Monsoon Chocolate
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Crafted in the American Southwest
Drawing inspiration from local ingredients, Monsoon Chocolate transforms transparently sourced single origin cacao from all over the world into craft chocolate bars and chocolate confections.
The chocolate produced is truly a collaboration between Monsoon and the farm workers who grow, harvest, ferment, and dry the cacao. Monsoon stays true to the bean, honoring the farms’ hard work by processing the cacao as minimally as possible, revealing the flavors inherent in the beans.
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Mesquite 45% White Chocolate Bar
Single Origin Ecuador
Three varietals of mesquite trees are native to the Sonoran Desert, and the edible legumes they produce have been a staple food for indigenous people for the thousands of years. Mesquite pods are packed with natural sugars that, when toasted, lend a nutty and caramel-like flavor to this non-traditional white chocolate bar. Monsoon is proud to source their mesquite pod from the San Xavier Cooperative Farm, who employs tribal members to wild-harvest the pods, sun dry them whole, and then mill into a flour on their stone mill.
Tasting notes: caramel, toasted nuts, sweetgrass
Winner: 2019 International Chocolate Awards Americas, Silver
Blue Corn Atole 42% White Chocolate Bar
With Heirloom Corn
This bar is inspired by the traditional corn and masa-based beverage Atole of Mesoamerican origin, where toasted corn or masa is blended with water or milk, piloncillo (unrefined cane sugar), vanilla, and optional spices, fruits, or chocolate. The consistency of this beverage can range from a thick porridge to a thin liquid. Here Monsoon has refined the blue corn into a traditional white chocolate that retains just enough texture to enhance the perception of the delicate and floral qualities of the heirloom corn.
Tasting notes: custard, sweet corn, floral
Winner: 2019 International Chocolate Awards Americas, Bronze
Winner: 2019 International Chocolate Awards Americas, Special Award – Gastro
69% Dark Chocolate Bar with Sonoran Sea Salt
From the Sea of Cortez
The unrefined, solar-dried sea salt that garnishes this chocolate bar is rich in minerals and trace elements, giving it a distinctive depth of flavor and pleasing texture. Harvested from a remote and pristine estuary where the Sonoran Desert meets the Sea of Cortez, the salt bears traces of its journey down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Tasting notes: fudge, salted plum
40% Milk Chocolate Bar with Sonoran Sea Salt
A Timeless Classic
The unrefined, solar-dried sea salt that garnishes this chocolate bar is rich in minerals and trace elements, giving it a distinctive depth of flavor and pleasing texture. Harvested from a remote and pristine estuary where the Sonoran Desert meets the Sea of Cortez, the salt bears traces of its journey down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Tasting notes: salted brownie, malt
Ben Tre Vietnam 70% Dark Chocolate Bar
The Birthplace of Vietnamese Cacao
Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat was founded by Vincent Mourou and Sam Maruta in 2011 to support the Vietnamese cacao industry and has been tremendously successful at putting Vietnamese cacao in the international spotlight with their line of bean-to-bar chocolates. Besides crafting award-winning chocolate, Marou works directly with family-owned cocoa farms across Vietnam to bring their fine cocoa to markets. Ben Tre Province, located between two main branches of the Mekong’s largest tributary, is the birthplace of cacao in Vietnam.
Tasting notes: brown fruits, warm spices
Tranquilidad Bolivia 73% Dark Chocolate Bar
From “Silvestre” Trees
Hacienda Tranquilidad, a farm producing both wildcrafted and single-estate cacao, is located on 1,500 acres deep in the Bolivian Amazon Basin. Volker Lehmann, the estate’s owner, was the first person in the modern age to commercialize the endemic Beniano cacao variety. The massive wild or “Silvestre” cocoa trees grow in an 850-acre natural forest, where they are left alone each year until harvest. These tiny beans have been designated as certified “Heirloom” by the Heirloom Cacao Preservation Initiative (HCP).
Tasting notes: honey, prune, espresso
Esmeraldas Ecuador 40% Milk Chocolate Bar
Origin Milk Series
Costa Esmeraldas is a family-owned, single estate farm that is operated entirely by the Salazar family. Located in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador, a region not traditionally known for fine flavor cacao, the farm has reclaimed land once occupied by cattle pastures. The Salazars have decades of expertise in mineral exploration, environmental remediation, and also operate Fundación Salazar, an independent non-profit that operates with the mission to create lasting benefits from communities nearby resource extraction operations.
