Salt is welcome and nuts are great, but they shouldn’t take anything away from the pure chocolate taste. We buy dark chocolate because we want to savor the flavor, not crash out on a candy bar.

In Tasting Table's ranking of 23 grocery store dark chocolate bar brands, we ranked Ghirardelli higher than Lindt. These full-bodied, silky beauties run for roughly the same price (both 3.5-ounce ...