We’ve got sweet news for chocolate fans! You can treat yourself with new Single Origin Cacao Selections by Ritter Sport and feel great about your choice of chocolate because Ritter Sport uses certified sustainable cocoa.
And thanks to our sponsor Ritter Sport, we have a delicious giveaway. 5 lucky winners will be able to choose a prize of either 10 full size chocolate bars or 50 mini bars.
Your eyes scan the crowded shelves of candy and then you spot them — the iconic squares of chocolate. Ritter Sport. You reach out and pause, your hand hovering an inch above the bars. Which one do you choose this time? You have too many favorites.
This is Ritter Sport. Each bar is a chocolate masterpiece. You can’t decide on just one, so you buy a handful, including one of Ritter Sport’s new single origin chocolate bar, the 55% Cacao Selection with chocolate from Ghana.
Goodness knows, when your family spots you with Ritter Sport, you will have to share. It is best to be prepared.
Sustainable Cocoa — A Mindful Indulgence
When you choose Ritter Sport, you aren’t just buying a chocolate bar.
You are choosing to support a company that is committed to preserving the environment and improving lives across the globe — from the 900 employees at their headquarters in Waldenbuch, Germany, to their farmers and their families at Ritter’s own sustainable cocoa cultivation project, Cacaoinca, in Nicaragua, to their suppliers and communities all over the world, to their customers enjoying their high-quality chocolates made with only natural, non-GMO ingredients.
“Our mission is to produce truly good chocolate. That applies not just to our uncompromising philosophy of quality, but particularly to ecological and social relations along the entire value chain, and consequently above all in the cultivation of cacao. Ritter Sport is synonymous with enjoyment, and in our times true enjoyment means not wanting it at the expense of others.†Andreas Ronken, CEO at Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
I have been choosing Ritter Sport for years, reaching for their delicious chocolate bar varieties because I know how incredible their chocolate tastes.
But after more than a week of reading about the history and principles of the family-owned company, now I will always choose Ritter Sport because I want to support companies that are about more than just profits.
I want to use my buying power to help protect our precious environment and to improve the world for everyone in the supply chain — farmers, suppliers, employees, and consumers.
Ritter Sport continues to invest in eco-friendly and socially responsible business practices.
Twenty-six years ago, Alfred T. Ritter decided to make the move from nuclear power to regenerative energies and since 2002 Ritter Sport chocolate bars are made entirely with green electricity.
In 2018, Ritter Sport became the first major chocolate bar manufacturer to source all of their cocoa for their entire line of products to certified sustainable cocoa.
Exclusively using certified sustainably sourced cocoa means that Ritter Sport’s cocoa has been cultivated and processed under sustainable conditions that protect natural resources and ensure fairer pay for farmers and cocoa suppliers.
In 1990, Ritter Sport created the Cacaonica cocoa cultivation project in Waslala, Nicaragua where cocoa is cultivated using the agroforestry farming concept of planting various crops to achieve multistage ground cover to reduce erosion and nutrient loss in the ground.
The Cacaonica initiative has led to a collaboration that now includes over a dozen participants and has seen over 2,700 small-scale farmers learn agroforestry farming. These changes not only help protect the rainforest over the long term, but the farmers are guaranteed fair prices, business independence, and benefit from increased productivity and higher yields.
Since the launch of the Cacaonica in Waslala, the entire community has benefited, with more children being able to go to school, community members making repairs on their homes and farms, and even twenty or so men investing their money in taxis to allow them to earn additional income.
The Woman Behind the Iconic Square Chocolate Bar
“Necessity is the mother of invention” and Ritter Sport founder Clara Ritter noticed a chocolate bar problem that needed a solution.
Clara Ritter and her husband Alfred E. Ritter founded their chocolate company in 1912 and steadily and successfully grew the business with an assortment of confectionery-quality chocolate.
In 1932, Clara Ritter noticed that Waldenbuch football fans liked to buy a Ritter chocolate bar on their way to the local sports field. But the long, rectangular chocolate bar would stick out of their sports jacket pocket.
