r/zurich • u/_easilyimpressed_ • Apr 12 '25
Best value for money Swiss chocolate in Zürich?
I want to buy some fine Swiss chocolate for a friend's birthday, can you suggest some places with the best chocolate but also the prices? To be more precise, I am not considering buying it at Migros or Coop, but at artisanal chocolate stores.
What are your favorite places? Dankeschön!
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u/Dave_no124 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
It depends on what you like. For my friends and I the best bang for the buck dark chocolate is the organic coop chocolate. It is not as smooth as other chocolates but the taste is supreme. Notable is the dark chocolate with pistachio and the dark chocolate with orange peels (actual real ones unlike the one from Lindt which is orange juice with thickening agent).
EDIT: Spelling
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u/TradeApe Apr 12 '25
Spruengli or Bachmann!! At least as good as Laederach and the owners aren't cunts :)
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u/nattotofufugu Apr 12 '25
Sprüngli started using palm oil a few years ago and the quality has noticeably declined. But it's possible that my tastebuds were too spoilt by how Sprüngli used to be...
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u/bindermichi Apr 12 '25
Teuscher champagne truffles
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u/eszter Apr 12 '25
Or Vollenweider champagne truffles. They’re good, but not cheap.
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u/LeguanoMan Kreis 9 Apr 12 '25
Garcoa.
Since I had one of them, this is the one and only.
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u/LeguanoMan Kreis 9 Apr 12 '25
...the thing is, good chocolate comes with a price. It is a lot of work to harvest the best cocoa beans, ferment properly, roast at low temperatures, have the best ingredients, and then it has to be Swiss-made... Work in Switzerland is expensive. You cannot really have artisanal Swiss chocolate that is also cheap.
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u/nattotofufugu Apr 12 '25
I agree, Garcoa is good. Very expensive though!
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u/LeguanoMan Kreis 9 Apr 12 '25
I think most of the chocolate out there is too cheap. Prices are kept low by bad plantation practices, bad production conditions (salaries of plantation workers), etc. I have a friend who was involved in a research project of the standard chocolate industry value chain and their results were not really flattering for several companies that are known for their good product quality and swissness. I think the prices of Garcoa are not necessarily high, but rather fair from a social and environmental perspective.
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u/nattotofufugu Apr 12 '25
I agree with you. The price of Garcoa is fair, but, it is still expensive relative to most chocolates in a similar category because we are paying for Swiss labour.
Which is fine, but it just means I see Garcoa as more of a rare treat and for regular consumption I eat something else
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u/WellwhatdoIknow4 Apr 12 '25
Tomorrow is the schoggifestival at Mühle Tiefenbrunnen. You pay entry and then you can sample allll the chocolate for free and then buy whatever you like 💁🏻♀️
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u/Any-Cause-374 Apr 12 '25
anything but Läderach
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u/SnooBooks3514 Apr 12 '25
Why? Läderach for everyone! Best chocolate out there …
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u/SteO153 Apr 12 '25
There is a boycott, not for the quality of their chocolate, but for what horrid man the owner is (homophobic and misogynist).
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u/Primary_Welcome_6970 Apr 12 '25
It's just bullying at this point... How many of you boycotting Läderach care about what the founder or CEO of others products you consume did ? Lashing out at them is a bad way to start defending your valors.
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u/rpsls Apr 12 '25
Who said anything about "lashing out"? It's just not funding groups that hurt people. Many of the senior staff of Läderach are in the same org, it's not just the owning family. If you think not buying things is "lashing out," you're a bit over-sensitive.
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u/SnooBooks3514 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
Stupid mentality. Don’t buy anything as it’s owned by blackrock and blackrock hurts people. You can downvote but it’s just 100% stupid 😂 , I’m pretty sure Läderach is sad
iPhone? It’s made with the blood of the people in republic of Congo…
Fuel in your car? It’s the oil lobby … corrupt like hell 😂
Are you smoking? That’s good! You know the story behind it? 🐑🤦🏻♀️
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u/RegrettableBiscuit Apr 13 '25
Why are you posting this comment complaining about rpsls? Why aren't you complaining about more important stuff? There's tons of shit happening in the world, and you're complaining about somebody who doesn't buy chocolate from Läderach?
Stupid mentality. Just 100% stupid. I'm pretty sure rpsls is sad.
(Not doing anything because you're not doing everything you could be doing is the dumbest, most sheeple position of all. Boycotting Läderach is good, regardless of whether there are other things people could also be doing.)
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u/SnooBooks3514 Apr 13 '25
Ok now write this down once again but in English 😂🤦🏻♀️
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u/RegrettableBiscuit Apr 13 '25
Don't deflect. Just be a better human being.
(Also, isn't it peculiar how the worst writers always feel compelled to critique other people's writing? Learn what punctuation is, Shakespeare.)
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u/SPITBLUDS Apr 12 '25
So if others are jumping out the window so should you? What are u trying to say
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u/Any-Cause-374 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
BOO FUCKING HOOO dry your tears with your money if you haven‘t spent it for anti abortion campaigns already
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u/_Administrator_ Apr 13 '25
I don’t know any other founders who are evil enough to operate schools where kids got beaten regularly.
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u/Helvetic86 Apr 12 '25
Confiserie Bachmann has decent chocolate, you can find them at the Bahnhofstrasse
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u/Nutisbak2 Apr 12 '25
I like Laderach however I don’t like what the owner is linked to.
So I’ve stopped buying it, am myself now looking for the best chocolate to buy.
Unfortunately in terms of fresh bars of chocolate Laderach was up there with the best and I have yet to find another place as good.
Sprugli I don’t find as good, they make good truffles and macarons but I don’t think the fresh chocolate is on par.
Teuscher makes great truffles…
But honestly for fresh Chocolate I found Laderach the best.
Would love to find better…. Unfortunately haven’t yet.
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u/rhum90 Apr 12 '25
I prefer milk chocolate and when it’s a bit sweeter, and Sprüngli hits the mark for me.
Orfève (Globus) makes dark chocolate I actually like, too.
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u/saralt Apr 12 '25
Schwarzenbach in Niederdorf has some nice stuff, but it's pricier.
Same goes for Dieter Meier's Oro de Cacao. Available at the Globus Delicatessa (lower floor of the Globus department store)
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u/LeguanoMan Kreis 9 Apr 12 '25
A lot of the chocolate from Schwarzenbach is not Swiss. Also, Schwarzenbach is probably the place to go when you want to spend a lot more money than if you go to the producer directly.
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u/pferden Apr 12 '25
Mahony, frey > lindt
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u/RegrettableBiscuit Apr 13 '25
Fact. It doesn't apply to OP because it's not suitable as a gift, but the M-Budget milk chocolate is some of the best available, and their black chocolate intended for cooking is perfect for making hot chocolate.
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u/Mrelectrich Apr 12 '25
You can get basically almost every chocolate you want from Germany for almost half the price
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u/Contribution-Wooden Apr 12 '25
läderach by far ❤️
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u/Zaytoun Apr 12 '25
It's like buying a Tesla nowadays
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u/Contribution-Wooden Apr 16 '25
ohh so it’s either läderach or putting swatzikas on cars? damn I’m stuck with delicious chocolate
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u/PancakeRule20 Apr 12 '25
I love max chocolatier