes contain some of the finest, creamiest, smoothest vegan chocolate we’ve ever tasted – and there’s a woodland animal puzzle to construct while you’re munching it, along with a fact sheet about the animal so your kids can learn something new at the same time. They use only the healthiest, highest quality ingredients from only the most ethical sources, with no dairy, nut, gluten or plastic involved. There are 18 animals to collect, and these are ace little stocking fillers for your favourite rugrats!

Okay, this isn’t strictly chocolate – but GoVegan uses an impressive amount of chocolate in the recipe, and everything that goes into one of these magnificent Italian-inspired Christmas cakes is vegan and absolutely divine. Unusually for panettone, this is made with a sourdough starter, giving it plenty of lift without any need for eggs. These cakes are certified by The Vegan Society, hamdmade in small batches and full of premium organic ingredients, making each one a fully-fledged masterpiece of vegan baking, studded throughout with delectable drops of chocolate.

Whatever your chocolate requirements to get you through Christmas and the New Year, take a look at our fantastic seasonal selection here!