In these strange times of quarantine, small chocolate businesses still need our support. So in an effort to make your shopping easier, here are the best places to buy craft chocolate online. We go from the best craft chocolate on Amazon to online craft chocolate retailers (sorted by country). There are even unique gifts for …
Between the malls, pizzerias, and international schools, Bangkok feels like a rather European part of Asia. Like Toyko or Seoul, but smaller. It’s one of the most expensive places to live in Thailand, but also the most convenient for visitors. If you’re looking to keep your Bangkok travel costs low, it’s a good idea to …
Bar: 70% Dark Maker: Azzan Chocolate (Buon Me Thuot, Vietnam) Price: $6/60g (Gift From Friend) Munch Factor: 4/10 Ingredients: cacao beans, sugar. Appearance: beautiful white paper covered in animal, cacao, and human motifs, the bar is held together by a bright red paper with the brand name & logo printed in gold. Bar is dark brown with …
Bar: 65% with Blue Mountain Coffee Maker: Cocoa Republic Chocolate (Trinidad) Price: $5.50/30g (LUVCACAO) Munch Factor: 5.5/10 Ingredients: Trinitario Cocoa Beans from Trinidad, Demerara Brown Sugar from Guyana, Organic Cocoa Butter, Blue Mountain Coffee from Jamaica, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin. Appearance: colorful but not overly bright cacao pods decorate a small, thin white package; ingredients and info are on …
Bar: Dominican Republic 72% Recipe 212 Maker: Fresco Chocolate (Lynden, WA, USA) Price: $8/50g (Chocolopolis in Seattle, USA) Munch Factor: 2.5/10 Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter. Appearance: hunter green-brown, squat rectangular packaging with swirly cacao pod logo & company name centered. Information on the cacao & processing choices are on the back. Thin gold aluminum …
Bar: Tanzania 70% Maker: Smooth Chocolator (Geelong, Australia) Price: $11/60g (The Chocolate Garage) Munch Factor: 7/10 Ingredients: cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter. Appearance: massive black packaging with brown paper bag-colored square in the center denoting origin, maker, and a few other details. A similar paper on the back tells you nutrition facts & a lot more about the …
Bar: Sea Salt 62% Maker: Brasstown Chocolate (Winston-Salem, NC, USA) Price: $10/60g (Direct From Maker) Munch Factor: 6/10 Ingredients: Certified Organic Cacao Beans, Raw Sugar, Certified Organic Cocoa Butter, Chardonnay Oak Smoked Sea Salt. Appearance: deep blue rectangular packaging with the heavyhanded “BRASSTOWN” printed across the front and a blacked-out bottom underlining a boat in shadow. The …
Bar: Kardamom 77% Maker: Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé (Budapest, Hungary) Price: $14/70g (Summit & Spice in Anchorage, AK) Munch Factor: 4.5/10 Ingredients: Cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, cardamom. Appearance: square black & white packaging with illustrations that recall the Aztecs, including cacao pods & trees, gourds, and birds. This is covered by a paper that …
Bar: Mesquite Raw Maker: Wild Omen Chocolate (Taos, NM, USA) Price: $6.75/32g (Sugar Pill in Seattle, USA) Munch Factor: 2.5/10 Ingredients: Organic Stoneground Cacao, Cacao Butter, Wildcrafted Arizona Mezquite, Wildflower Honey, Utah Sea Salt. Appearance: about the size of a cell phone circa 2003, but with the old timey look of a bible written by hippies, this bar …
Bar: Camino Verde Ecuador 73% Maker: Cloudforest Chocolate (Portland, OR, USA) Price: $6.75/35g (Sugar Pill in Seattle, USA) Munch Factor: 8/10 Ingredients: cacao beans, organic cane sugar, organic cacao butter. Appearance: small square white packaging with a real dried cacao tree leaf seen through a large hole cut into the center of the packaging. It’s quite lovely. The inner …
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I’m Max, and I’m unabashedly in love with food. Hi, Max. A chocolate aficionado from the USA, I’m passionate about helping you find & eat better chocolate, on the road or at home! I recognize chocolate bars like most people recognize Kardashians. Currently social distancing at home.
