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Chocolate making class from the raw cocoa bean in Burnaby, BC by Science Of Chocolate September 20 2026
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9th & Larkin bean-to-bar chocolate maker based in San Francisco, California creating quality single-origin chocolate with ethically sourced cacao from around the world.
In anticipation of world chocolate day July 7 2026, The Source News in Vancouver did a lovely write up of Geoseph’s thoughts on chocolate.
The original bean-to-bar chocolate makers map download the map app today ethical single-origin sustainable fine chocolate including tree-to-bar, cacao distributors, cacao growers, and more.
Bean-to-bar chocolate maker Utopia Tropical from Brazil is back in stock in the online shop!
Bean-to-bar chocolate maker Feitoria Do Cacao from Portugal is back in stock in the online shop!
COCOAH! is another incredible bean-to-bar chocolate maker from Milan, Italy creating fine single-origin chocolate made with ethically sourced aromatic cacao.
Fine Chocolate Tasting March 29, 2026 at Propaganda Coffee in Vancouver bean-to-bar ethical fine chocolate education
Ruvido bean-to-bar chocolate maker from Italy making unique textured chocolate bars. ethical fine dark chocolate
Cacaoworks based in Alberta Canada bean-to-bar chocolate maker ethical fine dark and flavoured chocolate
Kakoa Bean To Bar chocolate Maker based in Mexico City using cacao from Chiapas single-origin
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Pumpkin seeds may sound a bit boring, but toast them up and lightly coat them in caramelized sugar, and you have a delightful tasty crunch. These candied pumpkin seeds were coated in a deep flavoured matcha chocolate, and tossed in an even deeper matcha coating to balance off the sweet matcha white chocolate.
Ingredients: Pumpkin Seeds, Cane Sugar, Matcha White Chocolate (Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Milk Powder, Matcha Tea Powder, Green Tea), Coconut Oil, Matcha, Maca Root, Tapioca.
Contains dairy.
80g or 250g
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.
Inspired by the popular strawberry matcha latte, but in crunch form. Candied roasted pistachio hand tossed in a deep matcha chocolate and then lightly tossed in a delicate coating of freeze dried strawberry powder.
Ingredients: Organic Pistachios, Cane Sugar, Matcha Chocolate (Cocoa butter, Sugar, Milk Powder, Matcha Tea Powder, Green Tea), Coconut Oil, Freeze Dried Strawberry, Maca Root, Tapioca.
Contains tree nuts and dairy.
80g
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.
Think outside the chocolate box!
There’s nothing that gets me more excited in the chocolate kitchen than using chocolate in a more savoury way. I first tried cheese and chocolate in truffle form back in 2015 at a shop I worked at as a chocolatier. It was odd, but oddly satisfying. Since then I loved hosting cheese and chocolate pairings.
Hence, here we have a truly savoury dragee. Freeze dried cheddar and smoked gouda coated in a black pepper dark chocolate. Goes well as a snack to your sandwich or with a glass of wine or fresh tomato juice.
Ingredients: Freeze Dried Cheese, Pepper Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Black Pepper), Cocoa Powder.
80g
Contains dairy.
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Golden berries are a bigger more tart version of a cranberry, and golden yellow. On their own they make you pucker, but hand coated in dark chocolate and dusted with a little strawberry and they are just perfect. They are coated in a 73% Nicaragua origin dark chocolate.
Ingredients: Golden Berries, Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Freeze Dried Strawberry, Maca, Tapioca.
Dairy-Free. Nut-Free.* May contain traces of nuts.
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80g
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Maker Origin: 9th & Larkin is based in San Francisco, USA.
Made with cacao from Malekula Island, Vanuatu.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Caramel, Fudge, Nuts.
65g (2.30 oz)
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Maker Origin: 9th & Larkin is based in San Francisco, USA.
Made with cacao from Oko-Caribe, Dominican Republic.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Baking Spices, Plum, Honey, Molasses.
65g (2.30 oz)
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Maker: Aroko Chocolate based in Riese Pio X, Italy with strong connections in Venezuela.
Watch this Interview with Johonny of Aroko Chocolate!
Made with cacao from the Hacienda La Sabaneta (founded 1885) in Choroni, Aragua State, Venezuela.
Ingredients: Sur del Lago Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Natural Venezuelan Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Ripe Fruit, Tamarind, Dried Fruit, Floral.
