Frequently Asked Questions

As a chocolate company, sweet matters to us. We just choose to make our sweet happen with all natural monk fruit instead of added sugar 🍫

Monk fruit (also known as Luo Han Guo) is a plant-based sweetener that is a low glycemic plant which is FDA approved as a sugar alternative🌱🌈

Additionally, ChocZero will never use sugar alcohols as an ingredient. Unlike other sugar free brands, we do not have artificial sweeteners. Our innovative sugar substitute creates a no added sugar experience like no other through monk fruit. We do not use maltitol, erythritol, or xylitol.

Yes, ChocZero products are keto friendly! Every ingredient is chosen to fit the keto approved ingredients and be under 5g of net carbohydrates per serving with no added sugars.

ChocZero’s creative and product design team is led by Rhea Monique who lost over 150lbs on the keto diet over several years. From the beginning, our product development has been centered on making no added sugar products with tasty ingredients 😋 Where others turn to erythritol or maltitol in their sweeteners, we instead use monk fruit and prebiotic fiber in our products: fructooligosaccharide (a type of prebiotic inulin) and soluble corn fiber. Soluble fiber has been the subject of many scientific studies for its health benefits, and this article by Dr. Ryan Lowery explains why soluble corn fiber is considered a keto ingredient.

Medical and Legal Disclaimer

We are not medical professionals and encourage you to always consult a doctor about your dietary needs if you have a medical condition. While there is growing evidence that soluble fiber can be helpful to manage insulin responses (source 1, source 2, source 3), everyone is metabolically different: be sure to monitor readings and follow your doctor's recommendations if you have a serious condition. Our product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

In the event that you try our product and find it doesn't fit in your diet, reach out to our support team and we’ll refund you through our return policy.

All of our products except cookies and cream are gluten free. Cookies and Cream Keto Bark contains a tiny bit of vital wheat protein which is being changed in late 2022 to be gluten free ingredients instead. All other products are gluten free and pass the celiac sprue test.

Our dark chocolate is dairy free and made on a separate production line so they are considered vegan. Our jam line and our syrup line are also vegan as they contain no animal products.

Everything we make is also sugar alcohol free and high in prebiotic fiber while being low in net carbs which makes them suitable for many diets that look to lower sugar intake.

It is extremely important for companies to be conscious about the origins of their ingredients. We’re happy to say that we only purchase slavery-free, fair trade cocoa beans from South America and we are listed on the Food Empowerment Project’s Chocolate List.

ChocZero sources ingredients globally. Monk fruit is grown in the hills of China; our dairy comes directly from the largest dairy co-op in America; and our prebiotic fibers come from the world's biggest fiber vendor. We're always willing to talk to you more about our ingredients and where they come from, as well as show you certification as needed. We're incredibly proud of our commitment to excellence in the food industry.

The majority of what we produce is made at our factory in California and we have opened up a secondary factory in China to expand globally in Europe and Asia as well as certain vendors in the USA as we expand going forward.

Orders filled from www.choczero.com will be made in the USA and shipped from our California factory and warehouse. You can buy proudly from us knowing we only source the highest quality ingredients from around the globe and meet all FDA approved standards in ingredient sourcing and selection, like our FDA approved monk fruit sweetener. Chocolate is an international labor of love, and we are deeply thankful to globalization for making sourcing transparently and ethically possible!

Some of your favorite goodies might go out of stock until we can make more. We do our best to restock twice a month, but the easiest way to know when we do is to sign up for an email notification on our product pages. That way you can be automatically notified when your favorites are back. You can also keep an eye on our social media pages to see when we plan to restock so you can be ready!

We’re also one of the first sugar free companies to go all in on seasonal treats 🎃🎄💖 This means we have goodies for your favorite holidays like pumpkin spice almonds and Easter bunnies. We will keep you updated on our social media platforms as to when the seasonal products will be back in stock!

Finally, you can always find our keto bark, peanut butter cups, and sometimes even syrups nationwide in Whole Foods, Sprouts, Walmart, Vitamin Shoppe and at your local natural store. Find us with our store locator.

