I can hear the delighted gasps now, “Chocolate chips without dairy AND soy?! Not even soy lecithin?” Indeed, Pascha organic chocolate chips are the purest I’ve ever seen. Not only are they dairy-free and soy-free, they’re also fair trade, vegan, kosher parve, and non-GMO verified. They also have full ingredient trace-ability, and are made in a facility free of gluten and top allergens.
Pascha Chocolate Bars possess all of these wonderful properties, too, but Pascha Organic Chocolate Chips boast a little more versatility. And they come in an array of varieties, including semi-sweet, dark, unsweetened, sugar-free, and even white chocolate!
Tasting Notes for Pascha Organic Chocolate Chips
They’re perfect for tossing in recipes (like cookies or even shakes!), melt with ease, and are deliciously snackable, in my opinion. They’ve recently added a couple varieties that we haven’t tried, and their Rice Milk Chocolate Chips appear to be temporarily or permanently out of production. But below includes all that you can buy right now.
55% Cacao Semi-Sweet (also in Bulk Size)
These perfectly-sized bites are almost milky in flavor and consistency, but with a rich cocoa liquor vibe. These are one of my favorite sweet delights for snacking on out of hand. (Used in this recipe: Chocolate Pumpkin Butter Cups.)
Ingredients: organic cane sugar, organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter
Nutrition (per 1 tablespoon): 90 calories, 6g fat, 8g carbs, <1g fiber, 7g sugars (includes 7g added sugars), <1g protein.*
85% Cacao Bitter-Sweet (also in Bulk Size)
This is a fantastic deep dark chocolate for true cacao fans. They have just the right amount of sweetness for noshability (I think this should be a new word, no?), but also make a nice not-to-sweet, contrasting addition for cookies and truffles. (Used in these recipes: Cheerful Cherry Chocolate Chip Shake; Chocolate Pumpkin Butter Cups.)
Ingredients: organic chocolate liquor, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter
Nutrition (per 1 tablespoon): 90 calories, 7g fat, 6g carbs, 2g fiber, 2g sugars (includes 2g added sugars), 2g protein.*
100% Cacao Unsweetened (also in Bulk Size)
These chips are a pure dark with a slight bitter aftertaste, yet are smooth overall. They’re fantastic for baking, when you want to use your own sweetener option, or for true cacao purists (this variety is paleo, I believe). (Used in these recipes: Chocolate Banana Monkey Pops, Pure Chocolate Truffle Snacks.)
Ingredients: organic chocolate liquor
Nutrition (per 1 tablespoon): 100 calories, 8g fat, 4g carbs, 2g fiber, 0g sugars (includes 0g added sugars), 2g protein.*
Zero Sugar Dark
Unlike Pascha’s Unsweetened variety, the Zero Sugar is sweetened with a combination of erythritol and stevia.
Ingredients: organic chocolate liquor, organic erythritrol, organic cocoa butter, organic stevia extract
Nutrition (per 1 tablespoon): 70 calories, 6g fat, 7g carbs, 1g fiber, 0g sugars (includes 0g added sugars; 4g sugar alcohol), 1g protein.*
White Chocolate (also in Bulk Size)
These have been reformulated, and reportedly melt better and hold up better in recipes.
Ingredients: organic cocoa butter , organic raw cane sugar, organic tapioca starch, organic rice syrup powder, organic rice maltodextrin , organic vanilla, sea salt.
Nutrition (per 1 tablespoon): 90 calories, 7g fat, 7g carbs, 0g fiber, 4g sugars (includes 4g added sugars), 0g protein.*
More Facts on Pascha Organic Chocolate Chips
Price: $6.75 to $7.45 per 8.8-ounce bag; They can also be bought in Bulk.
Availability: Pascha Organic Chocolate Chips are sold at Whole Foods and other natural food stores. You can also order them online at Vitacost and on Amazon.
Certifications: Pascha Organic Chocolate Chips are Certified Organic, Certified Vegan, Certified Kosher Parve, and Non-GMO Verified.
Dietary Notes: By ingredients, Pascha Organic Chocolate Chips are dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan / plant-based, vegetarian, and select varieties may be considered paleo.*
For More Product Information: Visit Pascha Chocolate on Amazon at www.amazon.com/pascha.
*Always read the ingredient and nutrition statement prior to consumption. Ingredients, processes, and labeling are subject to change at any time for any company or product. Contact the company to discuss their manufacturing processes if potential allergen cross-contamination is an issue for you. No food product can be guaranteed “safe” for every individual’s needs. You should never rely on ingredient and allergen statements alone if dealing with a severe food allergy.
Amazing quality
The quality of these dairy-free chocolate chips is unsurpassed. They go above and beyond with ingredient sourcing, and whatever processes they use seem to work. The 55% is almost milky in taste, and the 85% is even snack-worthy. I don’t usually like chocolate that dark, but these are impressive. The one caveat is the price. I know you get what you pay for, but premium chocolate isn’t usually in my budget.
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Me again! I havn’t been able to find anywhere in Australia that stocks your chocolate – is there anywhere? If not I can maybe order it from you and have it delivered to an American address for sending on to me – it’s spring there I think, and heading into Autumn here, so temperature wise it might still reach me OK. As it’s the chocolate chips I want it probably wouldn’t matter much if they melted on the say anyway!
I’m not affiliated with Pascha Susan, and I don’t know if they sell in Australia. You can see their website and contact them for that information – http://paschachocolate.com/ – This is actually a third party review of their chocolate by me 🙂
Hi Alisa, I’m desparately trying to make the equivalent of a Cadbury milk chocolate Fredo frog for my young grandson who is on the autism spectrum. It needs to be free of dairy, gluten, soy and corn. I found the Pascha dairy free rice milk chocolate baking chips online which I hope to order (I live in Australia). I clicked on a link which says you have advice on the best way to melt these chips (which I would need to do in order to make them into frogs), but when I clicked on it it came up as unavailable. I would be extremely grateful if you could email me any advice you have (it looks as though I will need to increase the sweetness too as the ones he is used to (and can’t have any more) are quite sweet. Any help and advice you ccan give would be great. Warm regards, Sue
Hi Susan, that’s very odd. The link worked for me. Can you see it here now – http://www.godairyfree.org/news/the-best-way-to-melt-chocolate