50g
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Belu is a chocolate maker based in El Salvador.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cacao Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Nutty, Rum, Warm Spices, Cream.
Belu jumped into the recent revival of Salvadorian cacao production. El Salvador produces beautifully aromatic cacao. Belu started out creating drinking chocolate with traditional methods, and now produces a range of Salvadorian made cacao products.
50 g
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Belu is a chocolate maker based in El Salvador.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Monkfruit with Eritritol, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Cocoa, Mint, Baked.
This is a great alternative for those seeking dark chocolate made without more traditional sucrose/cane sugar nor any bitterness. It may not be a great choice for those who enjoy the simplicity of single-origin, as the Monkfruit/Eritritol may act as a distraction.
Belu jumped into the recent revival of Salvadorian cacao production. El Salvador produces beautifully aromatic cacao. Belu started out creating drinking chocolate with traditional methods, and now produces a range of Salvadorian made cacao products.
50 g
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Maker Origin: Carobeans is a bean-to-bar maker from Minnesota, USA. Watch this interview with owner Caroline.
Made with cacao from Ruong Minh Thang of TBROS Chocolate in Vietnam. Truong purchases whole pods from local farmers and ferments and cures the beans himself.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Blackberry, Balsamic, Honey, Cream. Others suggest Hickory, with a Tannic finish.
55g (1.94 oz)
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Maker Origin: Harvest Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from Michigan, USA. Watch this interview with owners Matt and Elizabeth.
Made with cacao from the Semuliki Forest region in Western Uganda.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Molasses, Fig, Cinnamon Brownie.
Snacking chocolate is a way of enjoying fine chocolate that is casual and approachable yet still respecting the craft of well made bean-to-bar chocolate.
56g (2 oz)
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Maker: Heinde & Verre based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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This is a small micro harvest of Bunsinchari Colombian cacao grown by the Arhuacos Ike tribes in the Santa Martha region. The arhuaco practise organic farming and put quality over quantity by refusing to take on modern hybrid varieties, staying true to their local traditional variety. They transport cacao on horseback to a local cacao fermenter: Cacao de Colombia. This direct relationships allows for better more sustainable income where they can invest directly into their own community.
Ingredients: Organic Cacao, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Liquorice, Sweet Spices, Olive Oil, Laurel Leaves, Sesame, Lemon Grass, White Fruit.
70g
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Levelez is a chocolate maker based in Tabasco, Mexico.
Cacao: Trinitario cacao from Cerro Blanco in Tacotalpa, Tabasco region.
Ingredients: Organic cacao, organic cane sugar, cocoa butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Fruity and woody. Others suggest bread crust, prune, roasted hazelnut, cream cheese.
A higher percentage bar with no bitterness and well pronounced flavour. Smoothness is about a 3/5 with some slight detection of cocoa solids.
Levelez sources local cacao in the Tabasco region and crafts chocolate locally in Mexico. They challenge the idea of Mexican origin chocolate being very heavy, earthy, and intense. Their selection of cacao and processing techniques bring forth a new side of cacao origin chocolate.
60 g
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Chocolate Metiche is a bean-to-bar chocolate maker based in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Cacao: Single-Estate grown by the farm of Don Eder in Soconusco, Chiapas with Criollo Cacao.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cacao Butter.
70 g
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Pure Chocolate is a direct-trade bean-to-bar maker based in Jamaica.
Cacao: Organically grown cocoa beans from the John Crow Mountains, and a mix of Criollo and Trinitario varieties.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Baked, Molasses, Cookie, Warm Spices, Cream, Chocolate Custard.
A very comforting and warm soft flavour that takes you through a few distinct flavours, some of which are listed above. Zero bitterness or harshness which is unique for a true 75% (no extra cocoa butter).
60g (2.1 oz)
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Maker Origin: Ruvido is based in Trezzo sull’Adda, Italy just East of Milano. They have a unique and unorthodox method and approach which pushes the boundaries of fine chocolate today.
Made with Trinitario single-Estate cacao from Agua Escondida in Tabasco, Mexico. Cacao is grown in a agroforestry system and fermented in Tabebuia Rosea wood boxes done by Revival Cacao.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Raw Cane Sugar.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Raisin. Rum. Other’s suggest dried fig.
Texture: Ruvido has a unique approach resulting in a texture that is rough and wild, so don’t expect a traditional silky smooth chocolate. It truly is an experience.