Clara Ritter responded with a simple, yet brilliant solution: make a SQUARE Ritter chocolate bar that weighed the same 100 grams, but was formed into a more compact and “pocket-able” shape.
At first, customers didn’t always believe they were actually getting the same amount of chocolate as a traditional rectangular chocolate bar, so Ritter sales associates kept a scale with them so they could quickly prove that the square chocolate bar did indeed weigh 100 grams.
In 1964, three decades after his mother developed it, Alfred O. Ritter decided to focus the range of Ritter Sport products on the popular square chocolate bar that now defines the company.
Single Origin Cacao Selection
Ritter Sport’s latest chocolate squared offerings are three single-origin chocolate bars produced from fine, sustainably farmed cacao.
- The 55% Cacao Selection is a deliciously smooth milky chocolate bar with a dark chocolate twist made with single origin cacao from Ghana.
- The 61% Cacao Selection is a bar of scrumptious dark chocolate made from single origin cacao from Nicaragua offering nutty notes.
- The 74% Cacao Selection is an intensely delicious chocolate bar with fine, fruity, spicy notes. Produced from single origin Peruvian cacao.
The Ritter Sport Single Origin Cacao Selection chocolate bars are as decadent and delicious as all of the Ritter Sport assortments. So you can break off a square and enjoy them as is.
I love to keep a dark chocolate bar in the fridge so I can break off a few squares as a simple after-dinner treat.
But I also love to bake with dark chocolate. These Ritter Sport Single Origin Cacao Selection chocolate bars are perfect for baking! I can’t wait to use them in our chocolate chip cookies. The squares are super easy to break off and use for recipes.
Giveaway
Would you like to win a tasty Ritter Sport prize pack?
We’re selecting 5 lucky winners who will each receive their choice of either a voucher for up to 10 full-size Ritter Sport bars at their local retailer or a prize pack with 50 mini bars delivered to their house when the weather cools down in September.
Leave us a comment letting us know a couple of your favorite Ritter Sport chocolate bar flavors and/or which of the 3 new Cacao Selections you think you’d like the most. Then complete your entry using the form below.
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I love dark chocolate, the darker the better. The 74% dark chocolate new one I would love to try
I’ve tried Ritter before and I really like the almond one I had.. I’d like to try the new intense dark chocolate
I have never tried Ritter Sport, but I have a friend who loves it! I would like to try the 74%!
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I like the whole almonds and alpine milk chocolate flavors.
Oh my gosh, they all sound delicious…these are my faves: Coconut, Peppermint, Praline and Strawberry Cream. YUM! Thanks and God bless!
I have not tried Ritter Sport bars before. I would like to try the Smooth flavor.
I’d start with the 74% Cacao Selection and work my way through the others.
Thanks for the contest.
I love Ritter’s dark chocolate and their Cocoa Mousse bars. So so good.
I would like to try the 74% Cacao Selection. I am very interested in the fine, fruity, spicy notes
milk chocolate with honey salt almonds
Original boring I know
I want to try the 55% cacao selection.
I have never tried these before but they sound so good. I would love to try the 74% Intense and the Smooth Dark Chocolate.
I like the whole almonds and alpine milk chocolate flavors.
I can’t recall ever trying these delicioius chocolates, but I would love to try the milk chocolate & white choc they look divine and delicious.
Never tried it but they all sound wonderful!
I would like to try coconut.
They all look delicious! Dark chocolate, cornflake, and hazelnut look especially amazing.
I like their milk chocolate hazelnut bars.
My favorite would definitely be the dark milk chocolate. Great to eat as is or use for a recipe!
I have never tried them. Interested in sampling the different flavors.
My favorite flavor was the coconut one . . . very rich and creamy. Looking forward to trying all these new varieties!
great
61% Cacao Selection bar sounds really good. Actually they all do!!
My favorite has always been peppermint 🙂 I can’t decide on which of the new cacao selection flavors I’d like to try…. I’d have to choose all of them!
I have never had the Ritter Sport Chocolate bars but the coconut and whole hazelnut sound wonderful. I think I would like the 55% Smooth new Cocoa Selection as well.
