Wholesale Greek Chocolate

Greek chocolate isn’t really a chocolate bar category. Mostly it’s organic honey-sweetened sesame halva, sold plain or with cocoa or almonds. A couple of confection bars and a sugar-free chocolate candy fill in the rest. We carry 15 SKUs from Jannis and Pallas, in cases of 0.79 to 2.2 lb. Some are gluten-free or vegan, and one is sugar-free.

Organic sesame halva: the core of this category

Halva is a sesame paste sweet with deep roots in Greek and Mediterranean cooking, and the Organic Honey Sesame Halva comes three ways. The Classic is just tahini and honey. Marble with Cocoa is swirled and it’s the one most North American buyers would call chocolate halva, and the third has almonds. All three are organic and sweetened with honey instead of sugar, so we’d say you get a lighter more layered sweetness and a softer texture.

Bars come as 75g singles. There are 8-packs and 10-packs too, which suit a gift shop counter or a case-pack display. The Five-Flavor Assortment packs put several halva flavors in one presentation. We’d reach for those for gift sets and sampling programs.

Vegan halva options

Two items are plainly vegan, the Vegan Coconut Syrup Sesame Halva and the Vegan Date Syrup Sesame Halva. Coconut or date syrup stands in for the honey, which strict vegan buyers will want. Honey is the norm for halva in North America, so we haven’t run across many vegan Greek ones elsewhere.

Jannis sesame-dark chocolate bar

The Jannis Sesame and Dark Chocolate Crunch Bar (30g) is a different animal, a thin snack bar of sesame seeds and dark chocolate. It’s crunchy and small enough to carry around. It sits nearer snacks than candy, so it can go in either section. Jannis also makes other Greek sesame crunch bars and sweets, which live in the other candy category.

Pallas sugar-free chocolate

Pallas Sugar-Free Butter-Filled Chocolate Candy is an old-style Greek chocolate piece with a butter cream center and no sugar. Nothing like a modern protein bar. For customers who watch their sugar it fills a slot that’s hard to fill, since Greek sugar-free sweets like this aren’t common in North American wholesale.

Dietary certifications

Three diet labels run through this category. Some items are gluten-free and others are vegan. One is sugar-free, and the halva is organic on top of that. Buyers who want several boxes ticked by one product get plenty from a small SKU count.

Who buys Greek chocolate wholesale

• Natural food stores can use the organic honey-sweetened halva and the vegan halva. The Jannis crunch bar fits there too.
• An importer with a Mediterranean section doesn’t need halva explained. Greek organic halva would sit right there with the olive oil and honey and the rest of the pantry imports.
• Gift-basket companies will probably like the 75g bars and the assortment packs. They drop into a Greek or Mediterranean set without much fuss.
• For a low-sugar specialty shop there’s the Pallas sugar-free candy, and honestly it barely needs explaining.

Greek organic halva for natural and specialty food channels

Natural food shops and Mediterranean specialty importers are where this halva fits best, I’d say. The first group cares that it’s organic. The second cares more about the Greek origin and the honey. Run both kinds of shelf and one SKU family covers both jobs, which helps when floor space is tight.

The five-flavor assortments are a way to bring in halva without giving up much shelf. One pack hands a customer five varieties, so it works as a sampler. Whoever finds a favorite may come back for the single SKU. It’s gift-ready too, at a price that suits a small gift on its own.

Halva in food-service contexts

Halva works in food service too. Mediterranean restaurants slice it and plate it with honey and pistachios. Some fold it into pastry, and the 75g bar is about one dessert portion. A kitchen that already buys Greek and Mediterranean ingredients could add halva to an order with a candy wholesaler that also sells Italian and Swedish sweets, which is one less supplier to deal with.

Organic Greek halva for Passover and Jewish holiday programs

Kosher grocers are another buyer. Halva is a traditional Passover food in Ashkenazi and Sephardic homes, and organic honey-sweetened halva from Greece is the premium sort kosher buyers hunt for before the holiday. Sit it beside Israeli Achva halva and you’ve got two origins and two price points in one traditional category.

Organic Greek halva versus standard halva

Coming from sugar-sweetened halva you’ll probably notice the texture first, since it’s a bit softer and more fudge-like. The sweetness is less sharp too. Honey gives it a depth refined sugar doesn’t. Organic honey-sweetened halva made in Greece also gives you a story to back a higher price than commodity halva.

Ordering

There’s no minimum order. Cases run 0.79 to 2.2 lb. Approved accounts get account pricing, and we ship within the US. Browse every Greek import in the Greece candy catalog. If you’d like to compare Greek sweets with Italian and American chocolate, the wholesale chocolate category is the place. A first case can start from bulk candy wholesale.

Frequently Asked Questions

What brands are in the Greek chocolate wholesale range?

Jannis and Pallas, both Greek. Most of what you’ll find is honey-sweetened organic sesame halva in several formats. Then there’s the Jannis Sesame Dark Chocolate Crunch Bar and the Pallas Sugar-Free Butter-Filled Chocolate Candy.

Is Greek sesame halva the same as standard halva?

The Greek organic halva here uses honey in place of sugar, which gives a lighter sweetness and a softer bite than most North American halva. The vegan ones swap in coconut or date syrup. All of it’s sesame-based and made the traditional Mediterranean way.

Are there vegan and gluten-free Greek chocolate options?

Yes. The Vegan Coconut Syrup Halva and the Vegan Date Syrup Halva are both vegan. Several halva items are gluten-free too, and one candy is sugar-free. Not many candy lines cover this many diet labels.

What’s the minimum order?

One case. Weights run 0.79 to 2.2 lb. The 75g bar comes in 8-pack and 10-pack versions, so you can set up display and pricing the way you like.

Do you ship to Canada?

No. Shipping is US only. You pay by card at checkout and orders go out by the case.

Which payment methods do you accept?

It’s card at checkout. Once the payment clears the order’s confirmed. If you’re an approved wholesale account you get account pricing.