50g (1.76 Oz)
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Maker: Schoki Chocolate based in Nelson, BC, Canada.
Cacao is from San Vicente de Chucuri, Colombia.
Ingredients: Organic Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Canadian Whole Milk Powder, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin.
Suggested flavour notes: Many find strong notes of vanilla, caramel, and custard. A milk chocolate that is sure to please most! Not overly sweet, and packed with flavour that comes only from the cocoa bean and how it marries with the milk.
65g (2.3 oz)
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Maker Origin: ShawZ Chocolate is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ingredients: Cocoa Liquor, Cacao Butter, Cane Sugar, Vanilla.
Suggested Flavour Notes: The Dark beyond is made from a higher roast Peruvian origin bean. It’s a little more of a deeper flavour with a fruity finish compared to the Mellow Dark.
FREE of dairy, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or GMOs.
50g (1.76 oz)
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Maker Origin: ShawZ Chocolate is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ingredients: Cocoa Butter, Oats, Cane Sugar, Vanilla.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A beautiful smooth silky vegan white chocolate. Not overly sweet like other white chocolates.
FREE of dairy, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or GMOs.
50g (1.76 oz)
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Maker: Wallace Chocolate based in Victoria, BC, Canada.
The cacao is harvested from wild cacao trees in the forest around the Baures region in Bolivia, near the Reserva Forestal Itenez. These are a rare Beniano cacao (97.3%), which are cured locally to where they are grown.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Vanilla Buttercream, Papaya, Jasmine.
60 grams
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Maker: Wallace Chocolate based in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Made with cacao from the Ej Flomo Cacao Farm in Liberia where Mark, owner of Wallace Chocolate, worked for many years in the cocoa Industry. Mark worked with farmers in West Africa. This bar is a reflection of his relationships with those he directly trades with in Liberia.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Oak, Dried Mango, Wildflower Honey. Others may suggest more botanical tones of Fresh Green Beans, Rose, and Chicory. Leaves a slight finish similar to a tannic red wine.
60 grams
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Maker: Wallace Chocolate based in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Made with cacao from the Ej Flomo Cacao Farm in Liberia where Mark, owner of Wallace Chocolate, worked for many years in the cocoa Industry. Mark worked with farmers in West Africa. This bar is a reflection of his relationships with those he directly trades with in Liberia.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Whole Milk.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Nutty, Cinnamon Bun, Chicory. Others may suggest Crackers, Sugar Cookie, Vanilla Flan, Strawberry, Custard.
60 grams
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Maker: Vaicacao based in Olbia, Sardinia, Italy with strong connections in El Salvador.
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Made with Trinitario-Acriollada cacao from Finca S. Fernando, El Salvador. Direct & transparent trade, and purchased from the plantation.
Ingredients: Stone Ground Cacao Beans (100% Cacao Paste)
These cocoa beans were lightly roasted for a shorter duration. They are stone ground (not conched) and untempered (as tempering is not required for drinking chocolate - and you may notice natural discoloration). Comes in cube-like form, and requires breaking/chopping. It is suggested to mix with hot water and other ingredients if you wish (instructions on back of package).
Suggested Flavour: Dates, Banana, Ripe Fruit, Pineapple, Vanilla, And Cashew with a medium bitterness.
200g
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Maker: Vaicacao based in Olbia, Sardinia, Italy with strong connections in El Salvador.
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Made with Fino de aroma cacao (local genetics) in El Vado, Tuzantan, Chiapas, Mexico. The cacao is grown by about 14 families who send their cacao to Finca La Rioja where it is fermented, dried, and prepared for export.
These cocoa beans were lightly roasted for a shorter duration. They are stone ground (not conched) and untempered (as tempering is not required for drinking chocolate - and you may notice natural discoloration). Comes in cube-like form, and requires breaking/chopping. It is suggested to mix with hot water and other ingredients if you wish (instructions on back of package).
Suggested Flavour: Pepper, Tobacco, Green Notes, Tropical Spices
200g
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Maker Origin: A-Typica Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from France with ties to Martinique.
Made with cacao from Saint-Vincent.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar from Martinique, Indian Wood Leaves (Pimenta Racemosa).
Suggested Flavour Notes: Indian wood leaf is a staple of Caribbean cuisine. It has a lovely warm spiced aroma to it. This bar has the leaf blended into the chocolate for a deep and warm lingering flavour that is sure to
60g (2.12 oz)
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Maker Origin: A-Typica Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from France with ties to Martinique.
