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  • Front of the Darkins 65% Dark Chocolate with Coorg Coffee bar, 50g
  • Back of pack showing the ingredient list, nutrition panel per 25g, FSSAI licence number and storage instructions
  • Nutrition values per serving and the four-item ingredient list as published by Darkins
  • Tasting notes card for the 65% Dark Chocolate with Coorg Coffee bar
  • Darkins brand values card covering their bean-to-bar sourcing practice
  • FSSAI licence details for this bar as published by Darkins
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Darkins

65% Dark Chocolate with Coorg Coffee

65% Dark Chocolate with Coorg Coffee

₹220.00
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Our verdict Clean

Four ingredients; Andhra cacao with mild-roast Coorg coffee, nothing else added.

Pack size · 50g

Size

This 65% dark chocolate blends mild-roast coffee from the hills of Coorg into cacao from coastal Andhra Pradesh, so the coffee reads as depth rather than a separate flavour on top. At 65% there is just enough sweetness to keep the two from competing. Darkins roasts and grinds the beans in-house, sweetens the bar with organic unrefined cane sugar and uses cacao butter as the only fat. Four ingredients, and both of the interesting ones are grown in India. There is no emulsifier, no vanillin, no palm oil and no dairy. The coffee does bring some caffeine.

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Why we picked it

  • Both of the things that matter here are grown in India, which is rare for a coffee chocolate.
  • A mild roast on the coffee, so it deepens the cacao instead of bullying it.
  • Four ingredients, no emulsifier, no vanillin.
  • 65% is the right place for this. Higher and the coffee would disappear.
Buying guide

What to look for in Chocolate?

Check the fat. Real chocolate is set with cocoa butter. If the label says vegetable fat, palm oil or hydrogenated fat, FSSAI requires it to be called compound chocolate, not chocolate.
Read the ingredient order. If sugar comes before cacao, it is a sugar bar with cocoa in it, whatever the percentage on the front says.
Look for PGPR (INS 476). It is added to cut the amount of cocoa butter a bar needs, and it is a sign the recipe is being made cheaper.
Check the emulsifier. Soy lecithin (INS 322) is the default; sunflower lecithin is the cleaner swap and matters if you avoid soy.
Vanillin is synthetic vanilla flavour. Good chocolate does not need it, and its presence usually means the cacao underneath is thin.
A bar labelled dark can still contain milk solids. If you are dairy-free, read the list rather than trusting the word dark.
Cocoa processed with alkali (dutched) is easier on the palate but strips much of the flavanol content. Unalkalised cacao keeps it.
Sugar-free bars are usually sweetened with maltitol or sorbitol. They are legal, but they are sugar alcohols and can unsettle a stomach in quantity.
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What's inside
Naturally Farmed Cacao
Base

Whole Indian cacao beans roasted and ground in-house. Bean-to-bar means Darkins controls the roast rather than melting down bought-in couverture.

Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar
Sweetener

Cane sugar that keeps its molasses instead of being refined white.

Cacao Butter
Fat

The natural fat of the cacao bean. This is what makes it chocolate rather than compound chocolate, which uses palm or hydrogenated vegetable fat.

Coorg Coffee
Inclusion

Mild-roast coffee from the Coorg hills, Karnataka. Contains caffeine.

Darkins 65% Dark Chocolate with Coorg Coffee vs other dark chocolates
What to compareDarkins Dark ChocolateOther dark chocolates
Fat usedCocoa butter onlyOften palm or hydrogenated vegetable fat, sold as compound chocolate
CacaoSingle-origin Indian beans, roasted and ground in-house (bean-to-bar)Bought-in couverture or cocoa mass, origin not stated
EmulsifierNoneSoy lecithin (INS 322), often with PGPR (INS 476)
SweetenerOrganic unrefined cane sugarRefined white sugar
FlavouringNo vanillinVanillin (synthetic vanilla) is common
Nutrition facts · per 100 g

Converted from the per-25 g panel printed on the pack (x4).

Energy
571.2 kcal
Protein
8.4 g
Carbohydrate
54 g
Total sugars
Not declared
Added sugars
30 g
Dietary fibre
15.2 g
Total fat
36.8 g
Saturated fat
22 g
Trans fat
Not declared
Salt
0 g
How to use it
  1. Store in a cool, dry place, away from strong smells
  2. Best enjoyed at room temperature
  3. A change in temperature or humidity can bring a pale bloom to the surface; it does not affect the chocolate
  4. Break rather than bite for a cleaner snap
  5. Best before 6 months from the date of packaging
Is it for you?

Good for

Vegan and dairy-free diets

Anyone avoiding palm oil and soy

Coffee lovers

An afternoon pick-me-up with your chai or coffee

Avoid if

Anyone avoiding caffeine, since the coffee contributes some

Anyone with a severe tree nut allergy

Anyone looking for a sugar-free bar

Product details
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Brand
Darkins
Type
Chocolates & Toffee

Also on the label

VeganDairy-free

Questions people ask

Does it have caffeine?

Yes, some, from the Coorg coffee in it. Skip it late at night if you are sensitive to caffeine.

Is it vegan?

Yes. It has four ingredients: cacao, cane sugar, cacao butter and coffee. No dairy.

Is it gluten-free?

The pack says gluten-free, and none of the four ingredients contain gluten. Darkins does make one other bar with oat flour, so if you have coeliac disease, check with them first.

Does it contain nuts?

Not as an ingredient. Darkins also makes nut bars, so we cannot rule out traces.

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