Tasting notes: creamy milk chocolate with hints of wildflower honey
Esmeraldas Ecuador 75% Dark Chocolate Bar
A True Gem
Costa Esmeraldas is a family-owned, single estate farm that is operated entirely by the Salazar family. Located in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador, a region not traditionally known for fine flavor cacao, the farm has reclaimed land once occupied by cattle pastures. The Salazars have decades of expertise in mineral exploration, environmental remediation, and also operate Fundación Salazar, an independent non-profit that operates with the mission to create lasting benefits from communities nearby resource extraction operations.
Tasting notes: mocha, turbinado sugar, floral honey
Bejofo Estate Madagascar 64% Dark Milk Chocolate Bar
Full & Rich
Bejofo Estate is an organic cacao orchard that is part of the larger Akesson Estate in northwest Madagascar’s Sambirano valley. Managed by Bertil Akesson, who has specialized in growing fine cocoa, pepper, and other spices for many years, Bejofo Estate produces 300 tons of cocoa a year. The cocoa has been designated as certified “Heirloom” by the Heirloom Cacao Preservation Initiative (HCP).
Tasting notes: chocolate malt, candied lemon, hojicha latte
2021 Good Food Award Winner
Bejofo Estate Madagascar 80% Dark Chocolate Bar
From the Sambirano Valley
Bejofo Estate is an organic cacao orchard that is part of the larger Akesson Estate in northwest Madagascar’s Sambirano valley. Managed by Bertil Akesson, who has specialized in growing fine cocoa, pepper, and other spices for many years, Bejofo Estate produces 300 tons of cocoa a year. The cocoa has been designated as certified “Heirloom” by the Heirloom Cacao Preservation Initiative (HCP).
Tasting notes: red fruit, fudge, pink grapefruit
Kokoa Kamili Tanzania 77% Dark Chocolate Bar
Consistently High Quality
Kokoa Kamili was founded by Brian LoBue and Simran Bindra, in the Kilombero Valley of Tanzania. The company operates a central fermentary that works with nearly 3000 small shareholder farms. In an area that has historically received some of the lowest prices for cocoa in the country, Kokoa Kamili is now paying a premium well above market rate to the farmers for wet cacao, and controlling the post-harvest processing themselves. This results in higher compensation and a reduced workload for the farmers, and ultimately produces a more consistent, high quality product.
Tasting notes: tropical fruit smoothie, hong kong milk tea, black cherry
Ucayali Peru 72% Dark Chocolate Bar
With Ucayali River Cacao
Ucayali River Cacao is a central fermentary that works with nearly 400 cocoa farmers along the Ucayali River outside of the Peruvian city of Pucallpa. The region has long and complex history of narco-trafficking and the presence of the Shining Path militant group. Ucayali River Cacao has partnered with USAID and Alianza Peru to offer a premium for wet cacao, giving local farmers access to an alternate market to cocaine.
Tasting notes: fresh peaches & cream, cedar, black pepper
2022 Good Food Award Finalist
Bachelor’s Hall Estate Jamaica Dark Chocolate Bar
Deep & Unique
Bachelor’s Hall Estate is a 1000 acre farm located in St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica and is owned and operated by Desmond Jadusingh, who inherited the farm from his grandfather. The cacao grown here was originally transplanted from Trinidad in the 1800s, and Desmond does a remarkable job of fermenting and drying the cocoa –– resulting in some of the most exquisite and sought after beans in the world.
Tasting notes: chocolate malt, meyer lemon, stout
Bachelor’s Hall Estate 55% Caramelized Dark Milk Chocolate Bar
Some of the Most Exquisite Chocolate in the World
Bachelor’s Hall Estate is a 1000 acre farm located in St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica and is owned and operated by Desmond Jadusingh, who inherited the farm from his grandfather. The cacao grown here was originally transplanted from Trinidad in the 1800s, and Desmond does a remarkable job of fermenting and drying the cocoa –– resulting in some of the most exquisite and sought after beans in the world.
Tasting notes: caramel macchiato, honey, buttercream
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