Lindt, Giandor, toblerone, those three are good. :-)

Organising a chocolate eating degustation? 

Auer, for les traditionnels (truffes, pavés glacés)

Hautlé, for les palais d’or et les glaces maisons

Chocolaterie Du Rhône, for les cacaos origines et ganaches de saisons

Berger, for les ganaches

Micheli, for les chocolats aux meilleurs produits naturels

Pascoët, for le prix du meilleur chocolatier mondial en 2009

Philippe, member of the chocolate club of Geneva

Hi!

There are many many small shops in Switzerland, which have their own chocolate, so there is a lot to try :)

From what you get in the supermarket I'd choose Lindor or Minor. Black chocolate only without any sugar and more than 72% cacao also from Lindt.

Ciao.

I am surprised no one mentioned Frey Chocolate collection Supreme! They are wonderful. Next to Lindt, but less advertised. Try it.

Definitely No 1 is Chocolaterie du Rhône

http://www.du-rhone.ch/Presentation.aspx?lang=en

If you get some, get a little extra and hen you can share! ;-)

Fantastic selection and report .... shall add Sprungli if you go to the German Swiss

Even better than Swissy choco: Japan's very own garlic chocolate. Yummy.

i would recommend la bonboniere which is in front of fnac near rive.

i am fan of the princess almond (almond topped with dark chocolate powder)

enjoy!

Definitely the Pavés de Genève (winter type) and the coated almonds by Stettler, rue de Berne

i agree with Luis G.. Chocolate @ Chocolaterie du Rhône is very yummy and very fine...

Yes, indeed. We are all condemned!

Whats the melty one called that you can pour over naked bodies?

Is that a Swiss one?

That one kind of kills two cravings in one go I reckon.

Chocolate sticks filled with Läckerli Liqueur : full box -> empty box: no in-between.

i posted this cuz i wanted to try as many different swiss chocolate brands as possible before i leave switzerland.. looks like i'm going to gain about 5kg in the next two weeks... thanks guys.,

yes Russian Stolychnaya vodka chocolate.... OMG ::: (drool)

Charlie, it's way too early for you to talk of vodka... last thread was indicating 11 pm! as about russian chocolate... lots of propoganda in post-soviet countries. Swiss chocolate is more refined, but tastes may vary.

shine, yes probably too early, you are right. although if "life is like a box of chocolates" then frankly I like everything so far apart from the orange cream filled ones.

charlie,

it amazes me how you can turn any topic into sex and booze. you really have a fine talent for that

Now I want some of Migros Tourist Chocolate! :P

Alprose 72% with almonds (or hazlenuts or plain, but the almond one is the best)! Chocolate doesn't get any better that! The only place that sells it in Geneva is Manor for some strange reason. I've become so addicted to it that I can't really enjoy any other dark chocolate anymore.

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Milka is really nice :)

reeses ( now hershey ) peanut butter cups.

hershey's chocolate (usa) is by far superior to most

swiss and belgian. :-P

damn ... i'm hungry now ^_^

Excuse me? Who said that?  Hershey's superior to Swiss chocolate?Is this a joke? 

Anyway - time out - point of order - Arin asked about which Swiss brands were best.  Even in these days of globalisation, I don't think Hershey's qualifies for a mention.

Arin - just try them all before you leave - and be prepared to put on 10kg not just 5!  But it'll be fun!

i know Arin has left.. and im disappointed she didnt report on whether or not she tried the melty one...dammit.

Lindt of course!!! My favorite are the Chocoletti.

Otherwise I love Ovomaltine too but it's a specific taste so not everyone likes it (there is malt in it).

Cheers and happy schokki tasting :-P

If with "best" we are not just talking about the sensual experience of eating but also considering value for money, then there is surely only one winner. It's just part of a whole pantheon of quality, style and value!

Arin:  We need an update report: which did you think was best, how much weight did you gain, and did you try the melty one? 

I should recommend Arin visiting Armenia for the biggest chocolate:

if you want to have some fun, creat your own (not cheap, but fun)

(sorry, in German only)

http://www.myswisschocolate.ch

I love chocolates, but I have to be honest: Swiss Chocolate Brands are not my favourite. They do have a world wide great reputation and I'm sure they're top quality, but for my own taste, the belgium sea-shell chocolates are number 1...

Nir,

Go to post 1, taste them and come back! :-)

you're joking right? Milka is a German chocolate brand it doesn't really hit my taste buts the right way. Same as Ritter Sport.

Love the sea-shell chocolates also!

Just wondering what you think of Cailler Dessert (slightly cooled) This is my favorite, just before sea-shell chocolates  

What is your favorite swiss chocolate brand?

Your question has two key criteria : Swiss and Brand

My favorite Swiss brand is 'Lindt'

Here is list from wikipedia, i think is the main brands and not local 'chocolate shops' :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_chocolate

In the 19th and early-20th centuries the following chocolate factories were founded:

I'm glad nobody suggested Toblerone (see video). 

Personally I think Swiss chololate is OK, but Belgian chocolate is fantastic.Go to a place like Antwerp or Bruges, step into one of these little chocolate shops and fill up a little (or big) box. Or just get a pre-packed box of Neuhaus, Godiva or Leonidas at the airport.

Well there are alot diffrent chocolates but the question was not if therer are better cholcolates in 'Switzerland' but which brands are best. And several persons posting that Belgian or other are better, I dont agree. Further the question was which Swiss Chocolate brands are best. Not what countries chocolates are best. Because its like beer, Russions love there beer, Argentine love theres, Brits lov theres, french lov there, etc. And same with chocolate that Russians believe they have the best, Americans think waxy sugars chocolate is best, Belgian snail/shell shaped multi color chocolate is best, etc. So really it is each individulual preferences.

My favorite SWISS BRAND chcolate is Lindt & Sprüngli. They have many different choices for different tastes, and there quality is unmatched.

I've lived in both Zurich and Geneva and my favorite chocolate is from the Sprügli shops that you can find in Zurich.  A friend told me that you can find them in Bern but I recently traveled to Amsterdam and saw a Sprüngli shop at one of the terminals at the airport in Geneva.  The mixed box of truffes is always a hit and I couldn't go back to the states without their kirschstengli for my grandfather when I lived in Zurich.

Tristan's chocolate shop in Bougy-Villars between Geneva and Lausanne has a very good reputation.

Kinder Bueno is cheap, and surprisingly addictiive.

where can you buy this in Swiss?

nutella! ))

didn't know armenia had chocolate factories!

Kinder Bueno is from Ferrero = Italian. So is Nutella. 

Ah yes. I would agree that it's good. However, this is the shop that just before Christmas they seal off a 20 km radius around the shop with police and military presence not dissimilar to the cordon in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

People queue for 20 minutes to enter the shop with almost reverential awe before choosing some chocolate that has a value almost approaching that of platinum. But each to their own. Give me Cailler any old day of the week.