Made with cacao from the Caribbean.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Nutmeg, Tonka Bean.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A very warm and spiced profile that is not too sweet either.
200g (7.05 oz)
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Maker: Allo Simonne based in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Ingredients: Hazelnuts, Organic Cane Sugar, Jaguar Dark Chocolate (70% theobroma bicolor, Organic Cane Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Organic Cocoa Butter, Vanilla Beans), Cocoa Powder, Vanilla Beans, Sea Salt.
The best chocolate hazelnut spread I’ve ever tasted. Tastes like a creamy milky hazelnut spread, but there is absolutely no dairy, so this product is 100% plant-based. The addition of cacao’s cousin, Jaguar beans (Theobroma bicolor) adds that extra creamy and nutty flavour. If you love gianduja, you will need to sit down while eating this. Spread it on toast, crackers, cookies, add it to your fruit or oatmeal bowl, blend it in a smoothie or even hot chocolate. The possibilities are endless. Impeccable. Puts all other chocolate hazelnut spreads you find at grocery stores to shame.
And if you don’t like it? Well, we likely can’t be friends.
220 g
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Maker: Black Jaguar Chocolate based on Vancouver Island, Canada.
Cacao Origin: The biodiverse rainforest of the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, Nicaragua. The income of the local Indigenous People here is supplemented by the cacao they sell.
This is a unique and powerful blend of both fine cacao from the Nicaraguan rainforest and an array of spices, many of which were used in ancient recipes of Mesoamerican drinking chocolate. Overall it has a very warm, comforting, and intense flavour. Ceremonial Grade.
Preparation instructions are on the back of the packet. The key to a great drinking chocolate is the right proportions and lots of froth built up.
Ingredients: Organic Cacao Beans, Vanilla Bean, Ancho Chilli, True Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Rose Petals, Sea Salt.
Although it contains chilies, the spicy level is quite low for those who like spicy.
Maker: Cacaoworks based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Cacao is from the Madagascar Sambriano Valley.
Cacaoworks makes their own black garlic from whole Alberta-grown Russian Red organic garlic. Black garlic originated in Korea, and is made by very slowly “cooking” the garlic over weeks at a low heat until the cloves turn soft and black and taste like a balsamic reduction with garlic. It’s sweet, tart, and one-of-a-kind. Cacaoworks takes their black garlic and pairs it with their Madagascar Origin cacao which is also sweet and tart/fruity. It’s a beautiful and unique balance of aromas and ingredients. Goes wonderfully on a charcuterie or cheese board, and pairs very well with a bright fruity red wine.
Ingredients: Cocoa Mass, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Black Garlic.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Garlic, Balsamic, Sweet, Fruity, Tart.
60g
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Maker Origin: Carobeans is a bean-to-bar maker from Minnesota, USA. Watch this interview with owner Caroline.
Made with fine Semuliki Forest cacao from Bundibugyo, Uganada.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Powdered Goat Milk.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A beautifyl flavour of Cheescake and Toffee.
55g (1.94 oz)
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Maker Origin: Carobeans is a bean-to-bar maker from Minnesota, USA. Watch this interview with owner Caroline.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Buttermilk, Pineapple.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A beautiful golden tan white chocolate with a sweet creamy toasted buttermilk flavour that melts divinely. For added brightness, there are chunks of sweet dried pineapple on the back which works wonderfully with the cookie flavour of the buttermilk white chocolate.
55g (1.94 oz)
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Maker Origin: Carobeans is a bean-to-bar maker from Minnesota, USA. Watch this interview with owner Caroline.
Made with fine cacao from Anamalai Estate, India.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Organic Oat Milk, Masala Chai, Organic Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes:
55g (1.94 oz)
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Maker: Feitoria Do Cacao based in Portugal.
Made with cacao from Nicaragua
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cocoa Butter, Cane Sugar, Skim Milk Powder, Whole Milk Powder, Puff Pastry (Wheat Flour, Butter, Water, Salt), Cinnamon, Lemon Oil.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Custard, Cinnamon, Pie Crust.
A lovely take on the famous Pastel De Nata (Portuguese Custard Tarts) in a chocolate bar. The puff pastry are added as an inclusion, and offer a texture and crunch to each bite.
