Best Chocolate Bars From Around The World
Belly up to these bars
As much as we love our s'mores-ready Hershey bars and ever-venerable Butterfingers, once you cross the U.S. border, there's (literally) a whole new world of international, milk chocolate-covered sweetness to discover.
From bars studded with jelly beans and Pop Rocks to crispy chocolate-wrapped wafers filled with hazelnut cream, these are the world's reliable versions of gas station confections that, luckily for you, can get mailed straight to your door—for a price. (Though we're not going to stop you from going on an international, candy-sampling chocolate crawl.)
Violet Crumble
Australia
A thin milk chocolate enamel gives way to an airy core of honeycomb toffee—the type that shatters and sticks inside every crevice of your teeth in a way only the freshest of Butterfingers can.
Candy Warehouse, $24 for a 12-pack
Coffee Crisp
Canada
Two flaky, crisp wafers lovingly sandwich a coffee-cream center before being enrobed in chocolate—perfect for mornings when candy is the only way you'll make it past breakfast.
amazon.com, $14 for a 12-pack
Photo: Evan-Amos/Wikimedia Commons
Milka
Germany
Milk chocolate might get flak from cocoa-nib purists, but for the rest of us, Milka bars are here to satisfy our lowbrow pleasures. A higher dairy ratio means these creamy bars—which come in varieties including Oreo, Chips Ahoy! and hazelnut—have a meltingly fudgy and gooey texture.
amazon.com, $10.31 for a variety four-pack
Photo: Milka via Facebook
Túró Rudi
Hungary
Insanely popular in Hungary, the Túró Rudi consists of a center of sweetened dairy curd dipped in dark chocolate. The fresh, cheese-like core means the bar needs to be kept refrigerated and has an expiration date just a tad shorter than "one year past Halloween."
fabko.com, $11
Double Decker
Ireland/United Kingdom
The next time you need a sugar-fueled meal replacement, ditch the Snickers and reach for this behemoth of a bar, composed of a thick nougat layer perched atop a bedrock of crispy cereal.
amazon.com, $7 for a 10-pack
Photo: Evan-Amos/Wikimedia Commons
Elite
Israel
More affectionately known as Cow Chocolate (each square is stamped with one), this Israeli staple comes in a variety of sweet flavors, including bars filled with berry cream or studded with hazelnuts.
amazon.com, $27 for a 12-pack
Kinder Bueno
Italy
It may not be as mystically foreign as it used to be, but we'd be stooges not to include this addictive bar made by Ferrero—the sugar demigod who brought Nutella into the world. A delicate, chocolate-covered wafer shell comes filled with a creamy hazelnut filling.
amazon.com, $11 for a 10-pack
Photo: Kinder Bueno via Facebook
Matcha Kit Kats
Japan
Of all the high-end, zany-flavored Kit Kats Japan taunts us with, it's the grassy, green tea version that has us the most envious of all.
walmart.com, $11 for a five-ounce bag
Cherry Ripe
New Zealand/Australia
A bona fide cult favorite from Down Under, this bar has juicy candied cherries and coconut flakes that are balanced out by a crackly layer of dark chocolate.
Caletoni, $5
Photo: Evan-Amos/Wikimedia Commons
Hany Milk Chocolate
Philippines
It may be tough to find outside its home country, but once you come across a bag, it's not hard to eat every one of these individually wrapped, thumb-sized bars of Philippine peanuts ground into chocolate, milk and sugar.
Peppermint Crisp
South Africa
A fiber-optic network of fluorescent mint toffee is encapsulated in creamy milk chocolate, making it perfect for this pro-move candy bar hack: Bite off both ends and use the bar as a giant drinking straw.
amazon.com, $30 for a six-pack
Photo: Evan-Amos/Wikimedia Commons
Aero
United Kingdom
It may deceive you as just an ordinary candy bar on the surface, but crack an Aero open and you'll be met with a bubbly center of aerated chocolate. Spring for the mint version and never look back.
worldmarket.com, $11 for a six-pack
Jelly Popping Candy
United Kingdom
Cadbury's signature milk chocolate surrounds an Easter Bunny-approved trail mix of jelly beans, Pop Rocks and mini M&M's for something we can only dream of for our annual egg hunts.
amazon.com, $22 for three