Belgian chocolate, Swiss chocolate, and German chocolate

German Chocolate

"German" chocolate cake was actually given its name due to the fact that it was named after the man Sam German, an American, who created chocolate for the Baker's Chocolate Company. Therefore it was actually named "Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate", but soon became just "German's chocolate".

Germany does have speciality chocolates rather than "German chocolate" only being a cake brand. I've added more information about chocolate from the country of Germany. I've also added popular chocolate brands from each country. 

German (country) Chocolate - German chocolate is separated into four different categories: dark chocolate (Bitterschokolade), milk chocolate (Milchschokolade), white chocolate (Weiße Schokolade), and coverture or melting chocolate (Kuvertüre). Chocolate is a delicacy in Germany because it is so engrained into their culture. Germany is surprisingly second in the world when it comes to annual chocolate consumption. German is said to be made like Swiss and Belgian chocolates are. The most unique feature of German chocolate is the German filled chocolates which are filled chocolates of assorted fillings such as nougat, marzipan, liquor, or pistachios. Popular brands: Halloren, Trumpf, Sarotti, Ritter Sport, Kinder Schokolade, and Milka.

Swiss chocolate - Swiss chocolate is known because of its nationality. It is considered to be the master of chocolate in Europe as making Swiss chocolate is known as an art. It was actually the Swiss who came up with the idea to add cocoa butter into chocolate, therefore "milk chocolate" is commonly known as swiss chocolate. Swiss chocolate tends to be smoother in texture. Rudolph Lindt, who founded Lindt chocolate invented the process of conching, which refers to warming the chocolate and grinding it between rollers. Swiss chocolate is also a lot creamier because it contains higher milk content. Popular brands: Callier, Lindt (of course), Toblerone, and Suchars.

Belgian chocolate - It was the Belgians who invented the praline and chocolate truffles with all their exotic fillings. To give a historic context, Belgium acquired Congo, which gave them easy access to the cocoa fields. Today, they still source most of their beans mainly from Africa. Swiss chocolate sources from South Africa. Belgian companies often receive their chocolate in heated tunker trunks which keeps more of the aromas and flavors. Of course, the biggest difference is that Belgian chocolate contains a much higher cocoa content - hence, dark chocolate.Popular brands: Cote d'Or, Caullebaut Godiva, Neuhaus, and Leonidas.