2025 Chocolate Product Competition

At the Oregon Chocolate Festival, we celebrate passion, creativity, and talent! Each year, chocolatiers submit their latest creations to expert judges for blind tastings in the annual Chocolate Product Competition.

While the judging happens behind closed doors, festival attendees will have the chance to attend an exciting Q&A session with the expert judges, where they can learn how winners are chosen and discover what makes the perfect chocolate creation!

COMPETITION CATEGORIES 

1. Best Chocolate Confection
2. Best Bonbon
3. Best Chocolate Beverage
4. Best Chocolate Tablet (Dark or Milk Chocolate)
5. Best Inclusion & Flavored Chocolate Bar*
   • *General categories for inclusions, with examples:
     • Fruits (sun-dried cranberries, freeze-dried strawberries, apple bits)
     • Extracts (spearmint flavoring, bitter orange extract, ginger oil)
     • Herbs & Spices (peppermint leaves, ground cardamom, whole peppercorns)
     • Salt (sea salt, flake salt, salt crystals)
     • Nuts & Nibs (roasted or raw cacao nibs, whole nuts, praliné)
     • Miscellaneous (olive oil, caramel, rose petals)

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite chocolatier. Who will win the People’s Choice Award!