The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2025 DACH Craft Chocolatier competition, which was judged remotely in May 2025.

This competition judged craft chocolatier entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland with the help of our local partner and Grand Jury Member Michaela Schupp from Chocolats-de-luxe.de in Hannover, Germany. 

The Grand Jury Finalists are listed here.

Winners of these rounds will pass through to the World Final organized in October-November 2025.

This craft competition awards prizes for craft chocolatier products including filled chocolates/bonbons, pralines, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads made with bean-to-bar chocolate as well as flavoured bars made with couverture.

Plain/origin and flavoured bean-to-bar products from European chocolate makers were judged at the 2025 European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-Bar Competition in April-May 2025.

Judges

The judges were drawn from local experts, food journalists, our IICCT Alumni and members of our permanent international Grand Jury.

Prizes

The categories judged included filled chocolates, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads, as well as flavoured bars (not bean-to-bar). All judging is anonymized, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting.

Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.

The 2025 DACH Craft Chocolatier Winners are:

(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)

Barrette aromatizzate

Barrette al cioccolato bianco aromatizzato con infusione o aromi

Ganaches, paletes, praline e tartufi alla ganache

Ganache o tartufi al cioccolato al latte

Ganache o tertufi prodotti utilizzando ciccolati misti Fondente /latte/bianco per copertura o ripieno

Praline a base di noci e noci ricoperte

Praline a base di frutta/ gianduja con ciccolato fondente

Praline a base di noci/gianduja con cioccolato al latte

Praline con frutta in guscio e cioccolato bianco

Praline a base di noci/gianduja con cioccolato al latte …

(*)  Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.

(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.