Item: Alice Mushrooms
Rating: 2
Author: Jessie J

Alice Mushrooms sells chocolate treats using mushrooms combined with nootropics and adaptogens.

Sharing the power of mushrooms in the most delightful ways possible. 

Our decadent chocolate treats combine the best organic, fruiting-body mushrooms with the best nootropics and adaptogens. This union pairs the long-term benefits of mushrooms with the immediate effects of the nootropics, and keeps you on your journey into the delights of fungi. The result: an indulgent daily routine that’s good for you and only gets better with time.

Lindsay Goodstein

Charlotte Cruze

Food

Alice Mushrooms earns polarized reviews: some users report noticeable focus, mood lift, and better sleep from Brainstorm and Nightcap, while many others say the chocolates taste bitter or chalky and produce no discernible effects. The brand’s packaging and branding impress, but repeated complaints cite intense, hard chocolate, melted deliveries, and difficult subscriptions, making the experience uneven for buyers seeking reliable functional benefits.

Alice Mushrooms

Alice Mushroom for desire

Happy Ending

Party

Alice Mushroom Chocolates for sleep

Alice mushrooms for sharp focus

Health & Wellness

I'm not sure anything that's supposed to be natural should feel like "a new drug" - no thanks. I did give it a few tries and simply put, my coffee does a better and more consistent job. If this wants to be a good lasting product, they need to have better science behind it. Otherwise it feels like mushroom marketing junk. 

UPDATE: I think they tweaked the happy ending ones bc they are growing on me 3/5

Can’t help with the sleep part but anytime you start a new drug you will get crazy side affects when you first take it- you should usually give it a week or so before throwing in the towel

Very bitter and I found no benefit or felt any effect. I basically just threw it away because it tasted awful. 

I’m reading the reviews and are people assuming there are psilocybin and hoping to trip?
But I agree the price point on these doesn’t  align with the taste or flavor experience.  However I can attest that they taste A LOT better when you’re tripping on mushrooms. 

Honestly, I might have left a higher review had their customer service not been so awful. 
I purchased the combo pack - and they came in these cute little tins. But despite being wrapped the chocolates were just a melted blob when they got here. Still edible. Still mildly enjoyable. 
I wrote to the company, let them know they needed to fix their shipping so the product wasn’t melted upon arrival (not asking for anything, just as a heads up.)
Charlotte wrote me back offered me a free box. I accepted. This was on Sept 9.
Nothing came in the mail. So I let her know. She apologized and offered a refund by 10/16. 
Then stopped answering me entirely. 
I’ve attached screenshots of the entire conversation for proof. 

What a waste. The only reason i gave them two stars is the cool packaging. First, the chocolate isn't that great. Second, the advertising is misleading. All the ads I've seen speak to how relaxed you're going to feel or how energized you'll be (depending on the product type). I tried it several times and didn't feel a bit different. Now let's talk cost -- considering the chocolate isn't great and the product didn't make me feel any different, it was over-priced and a complete waste of my money. 

A friend of mine gave me these to try and yesterday, when I was beat tired, I ate a couple pieces. Brain fog, gone. Exhaustion, gone. There was such a noticable difference in my mood that I decided to search for their website and found that they also have an aphrodisiac chocolate and a nightcap for sleep!!  
Now I want to try all of them!!! 

i know people love alice, but i fear my adhd brain is too powerful for them to have an effect on me

I ordered brainstorm and nightcap and sadly I had a pretty bad experience. The chocolate tasted chalky and then I looked at the ingredients to see that it's semi-sweet dark chocolate, which is like... baking chocolate? I took one square of the focus one and my heart started to race. I felt pretty crazy and really light headed.  It was so unenjoyable I didn't even finish the pack. The sleep one also tasted chalky and dry and didn't work. I feel really disappointed because the reviews on the website look amazing but it feels like all the actual honest takes here are bad. I like the premise behind the brand, but the products really don't live up to the hype. Plus it's way too expensive for cheap chocolate. Won't be buying again. I tried another brand called NOON and they are waaayyy better and work so so well. 

Not worth the price. First of all, the chocolate does not taste that good, it has a spicy profile to it that neither my boyfriend nor I were a fan of. It left an aftertaste too that I didn't like either. As for the effects... they were non existent. Cool packaging, but that's about it. 