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Maker Origin: Harvest Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from Michigan, USA. Watch this interview with owners Matt and Elizabeth.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Almonds, Organic Gluten-Free Oats, Madagascar Vanilla Beans, Lemon, Nutmeg.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A creamy comforting white chocolate with burst of butter and vanilla with just the right amount of sweetness.
50g (1.7 oz)
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Maker Origin: Harvest Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from Michigan, USA. Watch this interview with owners Matt and Elizabeth.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Almonds, Cinnamon.
Inspired by Grandma’s classic cinnamon custard pie. Simple yet so aromatic and comforting.
50g (1.7 oz)
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Maker: Kairi is a tree-to-bar maker based in Trinidad. The owners both grow their own cacao and produce chocolate from it. Deosaran harvests and ferments the cacao while wife Cherie-Ann works the melangers.
Cacao: Trinitario cacao from La Carlota, a 100+ year old family estate farm in Trinidad.
Ingredients: Trinidad Trinitario Cocoa Beans, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Clove, Star Anise, Ginger.
This stick can produce two small hot drinking chocolates. There is no sugar, so you may sweeten as you like with any sort of sweetener or as is for nice intense hit.
32g (1.13 oz)
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Maker: McGuire Chocolate. Based in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Ingredients: Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Lion’s Mane mushrooms, Chaga, Birch bark, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root, Licorice, Ginger, Vanilla Bean, Sassafras, Sarsaparilla.
A beautifully earthy and nutritious bar with deep mushroom and woodsy flavour notes.
50g
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Pure Chocolate is a direct-trade bean-to-bar maker based in Jamaica.
Cacao: Organically grown cocoa beans from the John Crow Mountains, and a mix of Criollo and Trinitario varieties.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Unrefined Jamaica Cocoa Butter, Worthy Park Cane Sugar, Worthy Park Selected Rum.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Sweet Rum, Brown Sugar, Warm Spices.
A very prominent sweet rum flavour shines through on your first bite. Not overpower or overly fermented flavour, but a nice clean well balanced rum flavour that carries through. Not a super silky melt, but the flavour makes up for that.
60g (2.1 oz)
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Maker: Schoki Chocolate based in Nelson, BC, Canada.
Made with Madagascar cacao and vanilla bean.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Buttermilk Powder, Organic Vanilla, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin.
Suggested flavour notes: A lovely milk chocolate that is not too sweet with a caramel flavour a little tangy finish from the buttermilk.
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Maker: Schoki Chocolate based in Nelson, BC, Canada.
Made with cacao San Vicente de Chucuri, Colombia.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Oat Flour, Organic Puffed Rice, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin.
A fun bar with crisp and crunch enveloped in a lovely mildly sweet Colombian-origin oat-milk chocolate.
65g (2.3 oz)
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Maker: Schoki Chocolate based in Nelson, BC, Canada.
Made with cacao from San Vicente de Chucuri (Santander District), Colombia
Ingredients: Organic Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, B.C. Whole Milk Powder, West Coast Roasted Hazelnuts
65g (2.3 oz)
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Maker: Schoki Chocolate based in Nelson, BC, Canada.
Made with cacao from San Vicente de Chucuri (Santander District), Colombia.
Ingredients: Organic Cacao Beans, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, B.C. Whole Milk Powder, Locally Torrefacted Coffee Beans.
This bar is more like a cappuccino than a latte, with a well balanced yet very present coffee flavour. Coffee grinds also add a bit of texture to this very soft and silky coffee bar. As a higher percentage milk, and with the coffee, it is not too sweet for those who prefer a less sweet milk chocolate.
65g (2.3 oz)
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Maker Origin: ShawZ Chocolate is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ingredients: Cocoa Butter, Oats, Cane Sugar, Earl Grey Tea, Vanilla.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A very fragrant tea and bergamot aroma, floral, with a very buttery feel from the cocoa butter. Just sweet enough.
FREE of dairy, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or GMOs.
50g (1.76 oz)
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Maker Origin: ShawZ Chocolate is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ingredients: Cocoa Ingredients, Cane Sugar, Oats, Sea Salt, Vanilla.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A lovely vegan oat milk chocolate for those who like it a little sweet and salty.
FREE of dairy, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or GMOs.
50g (1.76 oz)
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This digital gift card can be used for any products in the Science Of Chocolate online shop such as exquisite premium chocolate bars, drink mixes, books, gift boxes, and much more. This gift card does not apply to services such as private virtual tasting bookings or virtual lesson bookings.
