[1] These “anytime” bars are especially fine Halloween gifts for your connosseiur friends and family. The Black N’ Burnt Barley Bar has crow imagery. Quoth the raven, “give me lots of these” (all photos © Omnom Chocolate).

[2] The Burnt N’ Black Barley Bars have bits of roasted barley that add a wonderful nuance to the bars. Shown: the front and back of the bars.

[3] The Coffee + Milk Bar is wrapped with bat imagery—a Nordic folk animal that’s also a Halloween icon.

[4] Close-up on the bat label.

[5] There are sets of bars for the holidays, and individual bars for stocking stuffers.

[6] Hearts and swans are available year-round, and in special packaging for Valentine’s Day.

[7] The Superchocoberry Barleynibbly Nuttyliciou Bar, with a foxy label and Reykjavik’s volcano in the background.

Have you had any foods from Iceland? You can probably find skyr, a.k.a. Icelandic yogurt, at your nearest Whole Foods. But you’d probably have to head to the icy land itself to try the national dish, hákarl—fermented shark. It’s made with Greenland shark, a cousin of the Great White. A catch means lots to eat: The shark grows to an average of 21 feet long and hits the scales at 2,200 pounds—more than a ton (2,000 pounds). The bigger boys reach 24 feet and 3,100 pounds.

Now, chase that image from your mind, toward what might be Reykjavik’s greatest treat: chocolate from Omnom Chocolate, a confectionary shop located on the premises of the chocolate factory.

The bean-to-bar* artisan line is so wonderful that we put Reykjavik on our destination list. If the chocolate that’s available in the U.S. is this charming, what about those ice cream sundaes? Yes, we’ll walk into the Reykjavik shop and say, “We came from New York for the ice cream!”

And for the chocolate bars and almonds, too, of course!

Each bar has a beautifully designed wrapper that embraces an animal from Scandinavian folklore. The designs are so enchanting that we haven’t thrown out the empty wrappers. We’ll re-purpose them for something nice.

Just in time for Halloween, we’re highlighting two bars that celebrate the holiday:

 
Both of these are flavored white chocolate bars. If you haven’t embraced white chocolate in the past, you’ll want to give these bars a big kiss!
 
Beyond Halloween, look toward the holidays and your weekly chocolate treat, 52 weeks a year.
 
 
OMNOM’S REMARKABLE CHOCOLATE

This alluring, small-batch chocolate line comprises chocolate bars and what the industry calls panned products†, like chocolate-covered almonds. Many of the ingredients are organic.

Not only is the packaging enchanting; the bars have a lovely grid on one side and the inclusions on the other side. These are chocolate bars to admire before you take a bite.

The flavor pairings are inspired by Iceland.

 
It was love at first bite for us. While some of these chocolate flavors may be less familiar, if you have a palate that wants more and more, you must try these! Buy the whole line (seriously!). Shipping is free to the U.S. and Canada, on orders of $50 or more.
 
The Chocolate Bars

Flavored Bars

 
Single Origin Chocolate Bars

 
More

 
Resistance is futile, but the rewards are great!
 
 
ABOUT OMNOM

Co-founder Kjartan Gíslason worked as a chef across Europe for nearly two decades before discovering bean-to-bar chocolate. He teamed up with his childhood friend Óskar Þórðarson to begin sourcing cacao beans around the world.

They set up a small production lab and were joined by pastry chef Karl Viggó Vigfússon and designer André Úlfur Visage, the creative force behind Omnom’s striking packaging.

The name Omnom is the Icelandic version of the American nom nom nom (or num num num, depending on how your mother spoke it). They got it right, except that nom nom is modest. We might have gone for Yippee!