I would love the corn flake one.
74% Dark Chocolate!
I Love Dark Chocolate! Yours is the best there is!
Love the cornflakes and dark chocolates
The Strawberry and Praline flavors sound really good. Of the 3 new Cacao Selections I would go for the Dark Chocolate with 74% Cocoa first.
I love the flavor with Cornflakes in it!
A couple of my favorites are the Coconut, Marzipan and White Whole Hazelnuts. Of the new
Cacao Selections I think the 55% Cacao Selection would be a favorite.
Dark chocolate is my favorite
I think I’d like the FINE DARK CHOCOLATE the best 🙂
I always choose one of their dark chocolate varities, they are my favorites with or without fillings.
I really like the Dark Whole Hazelnuts and would like to try each 3 of the varieties of the CACAO SELECTION line. they all look deeee-lish
I would like to try the 74% Dark Chocolate bar first.
I love the milk chocolate with the honey salted almonds and milk chocolate with the cornflakes
I think I would like the 74% bar, I’m used to a higher %.
I would like to try the 55% the 61% and the honey salt almonds. Never tried Ritter before.
I think I’d like the 74% Cacao Selection
i think i will like the milk chocolate with honey salt almonds, milk chocolate with whole almonds, and milk chocolate with whole hazelnuts
I’ve yet to try this brand but I would love to try the coconut, cornflakes, and the honey salt almond! Yummers!
First two choices would be the Ritter Sport Single Origin 55% Cacao Selection and the Ritter Sport Fine Chocolate 61% Cacao Selection. I like the Ritter Sport Single Origin 55% Cacao Selection best.
I’ve always liked the dark chocolate hazelnut bar
I’ve never heard of this brand but the Honey Salted Almonds sounds really good.
I love all Ritter Sport bars and I’ve been to one of their fun show rooms in Berlin before! I would love the 74% bar because I am a sucker for dark chocolate just like my dad!
I love Ritter Sport chocolates, especially Hazelnut, Marzipan, and Dark Chocolate.
I would love to try the 61% Cacao dark chocolate the most.
Nugat flavor was good. I would try the 55% cacao as I am more a fan of milk chocolate tastes
I would love the 55 percent best I love a tasty smooth chocolate that is not overpowering
I would probably like the 55% the best of the new choices. I am also interested in the honey salted almonds and the coconut filled.
I think I would like the 55 % best. I like a smooth chocolaty taste.
I havent tried it before would love to try the milk chocolate and corn flakes!
I would love to try all of them, but the milk chocolate looks the best.
the Ritter Sport Nut Selection I would like to try the Honey Salt Almonds and the Dark Whole Hazelnuts flavors
55 pct is probably the best option. Don’t have a favorite, but lean toward dark chocolate.
I have never tried, but would love the Honey Salted Almond.
My favorites are Honey Salted Almonds and Cornflakes.
I would love to try the 74% Cacao Selection. I am a sucker for dark chocolate and chop it up to use in my cookies instead of chocolate chips.
I’d love to try the Dark Milk Chocolate – sounds so good!
My absolute favorite Ritter Sport flavor is Joghurt, but it is very hard to find in the U.S. I also like Marzipan.
The 74% cacao is the one I would love to try. Dark chocolate is good for my health, so the higher the cacao the better!
Milk Chocolate with Honey Salt Almonds, Milk Chocolate with Cornflakes and the Milk Chocolate with Coconut Filling are all yummy!
I think I would like the honey salted almond. Thank you
From the Ritter Sport Nut Selection I would like to try the Honey Salt Almonds and the Dark Whole Hazelnuts flavors. From the Cacao Selection, I’d like the Intense 74% cacao bar.
Simply amazing
My favorite is the alpine milk chocolate
My favorite Ritter Sport bars are Hazelnut, Chocolate Mint and White Chocolate Macadamia Nut.
The Honey Salted Almond flavor sounds like the one I would like best.
I would like to try the Honey Salted Almonds one.
Dark milk chocolate & alpine chocolate.
