Australia's best and worst chocolates ranked from Turkish delight to Cadbury

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Mel Buttle

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November 29, 2025 - 4:30AM

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Mel Buttle rank Australia’s favourite chocolates.

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Sometimes you just need a little choc treat, to put that pep back in your step. Sure a massage, a mini break or a whole butter chicken to yourself are all great ideas, however, they don’t fit in your pocket and they’re not $3 or less.

Chocolate, in addition to being high calorie and morally dicey depending on where you get it
from, can also be a quick, affordable, temporary mood boost.

I’m not a scientist – in fact, at my year 11 biology parent-teacher interview, the teacher allegedly shook her head and said, “Melinda wouldn’t have a clue”. She was spot on. That aside, I’m sure there’s a chocolate study somewhere that backs me up on this. I’m picturing rats solving puzzles more efficiently after a nibble on an Aero Peppermint.

See Mel’s list of chocolates ranked below >>>

A little afternoon chocolate keeps me going. Some would say I’m easily pleased, others would realise I have no tolerance for delayed gratification. That’s not my strong suit. I don’t know if I have a strong suit; I’m just a big pile of mediocre and some huge flaws hidden under dark humour. Nothing a little chocolate can’t fix, though.

Tough daycare drop off? Have a choccy. Work dragging this afternoon? Have a choccy. Can’t think of a relevant impediment to your day that means you deserve a treat? Have one anyway – it’s probably been ages since you’ve spoiled yourself.

I have a secret stash of emergency chocolate hidden behind the party plates and the spare roll of cling wrap in the weird little cupboard above the microwave, so it’s out of sight, out of reach, but never really out of mind.

I keep a selection on hand for two lies that I tell myself. The first: It could be useful if someone drops by and we don’t have a dessert on hand. But who drops by these days? People send three texts before they arrive at your house: one to let you know they’re about to leave, another to confirm that they’ve left, and the final text to say they’re nearly at your place.

Mel Buttle shares her favourite chocolates. Picture: Nicole Reed

The other lie I’ve got myself almost convinced about centres around the reverse of prohibition. If I have a good supply of chocolate on hand, I’ll just forget about it, it won’t be such an exciting treat, and thus, I’ll just have a little nibble every now and then. If I had this level of self control, I might’ve opened a biology textbook more than I opened a Dolly magazine. Sorry, but 16-year-old me was more hooked by “Five ways to tell if he’s into you” than learning the structure of a plant cell. I remember nucleus, mitochondria and cytoplasm. I don’t remember what they do exactly, but I do know I’m waiting for a kid to turn up at daycare called Nucleus.

It would be remiss of me to not share with you my personal chocolate rankings.

Let’s start at the bottom with Turkish delight. No crunch, high on the sweetness and tastes like Nan’s soap.

Mars bars don’t get Mel’s tick of approval.

I also put Flake down here – the level of reward in contrast to the amount of mess down your front doesn’t correlate. The view isn’t worth the climb, sorry.

Flake is closely followed by Bounty, which is way too sweet, too dry and monotonous. Mars bars are also mid for me. They’re a bit intense and they shine better in Pod form; they just feel like a big commitment.

Stepping up now to the Milky Way, a nice, light afternoon choccy that won’t weigh you down. A sleeper hit.

Another underrated favourite of mine is the humble Freddo frog. Sure, they’re half the size they used to be, but they’re a strong contender for those who don’t like their chocolate too fiddly.

Up next, I love Maltesers. They’ve got a crunch, a hint of chocolate, they’re great smashed though vanilla ice cream or just mindlessly shoved in your mouth while driving.

My top choc, Cadbury Marvellous Creations (which has jelly popping candy), has it all. It is, however, in a close tie with any and all Easter chocolate.

It’s high time the manufacturers just told us what they do to the Easter chocolate to make it so addictively good. They must be altering the cell membrane and or ribosomes, I think.