[header] How to buy good chocolate [title] Confirm that cocoa byproducts are the top ingredients. [step] Good chocolate will have cocoa solids (the actual chocolate) and cocoa butter (the creaminess of the chocolate) as top ingredients. High-quality dark chocolate consists simply of cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and possibly vanilla, lecithin (an ingredient that keeps the chocolate from separating), and sugar. 
[substeps] If you browse the list of ingredients and see many ingredients you do not recognize, consider purchasing a different chocolate. Milk or milk solids may be an ingredient in milk and white chocolates.