You will have the choice to email this digital gift card to yourself, or right to the recipient. The email you receive will include a notice of the gift card along with a unique code which can be applied to payment during checkout.
Enjoy on your own, or for up to 12 people (depending on how much chocolate you’re willing to share!). Makes a wonderful gift as well!
Choose between 4 or 6 full bars.
Choose number of extra handouts and flavour wheels (optional)
In the form, choose the type of chocolate (all dark, dark and milk, or a mix of dark/milk/flavoured) and leave any notes for dietary requests (all vegan, no gluten, etc.)
Kit includes:
A selection of fine craft chocolate from artisan bean-to-bar chocolate makers
Informative tasting guide (with optional link to watch guided video)
Flavour wheel keepsake
Petite paper flowers
Comes in beautiful black box with golden yellow sleeve and tissue paper
Each bar can be divided for up to 12 people, which works out to about 4-5 grams per person at 12 people. If you are sharing with less people, you will have more chocolate per person.
Each kit automatically comes with one handout and one flavour wheel. If this is enough, then choose “no extra handout/flavour wheel”. If you wish to have more, select the number of extra handouts/flavour wheels you wish to have.
For example, if you choose “4 bars” and “3 more of each” for the handouts/flavour wheels, your box will include 4 chocolate bars, 4 handouts, and 4 flavour wheels. If you wish to share handouts/flavour wheels to save money, you can!
Everything is included in one box.
The handout includes some links/QR codes if you wish to watch some instructional video, but this is not required if you wish to use it in areas you have no access to internet.
Chocolate Gift Box
I choose from my curated selection of fine chocolate bars. Consider adding on an virtual video chat to your order! Adding an experience makes the gift so much more memorable and educational.
This gift box includes:
7 premium bean to bar craft chocolate bars from our online shop. You will have the option to choose the type of bars you want (dark, milk, flavoured, a mix, no dairy, no nuts, no gluten etc.)
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
You have the option to choose between all dark, all milk, mix of both, all plant-based, no nuts, no gluten, and more. Feel free to customize the types of chocolates you want. You will be prompted to do so when you add this item to your cart.
Buy this for yourself, or as a gift for family & friends. If this is a gift for someone else, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address in the checkout form). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Enjoy the beautifully crafted bean-to-bar chocolate by Canadian Makers across the country.
This gift box includes:
Your choice of 3 or 5 chocolate bars made in Canada by Canadian chocolate makers.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Ingredients
This gift set defaults to include dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and flavoured chocolate bars. If you have any dietary requests or questions, be sure to leave it in the notes section when you checkout.
Other Notes
Buy this for yourself, or as a gift for family & friends. If this is a gift for someone else, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address in the checkout form). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Price is subject to applicable taxes and shipping.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Many think of chocolate only as a sweet or desert. History tells us another story. The Mesoamericans enjoyed chocolate in their foods such as tamales or with fish. The Italians made chocolate anchovy lasagna. I recommend charcuterie. Imagine single-origin chocolate with unique profiles like wine or coffee, or cheese and cured meats. Enjoy trying each food on its own, and them mix and match to pair them and discover lovely unique flavour combinations!
This gift set includes:
Three (3) chocolate bars that will complement cheese and meat.
All natural freeze dried cheese (real cheese simply dehydrated for a lovely crunch).
A package of premium beef jerky. Only 3 ingredients (beef, salt, pepper). No sulphites, no preservatives, and lower in salt than other jerky.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
A wonderful gift for someone who wants to cozy up with a mug of drinking chocolate and good book to learn more about chocolate! Gift set includes:
1 Dark or Milk Chocolate Bar
1 Package of Hot Chocolate/Drinking Chocolate (Dairy Free)
The True History of Chocolate by Coe and Coe
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Optional: Battery operated electric frother. Batteries not included
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Some would say hazelnuts and cocoa are a match made in heaven. The idea of combining hazelnuts and chocolate (gianduja) was invented in Northern Italy in the 19th Century. Today, we don’t need to go to Italy to enjoy premium chocolate hazelnut products. These three are made right here in Canada, and are sublime!
This Gift Box Includes:
Two (2) hazelnut chocolate bars (contain dairy) and 1 delicious hazelnut chocolate spread (dairy-free).
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
This Gift Box Includes:
Three (3) high-percentage dark chocolate bars. This means bars will be 75% and higher cocoa bean content up to 100%.
