Top Reasons to Participate in the US International Chocolate Competition:

TOP TRADE BUYER JUDGES

This is an opportunity for you to place your product in front of real, working industry trade buyers, in one of the biggest chocolate markets in the world. Plus, we’re the only International Chocolate Competition where all the judges are real trade buyers, judging your product by its category and actual price. These buyers represent some of the top importers, distributors, retailers, and chocolate shops in the United States.

RECONNECT WITH REAL BUYERS

Established chocolate producers — this is your chance to re-connect and/or be re-discovered by the entire chocolate buying community, in a true and equitable blind tasting by real trade buyers.

FIND AMERICAN BUYERS

This competition allows international producers to be blind tasted by some of the top buyers in the US Market. Our buyers are always looking for new and interesting products to bring to the market. It is open to all commercial producers. You do not have to be sold in the United States to enter.

WE SHARE YOUR VICTORIES

We work closely and consistently with our marketing and media sponsors to distribute the competition results to both the trade and the consumer. All the winners will be listed here on our website, highlighted and easily searchable by category. Top winners will be showcased on our Chocolate Professor website.

WHAT WINNERS RECEIVE!

Winners receive a physical 2″ medal, a digital image of the medal (free use of the digital image in marketing materials) and a numeric score. There is an option to purchase stickers or license for packaging. Winners will be listed on our website, showcased on the Chocolate Professor, and through our media partnerships. This is a great opportunity to showcase and display your wins for 2023 at trade shows and your sales marketing channels.

FREE USE OF MEDAL IN MARKETING MATERIALS

Winners receive free use of the medal image and score to be used in all of their marketing materials including on website, POS sell sheets, banners etc…. Winners will have the option of purchasing our authorized stickers and or medal image license on products and packaging.

VISIBILITY BOOST

Top winners from the competition (and all our other competitions) will be showcased at multiple tradeshows, both online and in-person. In addition, winners are featured in articles on our companion lifestyle blog, the Chocolate Professor, as well as across our social channels, other trade and publication magazines, and websites.