I'll provide some suggestions and my own personal reviews (in order of my preference) for your eating pleasure...
1) Endangered Species
Approximate Price: $2.79 all-natural; $3.99 organic (online)
Why It's Awesome: Both all-natural and Organic chocolate available. All bars are Fair Trade certified, shade-grown and single-origin milk. 10% of net profits donated to help support species, habitat and humanity. (Uh, can you say what's not to love?)
Review: By far the best chocolate I've tried. Any and every flavor (of which there are many exotic ones) are rich and delicious. I bought some when there was a 3 for $6 deal at Whole Foods. Each bar features a different endangered species (predictable!), but the pictures are beautiful, awe-inspiring, and adorable! On the inside of each wrapper there is a blurb about the featured endangered animal and what you can do to help. I feel like I'm giving to a good cause I can trust. My favorite is the Organic Dark Chocolate with Goldenberry and Lucuma (it has a picture of a toucan!).
Website: http://www.chocolatebar.com/ (original, teehee)
2) Divine
Approximate Price: $3.59 (online)
Why It's Awesome: It's all Fair Trade certified.
Review: There isn't as much variety, about 8 color-coded flavors altogether (embellishments on dark, milk and white) but the packaging is b-e-a-utiful and the chocolate is quite seriously divine. No lies or tall tales here, no sir. It's sweet and rich and makes the tummy happy.
Website: http://www.divinechocolate.com/siteselect.aspx
3) Green & Black's Organic
Approximate Price: $3.49 at CVS - you could probably find it cheaper elsewhere.
Why It's Awesome: It's all Organic (it's in the name!). And it's about to become Fair Trade certified!
Review: The chocolate is very rich, but this is a plus. They ain't the (self-claimed) world leader in organic chocolate for nothing. And for dark chocolate lovers, they have 70% and 85%. One downfall is that Cadbury recently bought the company, meaning that the money you use to buy the chocolate goes to an already established and not-so-ecofriendly chocolate giant.
Website: http://www.greenandblacks.com/
4) Theo
Approximate Price: $3.99 (online)
Why It's Awesome: It's all Organic and Fair Trade certified.
Review: All of this chocolate is really. freaking. pretty. The logo, written in fancy and colorful script, draws your aesthetic eye in for the kill. They also have a large online gift store with elaborate chocolate collaborations.
Website: http://www.theochocolate.com/
5) Dagoba
Approximate Price: $3.45 (online)
Why It's Awesome: It's all Organic.
Review: The chocolate is very interesting-looking and aesthetically pleasing, in long connected strips like Kit-Kat bars. They have a laaaaaarge array of interesting flavor combinations. I've had the Lavender Blueberry 59% Cacao bar (granted, I should try more) and it seemed to be trying a bit too hard; the flavors sort of clashed. It was still pretty good, though. Don't take my word for gospel though, there are a ton of different bars and the brand tends to be pretty popular. One downfall is that Hershey recently bought the company, meaning - again - that the money you use to buy the chocolate goes to an already established and not-so-ecofriendly chocolate giant.
Website: http://www.dagobachocolate.com/
6) 365 Everyday Value (Whole Foods Brand)
Approximate Price: $2
Why It's Awesome: It's all Organic and Fair Trade certified.
Review: There is a good variety of flavors. And they are good for a super-small chocolate budget. All the bars are made in Switzerland, however, which is slightly contradictory because of the energy it takes to ship them to the U.S. (They outright advertise the Swiss origin.) I've tried the Dark Chocolate with Coconut Flakes and Dark Chocolate with Almonds. The coconut one was better. Neither tickled my fancy too much. Overall, they were aiight.
Website: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/365-everyday-value.php?CID=&P=10
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