Dark Chocolate Origin Bars
Award-Winning Bean-to-Bar Craft Chocolate
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$9.95
Visit product page →A fruit-forward dark chocolate, made with cacao from Akesson's Estate, highlights notes of raspberry and citrus.
Good Food Award Finalist, 2019
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar
Allergy info: May contain traces of nuts and milk.
Weight: 60g / 2.12oz
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$9.95
Visit product page →A bold dark chocolate with nostalgic notes of brownie, butterscotch, and blackberry.
Weight: 60g / 2.12oz
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar
Allergens: May contain traces of milk & nuts.
Winner: Silver, Northwest Chocolate Awards 2018
Review: Chocolate journalist (@thechocolatejournalist), Sharon Terenzi, recently reviewed the bar saying, "You don't become a multiple award-winner by luck. Smell of honey, incredible smooth texture (without being too creamy), notes of fudge, brownie, earthy brown butter, an incredible clean mouth and a long chocolatey aftertaste. Can't find one defect even if I wanted to!"
Origin story courtesy of Uncommon Cacao: On the southern pacific coast of Colombia, Tumaco is a region that has been hard hit by historic political conflict and plagued by narco trafficking. The predominantly Afro-Colombian population has faced a great deal of prejudice and sustainable local development has been hijacked by extensive penetration of paramilitary and narco groups. When Cacao de Colombia first explored the region back in 2011, they found cacao everywhere; drying on any flat surface farmers could find, including the road. The sheer volume of cacao was overwhelming, and the opportunity for quality and systemic improvement was obvious. Cacao de Colombia has worked with three community cooperatives to introduce centralized processing and drying. Because of the introduction of centralized processing and Cacao de Colombia’s expertise in high-quality flavor development, farmers today earn 70% more income from cacao today than they did when selling dried beans to the commodity market supply chain, and have a true sustainable alternative to coca production or involvement in the narco groups.
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Visit product page →100% Dark Chocolate. Bright and dark. This blend of two of our favorite origins highlights juicy red berry flavors and an intensely roasted cocoa base.
Handcrafted from Dominican and Peruvian Cacao. Sugar free.
wt. 2.11oz (60g)Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Beans
Allergy Info: May contain traces of nuts and milk
Current Batch #16
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Visit product page →Made from highly sought-after Pure Nacional cocoa beans from the remote Marañón Canyon of Peru. Unique because of the notably high percentage of white beans, this bar's gentle tannins evoke flavors of toasted walnuts.
Handcrafted from Peruvian Cacao
Wt. 2.11oz (60g)
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar
Allergy Info: May contain traces of nuts and dairy
Winner - International Chocolate Awards, USA Silver 2016
Listed as one of the "most impressive" bars in a New York Times article by Pete Wells: A Taste Test of Chocolate Bars Made From Scratch
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Visit product page →A lightly roasted dark chocolate. Balanced, bright, lingering.
Handcrafted from Dominican Cacaowt. 2.11oz (60g)Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Vanilla Beans
Allergy info: May contain traces of nuts and milk
Winner: 1st Place Best Origin Bar at 2015 Northwest Chocolate Festival
Cacao proudly sourced from Uncommon Cacao:
OKO Caribe (Organic and Direct Trade) has perfected the art of working with small farmers in the San Francisco de Macoris region, Duarte province of the Dominican Republic. Business owners Gualberto and Adriano consistently deliver this high quality cacao, with deep chocolate and red fruit notes. They have personal relationships with all farmers, offering microfinance loans for cacao-related expenses, as well as personal loans for family emergencies or other community needs.
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Irving Farm Coffee Chocolate 68%
$7.95
Visit product page →68% Dark Chocolate Coffee
Cacao: Heirloom Chuno, Nicaragua
Coffee: Santa Isabel, Guatemala
Tasting Notes: Bergamot, Spicy, Toasty
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Coffee Beans
May contain traces of nuts and dairy. Soy free and gluten free.
