My Favourite UK Dairy-Free & Vegan Chocolates This Christmas
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Looking for dairy-free and vegan chocolates this Christmas? I’ve been busy tasting a range of plant-based festive chocolates to find the top contenders. Read on to see which ones I am cocoa-nuts about.
It’s a hard life, but someone has to taste-test the range of vegan chocolates on offer this Christmas to find the best ones out there. I know. I know. Talk about hardship. Especially when I’ve just been trying out the vegan advent calendars. I now know my vegan chocolate inside out!
Whether you are looking for a gift for a plant-based pal, family member, or child, I’ve found some fantastic options that are perfect for gifting. The only problem might be giving them away. These seriously tasty chocolates are so good you are going to want to keep them for yourself – vegan or not!
The Dairy-Free & Vegan Chocolates To Know This Christmas
Most dark chocolate is suitable for vegans (but not always!). However, many brands now use dairy-free alternatives, such as oats, almonds, or coconut milk, to create their chocolate. This means you can find an array of vegan milk and white chocolates this Christmas, catering to every taste and preference.
I’ve highlighted if companies handle dairy products in their factory. But if you/your recipient has dairy allergies, then I always recommend double-checking with each company to make sure the product you want to buy is suitable.
Here are my favourites – from gift boxes and tins to bars, and small sweet treats suitable for popping in stockings or hampers:
Chococo
Handcrafted in Dorset, Chococo (available at Ethical Superstore from £9.95) offers delicious, vegan-friendly Christmas chocolates.
Find stunning-looking 3D penguins – in either dark chocolate or oat milk chocolate – that are perfect for gifting. Or try the mini tins of festive snowmen – again in dark or oat milk chocolate – that are ideal for stuffing into stockings.
These all come in recyclable, plastic-free packaging. And Chococo’s chocolate is always slave-free, palm oil-free, made with less sugar, directly traded, and made without artificial preservatives, flavours, or colours.
NB: Not suitable for those with dairy allergies, as the vegan range is made in the same room as products made with dairy.
Moo-Free
Moo Free – available at Ethical Superstore – is my top choice for dairy-free and vegan chocolates for kids this Christmas. With nothing over £5, the combination of tasty chocolate, fun designs, and a low price point makes them ideal gifts this festive season.
Moo-Free is a palm oil-free chocolate company. Meanwhile, all of its chocolate is 100% dairy-free (so suitable for those with dairy allergies), gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan-friendly.
Whilst not Fairtrade Certified, instead Moo-Free purchases UTZ Certified Cocoa for this product to help support farmers and sustainable farming.
Happi
Happi Chocolate (available at Not On The High Street from £10.50) says that it has all the ooo without the moo! And I can happily confirm that it’s Christmas vegan chocolates most certainly do have all the ooo!
If your intended recipient is not a fan of dark chocolate, then worry not. Happi focuses on its speciality – delicious milk chocolate made from oat milk. You’ll find festive flavours, like candy cane oat milk chocolate buttons, or bars of orange or salted caramel oat milk chocolate.
As well as being seriously tasty, Happi is 100% slave free. Happi says that it buys its cacao directly from farmers and growers with a full ‘farm-to-bar’ supply chain. This means that Happi knows who grows the cacao beans and what they get paid.
Happi also donates 1% of its annual net sales revenues to causes, such as mental health organisations.
NB: Not suitable for those with dairy allergies, as Happi’s factory handles dairy products, so it cannot guarantee the complete absence of dairy.
Montezuma’s
Montezuma’s (from £3.49 at Ethical Superstore), the ethical chocolatier, has a good-sized range of vegan-friendly dark chocolates that are perfect for gifting to dark chocolate lovers this Christmas.
Find flavoured bars of 74% dark chocolate – including flavours such as mint, stollen, black forest, or chilli. You can even find bars of 100% dark chocolate. That’s far too strong for me, but I know some people who really love the really dark stuff.
As well as bars, there are bags of organic 74% dark chocolate buttons, bags of peanut butter truffle bites (my favourite!), and boxes of dark hot chocolate.
All Montezuma chocolate is made in the UK, with carefully sourced organic and non-organic ingredients that meet strict quality and ethical standards. It’s also all free from gluten, palm oil, and artificial colours or flavours.
Whilst Montezuma’s is not Fair Trade certified, it’s own Trading Fairly Policy pays a premium for sustainable cocoa, supporting farmers and local communities. For over ten years, they’ve also been donating to and fundraising for Children on the Edge – a charity that provides education and protection for some of the world’s most marginalised children.
NB: Not suitable for those with dairy allergies, as Montezuma handles dairy products.
NOMO
Finally, NOMO (from £3.25) offers an impressive range of festive-themed vegan and dairy-free chocolate at a budget-friendly price.
I think it’s mostly aimed at kids, but I have to say I love a bit of NOMO too (particularly the cookie dough bars!). So I don’t think any vegan or dairy-intolerant adults would be sad about getting given these tasty treats this Christmas!
Created so nobody has to miss out on great-tasting chocolate, this award-winning chocolate is made in the UK and is completely free from dairy, gluten, egg, and nuts. NOMO chocolate is also made with Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa.
More Vegan Chocolate Inspiration
For more gift inspiration, do also check out my guide to my favourite vegan hampers this Christmas. It’s packed full of plant-based treats!
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