I went to CVS on June 5, 2023. While I was there, I walked through the candy aisle. One chocolate caught my attention.

Photograph of bar of Lindt OatMilk Chocolate at CVS from June 2023. The price is $5.79.

(Note: I edited all the photos in this article using Shotwell. I am not good at editing photos and my photos were not particularly good to begin with, so take as you will.)

Lindt oat milk chocolate. I have had many kinds of Lindt chocolate before, including milk, white, various shades of dark, and even caramel filled. But I had never before seen oat milk chocolate prior to this encounter at CVS. I actually like oat milk for making hot chocolate, Ovaltine, and similar drinks – albeit I usually use almond milk. This is not for any sort of lactose intolerance, however – I use real milk from cows in my coffee. Nevertheless, something about oat milk chocolate amused me. What is the intended audience? Is it a vegan thing? Are some people so lactose intolerant that even milk chocolate is too much? I assumed the target audience to be vegans, but I will confess I am not an expert on the subject (this post appears to confirm my vegan hunch). I was interested enough in the chocolate to take a photo for future New Leaf Journal article reference, but not interested enough to buy the chocolate? Why did I not buy the chocolate? The answer is that price label. I like chocolate, but I doubt there is any chocolate in the world that would make me spend $5.79 for 3.5 ounces.

At some point, I went through the effort of cropping and compressing the Lindt OatMilk chocolate photo, but for whatever I reason I never ended up using it in a post. I suppose there is only so much one could write about discovering over-priced chocolate at CVS.

However, the OatMilk chocolate would have its day in the sun yet.

(Note: Too much sun would probably be bad for the integrity of the chocolate.)

I went to a discount store called Lot Less in July 2024. Lot Less has sometimes good prices on food. While its selection is prone to change and it has its good days and bad days (from my perspective), it does consistently deliver great prices on chocolate. Now while I like chocolate, I do not partake in too much of it or too much dessert generally (I prefer healthier snacks), but I sometimes pick up a bar while I am at LotLess for one reason or another. On this occasion, I saw for the first time a peculiar Lindt chocolate that I remembered from more than a year prior: OatMilk chocolate. While it had been $5.79 at CVS, it was only $1.99 at LotLess (note that LotLess is sometimes less-than-diligent at affixing price stickers to the merchandise and I had to undertake a bit of effort to confirm the price of the OatMilk chocolate).

I had two choices: Now or Never.

I chose Now.

Bar of Lindst Salted Caramel Oatmilk Chocolate in its package on a kitchen counter.
Note that the chocolate is on my kitchen counter, which has made appearances in other posts. But this is the bar I purchased at Lot Less.

The Lindt OatMilk chocolate I picked up at LotLess was a bit different than the original I found at CVS. The CVS one was plain. The one I purchased at LotLess came with “pieces of crunchy salted caramel.” Let us look at the back:

Reverse side of package for Lindt Salted Caramel OatMilk Chocolate. It has the description of the chocolate, ingredients list, and nutrition facts.
Note: I focused on trying to make the image readable.

Judging by the nutrition facts, I do not think that OatMilk chocolate is healthier than regular milk chocolate. But the ingredients list looks relatively inoffensive. I note the “oat and millet powder” in third place behind sugar and cocoa butter on the ingredients list.

Ingredients:

1. Sugar,
2. cocoa butter,
3. Oat and millet powder [maltodextin, oat flour, millet syrup],
4. chocolate
5. salted caramel pieces [sugar, glcouse syrup (from wheat), salt],
6. almond paste,
7. soy lecithin [emulsifier],
8. natural flavors

I decided to finally try the chocolate on July 29, 2024. You can see what it looks like below.

Three slabs of Lindt Salted Caramel OatMilk Chocolate on a white plate.

I dare say it looks like chocolate.

But did it taste like chocolate? I can confirm that it did – it was clearly chocolate. As for the chocolate itself, while it was good, it did strike me as a little bit less – for lack of a better term – creamy than what I typically expect from milk chocolate (note I have a mild preference for dark chocolate and white chocolate, but I do like milk chocolate). The tiny caramel bits were interesting. They were chewier than I thought they would be, for one. For two, they were a bit saltier than I expected to the point where I dare say they tasted more distinctly salty than like caramel – but that is not a complaint, just an observation. They stuck to my teeth initially but a quick sip of tea resolved that.

All in all, I was satisfied with the oat milk chocolate. It makes for a fine dessert, novelty aside. Now all things being equal, would I choose it over Lindt’s more traditional chocolate? I would not; but if you like sweet chocolate and have a particular reason for avoiding regular milk chocolate, you can rest assured that the oat milk chocolate is a fair choice. Of course, having submitted for the record that I would never spend CVS prices on a chocolate bar, I am hardly a chocolate snob, notwithstanding the fact that I do like chocolate – so you can take my review as you will, perhaps with a caramel bit and its grain of salt.

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