Based in the Hudson Valley, Fruition Chocolate and Irving Farm Coffee Roasters practice ethical and sustainable sourcing in creating quality products from fine flavor cacao and specialty graded coffee. Together we created this dark chocolate bar to highlight the complementing flavors of each origin.
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$9.95
Visit product page →Camino Verde Crunch - 75% Cacao
Rustic Stone-Ground Dark Chocolate. Tasting Notes: Eucalyptus and Malt.
wt. 2.11oz (60g)Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter
Allergy Info: May contain traces of dairy and nuts.
Fruition Chocolate sources the cocoa beans for our Camino Verde Crunch bar from Meridian Cacao Company which practices direct trade. They work with a cocoa farm in Ecuador that we are proud to support, which is Organic Certified and has high labor standards and benefits for farmers such as doctor visits and professional development.
ABOUT CAMINO VERDE
Camino Verde is a cocoa farm near the city of Balao, two hours south of Guayaquil, Ecuador, and was rehabilitated after being abandoned for 16 years. Camino Verde and Meridian Cacao Company have developed a long-standing relationship built on a passion for impeccable quality and consistency in beans, as well as an understanding of the applied science in cocoa fermentation that pushes the boundaries for new-age methods of cocoa post harvest processing. Camino Verde’s owner, Vicente Norero, has years of experience in microbiology, which brings a unique approach to cocoa farming. With Vicente’s deep understanding of fermentation methods he produces a variety of flavor profiles, using enzymes and inoculants to push specific flavor precursors forward in the beans.
SOCIAL PILLARS
Beyond environmental practices that earn Camino Verde an Organic Certification, they practice a unique labor program, paying staff 15% above minimum wage, as well as productivity bonuses, which strengthens staff retention. Camino Verde has a doctor visit the farm weekly to care for any farm- ers needing assistance. Vicente teaches his farmers the big picture of cocoa farming, providing them with extensive training. Teaching farmers how to be responsible of their own domain, from irrigation system management, pruning, and harvesting to disease management, gives employees pride and ownership over their portion of the farm; teaching them the precision required to harvest high quality cacao.
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$11.95
Visit product page →Limited Release: Wild Bolivia Dark Chocolate 74%
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar
Weight: 60g
Good Food Awards Winner - 2016 & 2018
World Silver - 2016 International Chocolate Awards
Learn more about this rare cacao here: www.uncommoncacao.com/wildbolivian
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On sale $35.95 $34.95
Visit product page →This set of 4 single origin dark chocolate bars includes:
- Hispaniola Dark 68%
- Colombia Tumaco Dark 85%
- Wild Bolivia Dark (Limited Release) 74%%
- Madagascar Sambirano Dark 74%
- Features cacao sourced from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Bolivia, and Madagascar. This set is the perfect gift item for those who love dark chocolate, and are interested in exploring various cacao percentages and flavor notes through these four unique, handcrafted bars.
- Each bar is 60g / 2.12 oz.
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Visit product page →Limited Release: Catskill Mountain Mint
Ingredients: Cocoa Nibs, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Mint, Mint Oil, Chocolate Sable Cookie (glucose, honey, butter, whole wheat flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder, sugar)
Allergy Info: Contains Gluten, Dairy and May Contain Traces of Nuts
Weight: 60g
Batch: 1
Best By: 4/2019
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Visit product page →Limited Release: Maple Toast Crunch
Ingredients: Maple Buttermilk Chocolate (cocoa nibs, maple sugar, cane sugar, cocoa butter, buttermilk powder, nonfat milk powder, vanilla, butter), Caramelized Pecans (sugar, glucose syrup, salt), Peasant Bread (flour, water, salt, yeast), Cinnamon
Allergy Info: Contains Gluten, Dairy, and Pecans
Weight: 60g
Batch: 1
Best By: 4/2019
