Co-Op Chocolate

I think you are going too be out of luck with Co-Op. "Co-Op" is a purely Swiss super supermarket company and have no incentive to sell their "own-brand" products outside the country. The other big supermarket chain has a similar own-brand called "Frey".
P.S. I always take lots of Swiss chocky back with me when I go home to England.
I checked Lindt, but they only deliver within Europe. There is probably too much customs paperwork and restrictions to try and deliver outside Europe.
What you need is a good friend who can post things to you :-)

Dee Dee, if you have a wrapper, look on the back and see if you can tell what company actually made them. There might be another brand that they make that is similar.

Lindt seems to pretty widely available here, even in Target, for example. I believe they just bought Russell Stover, an old established US brand, so may be expanding.

Looking at the wrapper I currently have in my hand it says:
Hersteller/Fabricant
Chocolats Halba
8304 Wallisellen
I looked up their website: http://chocolatshalba.ch It doesn't look like they sell directly to the public.

If Lindt have bought a company in the USA, this may be producing under licence for the US market, and may not be using the same recipe as in Switzerland. Many food companies use the same brand names but have different recipes in different countries "Tailored to the local market".

Try to Google up a store somewhere in America that sells Swiss items. If there is one it will likely be in a major city.

Like perhaps these guys:

http://www.worldwidechocolate.com/

On our recent trip to Switzerland we used CoOp so much.....love their stores, especially the larger ones. The chocolate that we loved was Laderach. I prefer the white chocolate with dried fruit, but my husband liked the dark chocolate with almonds and orange flavoring. They do have a website from which one can order. Of course there is always Toblerone! That is hard to beat.

OK, who is going to Switzerland and willing to bring back chocolate for Dee Dee?

I have a funny chocolate story. On our 2005 trip with two teen girls, we encountered a strike on British Airlines---a food service strike. As there would be no food on the flight from Zurich to London, they handed out vouchers to purchase food in the airport. I think it was around 15CHF each. As we were staying over in London and planned to get dinner there, we spent the whole amount (4 people) on chocolate to take home. I do not remember the brand but it was good.

Just as an FYI, chocolate exported out of Switzerland (particularly to the US) is made differently to suit international tastes. It has more sugar and less cocoa butter and milk fat. When traveling in Europe steer clear of the majors (Lindt, Callier, etc) with writing on the back other than German, French and Italian - that's Export chocolate. The key is looking for little ovals on the label with D, I, ESP, J (similar to the oval country indicators on cars in Europe). Even the stuff sold in the Zurich duty free shops is the export stuff. When I travel to Switzerland I normally bring back 10 lbs of the stuff because its so different. Also the Migros house brand stuff is (in my opinion) way better than the Coop stuff - it costs a tad more than whats at Coop, but is generally made by the majors for them (eg Frigor is their version or Lindor and is made by Lindt). Also, if you get a chance try the European Nutella - again WAY different than the stuff sold here for the same reasons noted above.

Update - when I returned to work everyone wanted to know where the chocolate was. My suitcase was so packed, there just wasn't room to drag any home. So I "cheated" by buying a Lindt assortment on Amazon. Everyone was pleased.

I made sure before purchasing that on the back it said "Product of Switzerland," because sure enough some quick research showed that Lindt bought out a chocolatier in New Hampshire and makes much of their stuff there for the US.

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for all of the tips. I have a friend whose son is studying in Geneva, so I'm desperately trying to get him to ship some chocolate to us. He's being a typical, difficult 19-yr old, so it's slow going, but I think we are wearing him down. If worse comes to worse, I guess we'll just have to go back!

Make sure you wear him down before Spring, Dee Dee. You don't want it melting on the way...