Costa Rican craft chocolate guide
Costa Rican Chocolate, Picked for You
I help you pick Costa Rican chocolate bars, cacao and gifts you'll enjoy. Start with what you need: a gift, a dark bar, or cocoa for baking. Every pick links to Amazon so you can check the price.
Quick picks by what you need
A gift:
Britt Dark Chocolate Bark 3-Pack, 70% Cacao (4.7 oz each)
Who it suits: Good for gifting, with three flavors in one pack.
- Chia, passion fruit and goji; quinoa, cranberries and cacao nibs; and almonds, guava and coconut.
- Crafted in Costa Rica, per the listing.
What to check on the listing: the three flavors and the nut notes.
A dark bar:
Gourmet Fields Extra Dark Bean to Bar Chocolate, 82% Cacao (70 g)
Who it suits: For high-percentage fans who like it dark and not too sweet.
- Made in Costa Rica with Costa Rican Trinitario cacao.
- Bean to bar, from a Costa Rican maker.
What to check on the listing: the cacao % and that Gourmet Fields is named as the maker.
Baking and hot cocoa:
El Gusto 100% Cacao Powder, Costa Rica Origin (7 oz)
Who it suits: For baking and for making your own hot cocoa just the way you like it.
- 100% cacao powder with no sugar added, from a Costa Rican company.
- The listing says Costa Rica origin.
What to check on the listing: that the size and percentage match what you want.
Browse the buying guides
- Best Costa Rican chocolate: one guide for every kind of chocolate lover, from dark to milk to candy.
- Dark and single-origin bars: for people who like it dark.
- Cacao, cocoa powder and drinking chocolate: for baking and warm mugs.
Costa Rican chocolate gifts
Shopping for someone who loves Costa Rica? See the Costa Rican chocolate gifts, with ideas for the holidays and picks grouped by size.
Is Costa Rica known for chocolate?
More and more, yes. Costa Rica has its own craft chocolate makers and a chocolate and cacao association, ICACAO. Read the short story in is Costa Rica known for chocolate?
How I pick
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