Valentine’s Day Guide to Fair Trade & Organic Chocolate
Discover the best brands of fair trade & organic chocolate for Valentine’s Day so your gifts are both sweet and sustainable!
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner but before you pick up that heart-shaped box of chocolates from the drug store, consider this: Those chocolates most likely contain a bunch of crappy ingredients and were probably produced without care to environmental and social conditions whatsoever. Is that the kind of love you want to show your sweetie?
This year, I’m putting my money where my mouth is by buying chocolate with better ingredients and produced following organic, non-GMO and fair trade standards. In case you’re looking to do the same, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite Fair Trade and organic chocolate brands for Valentine’s Day.
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Fair Trade & Organic Valentines Chocolates
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Here are some of my favorite brands of organic Valentines chocolate:
Alter Eco
Alter Eco has to-die-for truffles in flavors like Salted Caramel and Sea Salt (packaged in compostable wrappers), as well as organic chocolate bars in many different flavors.
- Certifications: Certified USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified
- Favorite flavor: Sea Salt Truffles
Hu Chocolate
If I had to pick just one chocolate to eat for the rest of my life it would be this one. It’s super smooth and has just the right balance of flavors.
- Certifications: Certified USDA Organic, Fair Trade Certified
- Favorite flavor: Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Butter
Green & Black’s
A British chocolate company committed to Fair Trade business practices. True chocolate connoisseurs will love the 85% dark chocolate bar. Certified USDA Organic and Fair Trade.
- Certifications: Certified Soil Association Organic, Fair Trade Certified
- Favorite flavor: 85% Cocoa
Equal Exchange
This worker-owned coop not only makes darn good chocolate, they make it possible for small scale farmers to make a living.
- Certifications: Certified USDA Organic, Fair Trade Certified
- Favorite flavor: Dark Chocolate Almond
Theo
Seattle based company that uses fair trade and organic cocoa beans and has lots of unique flavors.
- Certifications: Certified USDA Organic, Fair Trade Certified
- Favorite flavor: Coffee Toffee
Endangered Species Chocolate
Ethically produced chocolate supporting endangered animals in lots of yummy flavors. This brand is widely available in many natural food co-ops and grocery stores.
- Certifications: Non-GMO Project Verified, uses only FairTrade certified cocoa beans
- Favorite flavor: Caramel & Sea Salt
Oh yes please!!! We got some of the AlterEco truffles for the boys’ stocking stuffers this year and, well, I wasn’t able to resist. They were AMAZING! I’ve gotten so used to eating the good stuff that I really cannot go back. Pinning.
Yeah, my boys are spoiled by the good stuff too!
Thanks for sharing all those different choices for chocolate that we can feel good eating! My favourite is GiddyYoYo. I want some in my belly right now!
I’ve never heard of GiddyYoYo – need to find it!
For affordability, it’s hard to beat Whole Foods own fair-trade chocolate. I like several of these other brands, but many are new to me! I’ve really liked Theo’s too, which is local to me.
Good point about Whole Foods brand. It’s nice that they offer high quality chocolate at affordable prices!
Yum! Those are some great options! I really like Endangered Species. I’ve also heard good things about the Alter Eco truffles, I need to try them.