OK. You know the deal. One bite… JK I’m just a sucker for packaging. Plus I love to try a supposedly “functional” anything. So… 

4.5/5 Sharp Focus Chocolate 
- I definitely got an energy boost (but I'm very sensitive to lions mane, so take w a grain of salt)
- I fuck hard with the packaging. It's cute and I want to put it in my purse. 
- The taste is fine. I'm not a huge chocolate fan but if you are, I think you'll like it.

1/5 Happy Ending Chocolate 
- One point for packaging
- Negative one billion points for taste
- Not it



Absolutely dismal. Bought these to try and they’re pretty much worthless. Started out with one square, then two, then four. I felt zero changes in any perceivable way. Don’t waste your time or money. 

I honestly cant say that these have done much for me. I will keep trying them but I don't notice a major improvement. They are not cheap and the chocolate is quite intense and hard. I keep them on my desk but I definitely have not found myself reaching for them

While I enjoyed the chocolates and would likely order them again for a special occasion, I feel they’re a bit expensive to use on a regular basis. Functional mushrooms work best when you take them consistently so that can make these chocolates a big investment. I enjoy these as a fun addition to my other functional mushroom supplements. 

These chocolates taste delicious and their packaging + branding is on point! I really enjoy eating a Nightcap chocolate before going to sleep for a deeper nights rest. 

It is pretty expensive, definitely will be a bit until I decide to repurchase. The aftertaste of this chocolate is not as enjoyable as I would like to admit.... too bitter for my palette.

I think the packaging is really beautiful and I do like using a piece of this chocolate on days when I need an extra boost of focus. 

This is a pricey product and there are other product lines at Whole Foods offering the same mushrooms in capsules, powder, or chocolate forms. I would recommend this product for those wanting a cute package and reliable quality chocolate whom don’t mind the price. 

Alice chocolates does great packaging and marketing through influencers on Instagram. It’s a very trendy market and will be even more exciting in the coming years d/t medical reviews and studies on  psilocybin for treatment of depression. The mushrooms used in this product like reishi  and chaga definitely give me a boost of energy I really like this product! 

I received my first order of Nightcap mushrooms today. They came melted the cold packs were liquid. I’m not happy! Will not order again

Maybe my experience was different than other people’s. I was hoping for more of a chill out vibe after having a piece of chocolate but I didn’t really feel much of that. For me and my husband, this product wasn’t worth the money because it didn’t have the slight buzz we were looking for. I hope other people have a better experience. 

I agree with some of the people. I had a terrible experience with this company. It took forever to ship, then when it finally came it was over 100 degrees. Unlike most of the vendors I get food from, they have a tiny piece of ice so the chocolate was completely melted when it arrive. I finally opened it and tried a square and no effect what so ever. 

Website is so busy it's impossible to navigate.
Impossible to cancel.
Product misrepresents itself and marketing is intentionally confusing.
I will NEVER purchase from Alice again.

Packaging is perfect. I cannot eat these no matter how I try. I had great expectations but for me the product is uneatable. Hard earned money down the drain. Live and Learn.

I ordered the brainstorm/focus chocolates for $29. I chose standard 3-5 day shipping which apparently costs $11. There is also Route package protection for $1.55 bringing the total cost for my tin of 16 chocolates to a total of $41.55 ($2.60 for each individual chocolate). I ordered on August 29th. I was immediately bombarded with advertisement emails from both Alice mushroom company and Route tracking app, with very little information about the status of my order. There were several “Track My Order” links and tracking numbers that didn’t provide any information. For almost 2 weeks, the Route app couldn’t tell me anything because the order apparently hadn’t shipped. On September 11th, I finally received an email that my order had shipped and I could see tracking information. The order arrived on September 15th. I was curious to try the chocolate so I had one after lunch instead of my afternoon coffee. I felt absolutely nothing. I was dragging so much after 2 hours I just went ahead and made my coffee. Then I read that they say the mushroom extract only takes effect over a longer time period and so the chocolate is supplemented with Guarana (with caffeine) and phosphatidylserine, to provide a more immediate effect on alertness. I’ve continued to have one chocolate each day for the last week, and I’ve never felt any boost to my alertness or focus whatsoever. If anything, I’ve felt more tired and less focused. I’m very disappointed and feel like I’ve been scammed out of $40. 