I have never tried Ritter, but I would love to try the dark milk chocolate, alpine milk chocolate, and coconut filling! They really all love so yummy on their site!
I like the ones with nuts.
The 74% cacao and honey salted almond so and nice
I would like to try the 55% cacao selection!
Who doesn’t love them all?!?
looks really good – have to find out where available in my area all look so good cocoa mouse – and honey salted with almonds
I’ve never tried a Ritter bar before but I would like to try dark milk, honey salted with almonds and milk chocolate with cornflakes!
My favorite Ritter Sport bars are marzipan and hazelnut.
I would love to try the Dark Milk Chocolate, Cocoa Mousse and the Fine Milk Chocolate.
I would like to try all the dark chocolate varieties, but the milk chocolate with cornflakes looks delicious too!
I’ve never tried a Ritter Sports Bar, but i will now and I’ like to try the 74% cacao
i like the milk chocolate with honey salted almonds. I wish I could learn to prefer dark chocolate but milk chocolate is too good!
I’ve never had the pleasure of trying these chocolate bars.. in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever had real caoco at all. I’d love to see chocolate mint, peanut butter and white chocolate macadamia nut. Yum
I would try the 55% Cacao Selection.
Can’t wait to taste these.
OOhhhh!! Looks delicious! Would love to try the dark chocolate!
I like dark chocolate so the 74% Cacao Selection sounds yummy to me.
I would try the 55%!
I’ve never tried a Ritter bar before but I would like to try dark milk, honey salted with almonds and milk chocolate with cornflakes!
I like the dark chocolate and cocoa mousse bars. They look so delicious and healthy!
The milk chocolate with cornflakes sounds really interesting.
the 74% collection and the dark chocolate
I would most like to try the 61% dark chocolate.
I like the Hazelnut and the Coconut.
I would like to try hazlenut
Hazelnnut and Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate Marzipan !
The honey salted almonds and 61% cacoa sound the best to me!
Dark chocolate, coconut and almonds. I def want to try the 74%
hazelnut, intense dark chocolate and milk chocolate!
I like the coconut and peppermint flavors.
Haven’t tried them yet but would choose Cranberry & Hazelnut, Honey Salt Almonds, and 61%dark fine.
I like hazelnut
I love chocolate!
Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate Marzipan because it is vegan!
74% Intense
INTENSE DARK CHOCOLATE is the bar for me. Dark chocolate all the way.
I want to try the milk chocolate with honey salted almond.
I’ve never tried one so I have no clue
Looking forward to trying hazelnut, coconut, and peppermint. Typically stay with normal milk, dark, and white chocolate. Thanks for the giveaway!
MIlk chocolate with coconut and the dark chocolate peppermint would be my first 2 to try~
74% is the best!
I love these – especially the Hazelnut bars!
My favorite Ritter flavor it the marzipan. I would like to try the 74% cacao one because I love dark, dark chocolate.
I pretty much love all of their stuff and I think I would like the 74% the most.
I’d like the 55% one the most!
I’d like to try the 55% one, and as for my favorite I’ve never actually had one before.
I’ve never had any but they all sound delicious
I love the dark chocolate peppermint and coconut bars but always have a hard time finding them close to where I live so always search when I’m traveling.
I like the dark chocolate and cocoa mousse bars.
Ritter sport is one of my favorite chocolate bar brands. I love butter biscuit and raisin hazelnut and will until my dying day!
I would like to try the 74% selection.
I would love to try the dark chocolate fine with 61%cacao:)
I like their Cornflake and Butter Biscuit flavors.
I’d like to try their Ritter Sport Milk Chocolate with Cocoa Mousse, as well as their Alpine and Macadamia varieties.
I like the almond and the coconut the best
I’d love to try the 74% cacao first. These look great!
I would like the 61% dark chocolate the best!
I’d grab the one with coconut first, lol. I love chocolate and coconut. But, the one with cornflakes intrigues me, too.
I love dark chocolate so probably Intense would be my favorite.
My favorite Ritter Sport chocolate bar flavors are Johannisbeer Streusel and Pfefferminz.
I’d like to try the Hazelnut.