Organic Dark Chocolate

Organic Dark Chocolate, bold and darkly fruity

Berger Confiserie's Organic Dark Chocolate is a dark chocolate with 70 percent cocoa, vegan, organic and Fairtrade. Bold and bittersweet, with hints of dark fruit and a long, lingering aftertaste – a bar for anyone who likes it strong.

Organic Dark Chocolate is what Berger Confiserie calls a dark bar with 70 percent Fairtrade-certified cocoa, made without milk and therefore naturally vegan. It contains just four ingredients, and yet it has a lot to say: bold and bittersweet, with a dark fruitiness reminiscent of cassis.

Bold, bittersweet, with a hint of cassis

When you break off a piece, the snap sounds dark and dry, then a bold, bittersweet melt settles on the tongue.

First the roasted bitterness of the cocoa, clear and dark, and behind it a fine fruitiness – a hint of cassis that Berger itself tastes in this bar. 70 percent cocoa sounds austere, but this bar stays round, never harsh, and a touch of real vanilla takes the edge off the bitterness. Fruity, spicy, strong, and yet never harsh – that is how it takes its leave, with a long, calm aftertaste. Dark fruit, a fine roasted bitterness and a trace of vanilla remain long after the piece has melted.

A few ingredients, Fairtrade and made without milk

The dark chocolate is made from nothing but cocoa mass, raw cane sugar, cocoa butter and real vanilla, all from organic farming, and without any animal milk.

Because no milk is added, the bar is naturally vegan, dark chocolate as it should be. Berger has worked with Fairtrade since 2016, and here every single ingredient carries the mark. Four ingredients are on the list, nothing more, and the Fairtrade share of this bar is 100 percent. You'll find it among our chocolate bars, next to its lighter siblings.

Two who started out in a garage in 1994

Hubert and Christine Berger learned their craft as journeymen in Belgium and Germany before founding their own confectionery in Lofer in 1994.

The first chocolate was made in a garage in Salzburg's Saalach Valley; today Berger Feinste Confiserie is one of the best-known addresses in the country, with around 100 employees and nine shops in Austria.

Two chocolatiers have grown into a whole workshop, and yet every bar is still made by hand. At Schokoladenweg 1, chocolatiers and confectioners work by hand, variety by variety, out of a passion for good cocoa, just as Hubert and Christine did from the start. If you prefer something milder, reach for the Organic Whole Milk Chocolate, this bar's lighter sister.

With red wine and in chocolate mousse

The bar holds 90 g of dark chocolate, for breaking and sharing. With a strong espresso, a glass of red wine or on its own after a meal, the dark chocolate really comes into its own. Stored cool and dry, away from strongly scented neighbors, it keeps its melt for a long time. A piece, a sip of coffee, a quiet moment – an afternoon needs nothing more.

A full-bodied red wine picks up the hint of cassis with its dark berry fruit, and in a chocolate mousse the bar truly blossoms. The dark bar also makes a lovely gift, as does the rest of the Berger range with its filled and flavored varieties.

Organic control number AT-BIO-301 – EU/non-EU agriculture