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Tony's Chocolonelyย is a Dutchย chocolateย manufacturer and seller. Created in 2005, the company's market share in the Netherlands was 18 percent in 2018.

In 2022, theย Thomson Reuters Foundation awarded Tony's Chocolonely the Stop Slavery Award in the category "Goods and Services Companies".ย This award recognizes companies and organizations who have set a high standard for eradicating slavery, illegal child labor, and human trafficking from their supply chains.

Tony's Chocolonely was ranked second on the 2023 Chocolate Scorecard, which rates chocolate companies according to their human rights and environmental credentials: traceability and transparency, living income for cocoa farmers, child labour (absence of), deforestation & climate, agroforestry, and agrochemical management.

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[โ€“] M137@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

I was so sure it was American when I first saw it in stores, both the name and packaging design seemed very American. It took a few months before I stopped and read through the info on one of the bars to realize it's something good.

Ah nice. I had made the assumption that this was American based on the name and wrapping. Guess I will give this a try the next time I'm out for some chocolate ๐Ÿ™‚.

[โ€“] Bazimon@lemm.ee 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Keelhaul@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I mean, who doesn't love some ethically sourced lead in their chocolate?

[โ€“] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty damn good bar of chocolate, actually

Thicker than I expected, some of the chunks they've cut (their bars are cut funny on purpose) were too big even for my giant mouth

[โ€“] ALilOff@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I remember right the way the chocolate is cut is to represent the unequal distribution of cocoa profits in the industry.

[โ€“] pc486@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

You're correct.

"It doesn't make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profts in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven't noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Cรดte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

[โ€“] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

"I'm so Tony's Chocolonely" should be my new catch phrase.

[โ€“] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

It is a fun name to say. I like to announce the name when I see it in the store.

[โ€“] Empricorn@feddit.nl 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Sold in the US too, if you're also stuck here! Looks like ~~Target~~ and Safeway cary them. Going to try it...

EDIT: Actually, I recommend you don't shop at Target in light of their anti-DEI "Bud Light u-turn"...

[โ€“] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

They are good chocolate too. I like the green one, it's dark chocolate and almond. They also got them at Harris Teeter and Walmart. I think Walmart has the smaller mixed bag of candy instead of the bars.

[โ€“] snuggledick@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Now that's a weird coincidence, I only learned about Tony's chocolate a few days ago cause there was a big product recall poster in my local supermarket and it kinda stuck in my mind cause I was wondering how TF do stones end up in chocolate. :D

[โ€“] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Have yet to try it myself. Very expensive in the UK, around ยฃ4 for a bar compared with ยฃ1.50 for a Dairy Milk. Obviously it's more ethical and probably tastier, but still. Probably better if I eat less chocolate anyway.

[โ€“] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 8 points 23 hours ago

Check out the price per gram, usually tonys are heavier than the alternative.

I always thought it was more expensive as well until i recently saw that the default ive been buying had less weight, so if you looked at price per kg it was actually pretty much the same.

Also i buy less choclate now but i prefer quality.

[โ€“] CrowyTech@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago

I'd say it's closer to ยฃ3 than ยฃ4, certainly where I am up north.

Its become our favorite brand, tastea great and slave free, win win.

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[โ€“] alucard@feddit.org 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And their chocolate is just so, so good.

[โ€“] Szewek@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

Yeah, a d i c t i o n warning. The bar you buy is likely disappear sooner than you would have thought ;)

[โ€“] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

Not a big fan of chocolate, but this is good.... Very good ๐Ÿ˜Š.

[โ€“] Pirata@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Interesting design, by the colours and font it actually looks American.

I'm now curious to try but it doesn't seem to exist in Spain, sadly.

[โ€“] zonnewin@feddit.nl 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Red, white, and blue are the colours of the Dutch flag.

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[โ€“] huppakee@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe in your local bio/eco shop, since they're made from 'slaverly-free' cacao they might be too expensive for a regular supermarket to make a profit on them.

[โ€“] krawutzikaputzi@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

In Austria they started selling in all big shops maybe like two years ago. At least that's when I realized them. I love the chocolate and worth the price for me :-)

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[โ€“] Schal330@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I really enjoy this chocolate, my only complaints are:

  1. It says not to chill it - I prefer cold chocolate
  2. The chocolate is not divided up equally, which for some reason annoys me..

Picture of Tony's Chocolonely bar, with its unevenly divided pieces

[โ€“] bettertecheu@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It says not to chill it - I prefer cold chocolate

I tried, and they don't actually come to take it away if you ignore that and chill it anyway. :)

[โ€“] Schal330@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for taking the risk. I'll be chilling it from now on.

[โ€“] SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I freeze them. Love me some frozen chocolate and haribo gummy bears.

[โ€“] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Does it take long for the gummy bears to freeze?

[โ€“] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago

Not really few hours and they're frozen solid.

[โ€“] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The chocolate is not divided up equally, which for some reason annoys me.

This is intentional on their part, it's to show that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

Glad it's intentional, I've been labouring under the impression someone did it by accident!

[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even more, the chuncks depict countries in Africa:

[โ€“] datendefekt@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

Wow, TIL! Been a fan of Chocolonely for many years now and never realized that!

[โ€“] Rogue@feddit.uk 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a good concept but it does feel like a forced gimmick a. I would really prefer some regularity in the pieces possibly that's just a quirk of neurodivergence.

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[โ€“] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 3 points 23 hours ago

Chill chocolate? Are u in an asylum? What in the name is wrong with ya.

[โ€“] elekitty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

no idea you weren't suppose to chill them. this part of the world, that's practically impossible, it'll be a puddle if I leave it out anytime of year.

[โ€“] LarsIsCool@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The circle one is my favorite piece!

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[โ€“] rapchee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

do they have vegan versions?

[โ€“] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I discovered Tony's a few months ago and I've been loving their bars. A bit pricey, but it's worth it.

[โ€“] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 3 points 23 hours ago

They arent as expensive as you may think, they usually weigh more than the "normal" bars you get, so if you calc the price per weight its actually competetive

[โ€“] atro_city@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The others are cheap because of child labor and pesticides. It's what gives the extra kick when eating them ;)

[โ€“] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago

You can really taste the exploitation!

[โ€“] bettertecheu@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Red packaging (as shown here) is milk chocolate, blue packaging is dark chocolate. There are other variants too.

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[โ€“] Zwiebel@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

How do you even buy non-european chocolate

  • Lind Sprรผngli, Camille Bloch: Swiss
  • Ritter, Trumpf, Stollwerck, Storck, Niedegger: German
  • Ferrero: Italian

Ok Milka and Toblerone are american

[โ€“] atro_city@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

Most big brands (even in Europe) are terrible because they rely on child slavery. There's a documentary about it.

If you want to buy European chocolate, well it can't be fully European because Europe doesn't grow cocoa, at least look for fair trade chocolate. That or an equivalent should be the minimum claim a company makes. I say claim, because that's what they are claims. None us will know for sure until we step foot in the places where these companies source their chocolate.

If you want an easy list https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/ has some. Top of the list of small, european companies:

Tony's is top of the "medium and large companies". Rittersport is also up there, but I don't trust that at all. They are closely followed by Nestlรฉ, lol. Fuck Nestlรฉ.

[โ€“] bitchkat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

In the US Cadbury's is made by Hershey. Which is why it tastes like vegetable oil and wax.

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