It took about a split second after the Magic All-One Dark Chocolate bars hit store shelves in 2021 before the requests started pouring in for milk chocolate options. I heard plenty of such clamorings on the home front from my own kids!
Since Dr. Bronner’s is committed to vegan options, the search began to find a non-dairy alternative to make a ridiculously delicious milk chocolate bar. We’d already set the bar (HAHAHA!) high with the intense decadence of the dark chocolate, so this was an ambitious task. Is a vegan milk chocolate bar even possible?
Enter Dr. Bronner’s Oat Milk Chocolate
It is with great delight that I share with you Dr. Bronner’s new line of Oat Milk Chocolate bars. I don’t want you to think of these as vegan chocolate. I want you to think of them as pure deliciousness. The best milk chocolate out there, dairy or vegan. The oat milk adds a natural creamy sweetness that is unbeatable.
Not only are these bars deliciously satisfying, they are also organic, fair trade, vegan, gluten-free, and non-GMO. They are made with Regenerative Organic Certified® cocoa and coconut sugar. Each of the ingredients are carefully sourced from producers around the world with whom we are proud to partner. These include the cocoa from Ghana and the Ivory Coast, coconut sugar from Indonesia, Congolese cocoa butter, and Madagascan vanilla beans. This is chocolate you can feel good about.
But I want to get back to how yummy these are. I had the enviable job of sampling each of the bars in order to describe them for you here. Check out what I came up with below. Better than my descriptions, though, is trying them for yourselves. They are available in stores and through the Dr. Bronner’s webstore. (You’ll find the nutritional panels there, too.)
Oat Milk Chocolate is Excellent for Baking
I really love how these new oat milk bars fit into Kimmie D’Amico’s phenomenal series of vegan and gluten-free Magic chocolate recipes. (You seriously need to check those out–simple to make yet the results are stunning.) I’ve made all of these before, and I can’t wait to remake them with these new bars.
Dr. Bronner’s Chocolate Backstory
If your mind is still stuck on, “Wait, Dr. Bronner’s makes chocolate?”, check out my introduction to it in “Chocolate So Good It’s Magic” which I wrote when the Magic Dark Chocolate debuted. It’s a fantastic and beautiful story about healing and hope that perfectly aligns chocolate with our soapmaking legacy. The way Dr. Bronner’s makes chocolate tackles some of the world’s most serious problems of labor practices and environmental destruction and coming up with a solution that brings renewed life and well-being to planet Earth and all its inhabitants.
Creamy Mocha Latte
The rich coffee taste makes this the favorite of many. There is no question it’s mocha, with a perfect rich balance between chocolate and coffee. It is the most dessert-y of the three milk chocolates, and also the one that’s hardest to put down!
Best for: Anyone who can’t decide between coffee or dessert. Satisfies any luxuriant craving.
The favorite of: My husband and 18 year old son, so much so that I had to hide the last bit of the sample bar I received in order to conduct this taste test. The rest of the bar had disappeared!
Other than eating it straight: Amazing for baking: chop it up into a chocolate cookie dough or pan of brownies.
Use in the following Magic recipes by All-One Chef Kim D’Amico:
- Kimmie’s Spiced Magic Hot Chocolate – for the added spices, use only cinnamon and cayenne for a Spicy Mexican hot chocolate!
- Vegan Brownies with Ganache Icing – use the Mocha Latte for the brownie part of this recipe, but stay with the Salted Dark for the ganache icing.
Ingredients:
Fair trade organic coconut sugar*, fair trade organic cocoa butter*, fair trade organic cocoa beans*, organic whole oat flour, organic sunflower oil, organic hazelnuts, fair trade organic coffee, organic sunflower lecithin, organic almonds, fair trade organic bourbon vanilla bean
*Regenerative Organic Certified®
Golden Milk Chai
This warm and cozy combination of chocolate and classic chai spices fill the senses like no chocolate I’ve ever tasted. Deeply aromatic, the Golden Milk Chai is sweet and comforting.
Best for: Those needing a break from the hubbub and hurry. Slow down, breathe deep.
The favorite of: Me! Chocolate is not my go-to treat, but the unique blend of turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and black pepper makes this so much more than chocolate!
Other than eating it straight: Pairs perfectly alongside tea (such as the Jasmine Green I’m sipping as I’m sampling) or grate a segment into a rich cup of coffee (one of my absolute favorite pick-me-ups); nibble following a richly spiced meal.
Use in the following Magic recipes by All-One Chef Kim D’Amico:
- Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chunk Cookies
- Kimmie’s Spiced Magic Hot Chocolate (use fewer spices and adjust to taste)
- Magic Nut Butter cookies
- Summertime Magic Coconut Cookies
Ingredients:
Fair trade organic coconut sugar*, fair trade organic cocoa butter*, fair trade organic coconut, fair trade organic cocoa beans*, organic whole oat flour, fair trade organic coconut milk powder, organic turmeric, organic cinnamon, organic cardamom, organic ginger, organic black pepper, organic sunflower oil, organic sunflower lecithin, fair trade organic bourbon vanilla
*Regenerative Organic Certified®
Crunchy Hazelnut Butter
Everyone loves the nutty, not too sweet crunchiness of this mellow bar. It is satisfying without overwhelming, the perfect decadence.
Best for: A midafternoon snacking chocolate to get you through to the end.
The favorite of: my 14 year old daughter. It’s straightforward and delicious.
Other than eating it straight: Excellent with fruit and makes a great dipping chocolate for strawberries.
Use in the following Magic recipes by All-One Chef Kim D’Amico:
Ingredients:
Fair trade organic coconut sugar*, fair trade organic cocoa butter*, organic hazelnuts, fair trade organic cocoa beans*, organic whole oat flour, organic sunflower lecithin, organic almonds, fair trade organic bourbon vanilla bean
*Regenerative Organic Certified®
