Sourced from Mache Chindul in Ecuador’s Esmeraldas Province, this vegan almond milk bar sits within Original Beans’ wider reforestation model — the maker plants a shade tree in the cacao’s growing region for every bar produced, and the packaging is designed to fully return to soil. It’s an unusually thorough sustainability commitment even by craft chocolate standards.
The tasting notes point to gianduja and barley malt, and that almond richness comes through immediately — genuinely creamy rather than oily, with none of the powdery, chalky quality common to vegan milk alternatives. The sweetness stays delicate throughout, never tipping into anything cloying.
Made with organic cane sugar, cocoa beans, cocoa butter, almonds and almond protein, the ingredient list stays refreshingly short for a plant-based bar, and it shows in a texture that reads far closer to dairy milk chocolate than most alt-milk formats manage.
Overall, a genuinely well-executed vegan gianduja that backs up its sustainability credentials with a bar worth eating on its own merits.
Overall Rating: 8 out of 10