As an innovative company, we routinely release limited edition items. The success of these items determines if they will restock: once they go out of stock, we ask our community how they were received. If positively, we work on adding them to our year round inventory.

Sometimes it doesn't make sense to continue them, or stock them year round. For example, Pecan Keto Bark, comes around only in the Fall as a special seasonal treat!

Our most recent release was Grape Jam which will be returning soon due to the overwhelmingly positive reception.

ChocoNite Hot Cocoa
Hot cocoa was discontinued in 2017 because the recipe wasn’t up to our standards. We are currently working on bringing you a new and revised hot cocoa recipe--hopefully by Fall of 2022. While experimenting in our chocolate factory, we decided that we wanted the best machine to make our keto hot chocolate and it is taking a while for delivery. We’re in the process of buying parts and building the machine ☕🍫

Dipping cups
Dipping cups are a polarizing product from 2017 we think was ill-conceived. We know it's rare for a brand to say they missed the mark, but this product was one of our misses. We released them right around when we started and they ended up going viral on social media. However, they were hard to use. Many people couldn't get them to melt properly and would burn the chocolate, others didn't understand the concept of melting chocolate. They averaged a 3 star review, with some people giving it a 1 and others giving it a 5. As such, we pulled them altogether, and they will not be returning--we launched our chocolate chips as a replacement. They are incredibly easy to melt in the microwave to have dipping chocolate in seconds! If you don’t feel like melting chocolate, try our chocolate hazelnut spread. It’s perfect for dipping, spreading, or eating with a spoon 🥄

We’re always previewing new things on Instagram, Facebook, and our Newsletters so follow us for the insider info! We’re sure you’re going to love what we have in store for Keto Bark! 🤩

Our website shows nutritional information for everything we sell and you can also find it on the back of our products.

Do get in touch with us if you have any questions about our ingredients and our nutritional info--we're proud of the quality of our ingredients and love to talk about it! ❤️

We are experiencing a far larger order volume than usual these days due to our new product releases. This, combined with the impact that COVID-19 has had on both delivery times generally and our ability to safely hire additional staff means that orders are shipping slower than we would like 💌

Orders are processed and leave our facility within 3-5 business days of ordering.

We do not ship on weekends. For example, if you order on a Friday, it may not ship until Tuesday or Wednesday in a regular cycle. This is because we do not ship over weekends as we are closed and must process a large backlog of orders from the weekend on Mondays.

Once your order has shipped and is marked in transit by our delivery partner, it can take up to 5 business days to arrive. Sometimes it can take longer due to internal problems within the carrier, which we have no control over. This is especially true at the moment due to increased volume all carriers are experiencing due to COVID-19. The good news is we have both a lost package and a melted order return policy should your carrier experience any issues. Just get in touch with our support team if your order takes more than 10 business days to arrive 💌💕

Yes, we offer free shipping on orders that total over $34.99 after discounts. Our system requires that the order total is at least $35 after all discounts are applied in order to qualify for free shipping, so if you entered a discount code, please double check to make sure that your order is over $34.99 If that is the case, and you still did not get free shipping, please email support@choczero.com so we can help you out and refund your shipping cost.

For orders below $34.99, we ship for a flat rate of $5.99.

For all orders we ship them using primarily FedEx. When FedEx cannot be used or another service is faster, we will use USPS.

We ship from our California factory.

We ship to all of the United States. Yes, this means all states, all territories, as well as our armed troops and diplomatic corps overseas, all year round! If the USPS considers it part of their jurisdiction, we are able to ship there 🚚💕

Please note that if your order was shipped to outside of the 48 mainland states there is no way we can make sure the chocolate will not melt. That is due to the distance traveled.

Due to the perishable nature of our product, we do not currently ship outside of the United States with the exception of APOs and territories. We are working on getting onto countries and other distributors as you read this.

In the meantime, if you wish to purchase internationally, iHerb and Netrition are authorized resellers for our products, and they ship worldwide! 🌎

We ship from California in our Fullerton factory. We do not use third party shippers for www.choczero.com, so everything is packed our employees. Thank you so much for supporting our small business!

Yes, we ship sugar free chocolate all year round! During the warmer months (May - September), to help ensure that you receive ChocZero unmelted and unscathed, we insulate orders with a total over $55 and ship them with reusable cooling packs. 

