Goodnow Farms - Asochivite with Maple, 70%
The World's Best Chocolate with Alternative Ingredients 2024 International Chocolate Awards 2024 - Gold This award-winning chocolate bar is crafted with Asochivite cacao, sourced directly from the Q’eqchi Maya farmers of San Juan Chivite, Guatemala. The farmers harvest cacao from wild trees surrounding their village and oversee fermentation and drying at their own facilities, ensuring high-quality and consistent flavor. To balance the cacao’s naturally bright, fruity notes, Goodnow Farms incorporates maple sugar from Severance Maple in Northfield, MA. After evaluating multiple sources, they selected Milt Severance’s granulated maple sugar for its distinct, full-bodied maple flavor, which enhances the complexity of the Asochivite cacao. This bar is also made with freshly pressed Asochivite cocoa butter, a process that few chocolate makers undertake. Pressing their own cocoa butter results in a richer, more pronounced single-origin flavor and an exceptionally smooth texture. The resu