Cooking Chocolate
FailDemand is soft, at -35.5% this quarter, so Cooking Chocolate is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 45 / 100Ranks 1,592 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −1 vs the category median of 4645
- Market size
- £133K/yr154K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -35.5%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 59%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 63 sellers
Flapen Score
Cooking Chocolate against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Cooking Chocolate is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Cooking Chocolate market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cooking Chocolate 154K times last year and spent an estimated £133K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
7.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 154K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -35.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £133K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 154K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -35.5%
- Conversion, latest week
- 7.3%
- Market size, estimated
- £133Ka year
- Peak month
- December2.3× the quietest month
- Top search term
- cooking chocolate68K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £11.81.
Listings sell for £11.81 on average, from £1.80 to £48.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.81 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £11.81under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £1.80–£48.23
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 13K–15K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £3K–£6K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
15% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #529 within Baking Supplies. It carries 843 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 15%
- Prime listings
- 75%
- Out of stock, average day
- 3.5%
- Average rank
- #529in Baking Supplies
- Average rating
- 4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 843per listing
- Listings tracked
- 20
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 56 months
Products
Top Cooking Chocolate products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Morrisons Milk Cooking Chocolate 150g
- Price
- £1.80
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 214
- Age
- 6y ago

Callebaut 823 Finest Belgian Milk Chocolate Couverture Callets 33.6% Cocoa 1kg
- Price
- £18.42
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 6,629
- Age
- 14y ago

Callebaut 823 Finest Milk Chocolate Couverture Callets 33.6% Cocoa 400g
- Price
- £10.96
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 84
- Age
- 11mo ago

Callebaut Select Dark Chocolate Baking Callets 1 kg
- Price
- £19.03
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 74
- Age
- 10y ago

Callebaut Chocolate Bundle- 3x1kg Milk Dark & White Couverture Chocolate Callets- Belgian Chocolate Chips for Baking- Combine Pack of Callebaut White Chocolate Callets Dark & Milk Chocolate Callets
- Price
- £48.23
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 2,291
- Age
- 10y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Dr. Oetker 54% Dark Chocolate Bar 100g
- Price
- £2.24
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 2y ago

Dr. Oetker Milk Chocolate 100g
- Price
- £2.16
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 7
- Age
- 2y ago

Callebaut Select Dark Chocolate Baking Callets 1 kg
- Price
- £19.03
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 74
- Age
- 10y ago

Callebaut 823 Finest Belgian Milk Chocolate Couverture Callets 33.6% Cocoa 1kg
- Price
- £18.42
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 6,629
- Age
- 14y ago

Green & Blacks Organic Cooking 70% Dark Chocolate Bar 150g
- Price
- £3.59
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 36
- Age
- 18y ago
Newest
by launch date
Callebaut 823 Finest Milk Chocolate Couverture Callets 33.6% Cocoa 400g
- Price
- £10.96
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 84
- Age
- 11mo ago

Milk Chocolate Drops 1 Kilo Bulk Bag 1KG Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing by Candy Hive
- Price
- £12.18
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 1y ago

Dr. Oetker 54% Dark Chocolate Bar 100g
- Price
- £2.24
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 2y ago

Dr. Oetker Milk Chocolate 100g
- Price
- £2.16
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 7
- Age
- 2y ago

JM Posner Milk Chocolate for Baking Chocolate Fountains High Cocoa Butter Content No Oil Required Semi-Sweet Vegetarian Rainforest Sourced 900g
- Price
- £16.57
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 263
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
11 falling
Sellers
63
Top-5 brand share
88%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
59%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
9%
- Callebaut44%
- Morrisons27%
- Green & Black's6%
- Lindt6%
- Dr. Oetker5%
- Simply3%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)
Demand
Cooking Chocolate search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×
Search terms
Top Cooking Chocolate search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- cooking chocolate68K/yr
- baking chocolate26K/yr
- cooking chocolate for baking18K/yr
- chocolate for baking10K/yr
- chocolate baking6K/yr
- cooking chocolate for melting12K/yr
- dark cooking chocolate7K/yr
- dark chocolate cooking4K/yr
- chocolate cooking4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cooking Chocolate
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
A little expensive
Expensive
so not worth it
the chocolate was far too sweet
Too sweet
Dark and not overly sweet
These are small
way too small for chocolate chips cookies and muffins
Much smaller than the traditional chocolate chip
Not like the traditional Bournville taste
It didnt taste like I remember
The chemical smell from the packaging very strong
Love
Great taste
Very nice chocolate
it has a lovely rich taste
Great value for money
Good value
Worth the money
Good consistent quality
Excellent quality
chocolate cakes best quality
Great for baking
Great for any pudding or cake
Great cooking chocolate
Lovely chocolate
Bought on offer love dark chocolate
S. ooth and tasty
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