Cocoa beans have some of the highest antioxidant levels of all our foods. High-percentage dark chocolate has a higher concentration of these. If your recipient enjoys darker chocolates and not much sugar, these bars will be perfect for them. Packed full of nutrients as well as deep complex flavour beyond just “cocoa”.
Ingredients
This gift set includes chocolate bars that contain cocoa bean and a small amount of sugar or none at all. No bars will contain nuts, dairy, or gluten. If you have other dietary requests or questions, be sure to leave it in the “notes” section when at the checkout.
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
This Gift Box Includes:
Three bars which will included spiced (warm spices like cinnamon) and spicy (hot) flavoured chocolate bars. These bars are dairy-free.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
This Gift Box Includes:
Three (3) or five (5) single-origin dark chocolate bars with cacao of Caribbean origin. Selection will include single-origin darks and some dark and/or milk flavoured bars. You have the option to specify dietary requests.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Gift Sets & DIY Kits
Antioxidant flavanol polyphenol levels in cocoa and dark chocolate blends and single-origin
Cocoa bean fermentation impacting aroma compound formation and concentration based on fermentation location
Impact of fermentation on total polyphenol content and antioxidant capacity of Nigerian Amelonado cocoa beans.
Sugar profile and volatile aroma composition in cocoa nibs from 6 Cameroonian fine-flavor cocoa hybrids and their concentrations of fruity, floral, chocolate/nutty, and buttery/creamy aromas and their correlation to levels of reducing sugars glucose and fructose.
Dynamics of volatile and non volatile compounds in cocoa during fermentation and drying processes
The Impact of grinding intensity on particle properties and rheology of dark chocolate based on roller refined and ball-mill refined chocolate impacting particle size and shape.
Craft bean-to-bar chocolate tasting myths and chocolate tasting tips. Chocolate education.
Effect of Cocoa Roasting on Chocolate Polyphenols Evolution. A look at epicatechin levels in cacao and chocolate at different points of processing, with a focus on Chocolate Modica from Italy.
This research summary looks at both potential positive and potential negative impacts of antioxidants, in particular antioxidant supplements. Antioxidants are tied closely to nutritional aspects of cacao and chocolate. Antioxidants have been associated with anti-aging, cardiovascular health, and cancer treatments.
Revisiting the history of cacao domestication from middle Holocene in South and Central America Maya, Maranon, Amazonia, Olmec, through residue on ceramic pottery looking at the 11 varieties of cacao including Criollo, Caqueta, Curaray, Nacional, Purus, Contamana, Maranon, Iquitos, Amelonado, Nanay, and Guiana. The history of chocolate is constantly shifting with new information, and we need to revisit this in order to better understand cacao domestication, and history of chocolate through the ages.
Increasing cocoa butter yield through genetic improvement of Theobroma Cacao L.: Seed fat content variability, inheritance, and association with seed yield
Best before dates, expiration dates, and chocolate. Is it okay to eat chocolate past the expiration or best before date?
General myths about chocolate cacao versus cocoa, bitter dark chocolate, sweet milk chocolate, white chocolate, ruby chocolate, chocolate is unhealthy, chocolate is dessert, chocolate terroir,
Who makes the best high quality chocolate in the world? Many makers you likely never heard of. Learn qualities make for fine chocolate, and which do not. You may be surprised!
Chocolate is being pushed into the “superfoods” category. However, it’s important to keep in mind that although dark chocolate has its benefits in regards to health and nutrition, it is also high in fat, calorie dense, and contains significant levels of oxalate. Oxalates are tied to kidney stones, and those who suffer from kidney stones are often suggested to limit or reduce their intake of chocolate and cocoa products.
Chocolate Maker versus Chocolatier. What's the difference? Don't they both make chocolate? Not quite. Learn the differences, the grey area, and why it matters to you.
Free Learning
Chocolate and hazelnut is a childhood favourite of mine. This is more than simply coating hazelnuts in dark chocolate. The hazelnuts are well roasted and candied for an extra crunch. Then they are hand coated with two layers. The first layer is a hazelnut almond gianduja, and the second coat is a 73% Nicaragua-origin dark chocolate. Finally, they are lightly tossed in cocoa powder. Rustic but divine.
Ingredients: Hazelnuts, Sugar, Almond, Milk Powder, Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Coconut Oil, Cocoa Powder.
Contains tree nuts and dairy.
80g and 250g
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.