Discover the Chocolate Bars That Outsmart Your Favorite Classics—Ranked from Unexpected to Unforgettable!
Worst: Chunky is just weird
Adventurous candy aficionados probably appreciate Chunky because there really isn’t any other bar quite like it — with its combination of milk chocolate, peanuts, and raisins, it’s almost like an all-in-one Glosette.
While the hearty filling makes Chunky bars more than live up to their name, the ingredients themselves will be divisive. Peanuts are a tried and true staple in candy bars, but raisins are kind of a weird addition.
Best: 100 Grand is perfectly balanced
Once known as the $100,000 Candy Bar, 100 Grand costs considerably less — and while these bars are on the small side, they pack a ton of texture and flavor into every bar.
The bar consists of a generous filling of pure caramel covered by chocolate, while the top is enrobed in crispy rice pieces. These three straightforward components are perfectly balanced and complement each other incredibly well.
Worst: 5th Avenue is a poor substitute
If you have a Butterfinger craving and can’t find one on short notice, a 5th Avenue might be the best available substitute. While both bars share the same premise — flaky peanut brittle enrobed in milk chocolate — 5th Avenue just doesn’t match up.
The main problem here is sweetness. 5th Avenue’s predominant flavor is just sugar, while Butterfinger is a little more subtle with its sweetness, adding notes of peanut butter and salt.
Best: Zero is more like a ten out of ten
Naming a candy bar after something that signifies nothing is a bold move, but Zero bars punch above their weight. White chocolate lovers will enjoy the fudgey white coating, while the fillings offer something for everyone.
Inside a Zero bar, you’ll find delicious layers of almond nougat, peanuts, and caramel. These three components are well balanced — offering a blend of salty and sweet — and the white coating is just the cherry on the proverbial sundae.
Worst: Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme is too cloying
White chocolate has its fans, but a little tends to go a long way — and the bits of crunchy chocolate cookie embedded in these bars don’t do enough to cut the waxy, overly sweet nature of the white chocolate.
It’s hard to make white chocolate that isn’t overwhelmingly sweet, so this bar might be better served by keeping the white chocolate recipe but upping the quantity of cookie pieces.
Best: Hershey’s Gold is worth its weight in gold
Hershey struck gold, pun intended, with this relatively new addition to its lineup. Launched to coincide with the 2018 Winter Olympics, Hershey’s Gold offers a fantastically unique flavor experience, with a brown butter-infused white chocolate as its base.
While the base might be overly sweet on its own, it’s balanced perfectly by the other ingredients — peanuts and pretzels — which give the bar a salty finish. It’s an altogether refined bar.
Worst: Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews are incredibly boring
Sometimes, you’ll see something on a grocery store shelf that feels like it belongs in the past. Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews — with their boring name and boring packaging — are one of these products.
Goldenberg’s deserves credit for making these bars vegan-friendly, but that doesn’t make up for their bland and boring texture. They’re a cult favorite in certain areas of the U.S., but there’s a reason they haven’t gained wider popularity.
Best: Caramello is caramel perfection
Cadbury produces both Caramello and Caramilk. They share the same deliciously smooth caramel but with different form factors. In either case, simplicity is the key: Devoid of extraneous ingredients like peanuts, the caramel-chocolate combination is absolutely divine.
Caramel is a welcome addition to any number of candy bars, but the bars that consist of milk chocolate, caramel, and nothing else are extremely underrated — particularly when the milk chocolate comes from a brand like Cadbury.
Worst: Krackel is the worst Halloween treat
Krackel is one of those bars that seemingly only exists in fun-sized Halloween goodie bags. It begs the question of whether the bar is worth producing, even in these smaller sizes.
Krackel’s closest comparable is Nestle Crunch. We weren’t big fans of Crunch bars either, but at least Crunch has some redeeming characteristics. Krackel is just a poor substitute, even if you get it for free at Halloween.
Best: NutRageous is outrageously good
Hershey knows its Reese’s Cups are sublime, so they didn’t mess with success when they incorporated the flavor profile into a proper candy bar.
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