No Added Sugar, No Dairy: What's Actually in Moon Magic Chocolate
A quick, playful breakdown — watch above, or read what's in (and what's out) below.
R&D Lab Notes — inside how Moon Magic is made
The short answer: Moon Magic's enrobing chocolate — the chocolate we make in-house to coat our treats — has no added sugar and no dairy. Instead of those, it's built from tiger nut, oat milk powder, almond flour, fibres, and allulose (a sweetener that occurs naturally in small amounts in fruits like figs and raisins). The result is a smooth, low-sugar, 100% vegan, gluten-free chocolate that skips what you'd expect and keeps what you'd want.
A quick note: this is about our enrobing chocolate — the chocolate itself — rather than any one finished product.
What Moon Magic leaves out
Two things you won't find added to our enrobing chocolate:
- No added sugar. We don't sweeten it with added sugar.
- No dairy. There's no dairy milk or dairy milk powder — it's fully plant-based.
Most chocolate leans on both. We wanted to see how good chocolate could be without them.
What goes in instead
Leaving things out is the easy part. The real work is what you put in their place to keep the chocolate smooth, satisfying, and genuinely good. Here's what we use:
- Tiger nut — a small root vegetable (not actually a nut) with a naturally mild, slightly sweet character.
- Oat milk powder — oat milk with the water removed, which lends a creamy, dairy-free smoothness.
- Almond flour — finely ground almonds.
- Fibres — soluble fibres that add body and structure.
- Allulose — a sweetener that occurs naturally in small amounts in fruits like figs and raisins. It tastes like sugar but carries very little of its caloric or glycemic impact, which is how we sweeten without adding sugar.
Why build chocolate this way?
Because we didn't want the trade-off people expect from “better-for-you” chocolate — the chalky texture, the strange aftertaste, the sense that you're settling. By choosing each ingredient deliberately and refining the chocolate ourselves, we can skip the added sugar and dairy while keeping the smooth, melt-in-your-mouth quality that makes chocolate worth eating.
The result is enrobing chocolate that's low sugar, 100% vegan, and gluten-free.
Frequently asked questions
Does Moon Magic chocolate contain sugar?
Moon Magic's enrobing chocolate has no added sugar. It's sweetened with allulose instead, which is how it stays low in sugar.
Is Moon Magic chocolate dairy-free?
Yes. There's no dairy in the enrobing chocolate; it uses plant-based ingredients like oat milk powder instead.
What is allulose?
Allulose is a sweetener that occurs naturally in small amounts in fruits like figs and raisins. It tastes like sugar but has very little of its caloric or glycemic impact.
What is tiger nut?
Tiger nut is a small root vegetable — despite the name, it isn't a nut — with a naturally mild, slightly sweet flavor.
Is Moon Magic chocolate vegan and gluten-free?
Yes. The enrobing chocolate is 100% vegan and gluten-free.
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Moon Magic is a Vancouver-based chocolate company making low sugar and vegan candy bar bites from its own factory, with in-house R&D and manufacturing. This article accompanies a short behind-the-scenes video about our enrobing chocolate.