We also provide free ice packs for all orders in locations with temperatures averaging over 80 degrees.

However, during warmer months, add on our Additional Cold Protection for $6.99 to receive another ice pack and a thick styrofoam box to keep your chocolates cool on their journey to you!

Did your chocolate melt despite everything? Good news: we refund all melted chocolate, so if that happens, please contact us right away at support@choczero.com  🍫💕 Please be aware we cannot promise it will not melt in areas outside of the 48 mainland states, as summer shipping by sea usually has potential to melt.

We stand behind our products and our premium ingredients. That's why we're  happy to offer our ChocZero 100% Happiness return policy. This means if you can't eat a product because of dietary reasons, melting, or you just plain didn't like it we're happy to refund you.

We understand that sometimes you want to try a new treat out and it won't work out with your taste buds. That's why we always refund you if you have a bad
experience with us--and the only question we'll ask is where we went wrong and how we can do better for the future. Because we love hearing the good, the bad, and the ugly: even when the ugly is us.

Our Return Policy

In order to process a refund we need:

Your delivery date to be within the last 60 days, a valid order number from www.choczero.com, and a description of the issue so we can learn from the experience

This way, we can offer you best-in-class treats and sweets as well as customer service.

Cosmetic Damage

Please note we do not refund for cosmetic damage to the products that do not affect whether the item can be consumed safely. These cases include but are not limited to issues such as: broken bark and minor damage to the outer packaging that still has safety seal intact.

We believe real human interaction is key to forming a relationship with our customers. We want to hear your feedback (good or bad) and help with any issues that might arise. Drop us a line, even if it’s just to send a picture of your cat. 🐈

We are in Sprouts, Whole Foods, Walmart, and Vitamin Shoppe nationwide as well as certain regional chains such as Wegmans in the North East, Raley's on the West Coast, and Harmons in Utah. You can find your nearest ChocZero carrier by using our store locator.

We would absolutely love to--we just need your help 🥰💞

If your local health food store does not stock us, please let the store manager know that you would like them to stock our products, and that they can find us in distribution with UNFI as well as KeHE as Keto Bark.

We have a product request form detailing what we offer, so feel free to pass it along to your store manager so they can see why you love ChocZero. 

We hope to be stocked on the shelves of your favorite store soon!

We’ve always dreamed of having a ChocZero storefront, but COVID-19 restrictions have been making it difficult to push that forward. For now, we ask that you do not show up to our factory or warehouse until we’re ready for you--sign up to our newsletter to find out when we open!

We are also in many retail stores across the United States where you can purchase your ChocZero chocolate in person! Check out our store locator to find your nearest.

While we are always happy to meet a fellow sugar free chocolate lover, we are a small company and cannot currently provide samples 😥 That said, sometimes we do have special offers which include free gifts with purchase. Keep an eye out during the holidays (and we mean all the holidays!) for unique and yummy freebies.

We’re also known to give away gift cards on our social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, so you can get your hands on some free chocolate there.

If you’re brand new to us, we want you to know that you can shop with confidence. If you do purchase from us and don’t like our products, we do have a 100% happiness guarantee.

If you have a social media following or have a platform to review our chocolate, you can email us to request samples. Please reach out to us at hello@choczero.com so we can evaluate whether we'd be a good fit to parnter up! You can also always apply for our brand ambassador program.

We’re always excited to see ChocZero products on store shelves! If you are interested in providing ChocZero as part of your retail store, or wish to use our products as ingredients in commercial enterprises, please fill out our wholesale form. If we are able to fulfill your request, we will contact you.

Yes! We share our favorite recipes that use ChocZero chocolate and syrups on our recipes blog.

We have everything from this super simple five minute chocolate chip mug cake to show stopping keto bakes like this keto rainbow cheesecake!

Melting our chocolate chips creates a delicious low carb chocolate dip for strawberries and other fruits, or an easy chocolate drizzle for cookies and cakes.

You can melt sugar free chocolate in a microwave or using a double boiler. We have a detailed blog post with our tips for melting sugar free chocolate.