Central American Competition 2019 – Grand Jury Finalists
The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalists of the third Central America Support Competition which was held on November 11–15, in San Salvador, El Salvador.
The Grand Jury Finalists are the entries that made it through to the final Grand Jury round, following five days of judging, which included judges from Central America and members of our international Grand Jury panel. The panel was made up of chocolate experts, pastry chefs, journalists, restaurant reviewers, bloggers, culinary educators and chefs.
The Finalists are the nominations from which the Grand Jury select the prize winners, through private voting. The Grand Jury follow strict rules, which you can read here (PDF).
While listing as a Grand Jury Finalist is an achievement in itself, it does not necessarily indicate that the entry will receive a prize.
The 2019 Central American competition Finalists are:
(In alphabetical order within each category)
Plain/origin bars
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Cacaoterra/Xiquipil (El Salvador)
Jez Chocolate (El Salvador)
Wolter (Mexico)
Micro-batch – Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Argencove (Nicaragua)
Belú Cacao (El Salvador)
Cacaoterra/Xiquipil (El Salvador)
Cata Cacao (Costa Rica)
Fabrica de Chocolate Momotombo (Nicaragua)
Le Caméléon (Mexico)
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica)
Místika Chocolate (Costa Rica)
Oro Chocolate (Nicaragua)
Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate (Honduras)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Cacaoterra/Xiquipil (El Salvador)
Micro-batch – Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Cacaoterra/Xiquipil (El Salvador)
Kakaw Museo (Mexico)
Mayak Chocolate (Honduras)
Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate (Honduras)
Plain/origin white chocolate bars
Wolter (Mexico)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Argencove (Nicaragua)
CariBeans (Costa Rica)
Wolter (Mexico)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Argencove (Nicaragua)
Estukurú (Costa Rica)
Mayak Chocolate (Honduras)
Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate (Honduras)
Wolter (Mexico)
Yojoa Chocolate (Honduras)
Zucoleto (Honduras)
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Nahua (Costa Rica)
Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Macaw Kakau (Costa Rica)
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Fabrica de Chocolate Momotombo (Nicaragua)
Mayak Chocolate (Honduras)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Zucoleto (Honduras)
Milk chocolate bars with a filling
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Cacaoterra/Xiquipil (El Salvador)
Estukurú (Costa Rica)
Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate (Honduras)
syokorat / wikka (Mexico)
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica)
Mayak Chocolate (Honduras)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
syokorat / wikka (Mexico)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Kotowa Victoria Chocolate (Panama)
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Cacaoterra/Xiquipil (El Salvador)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Dark chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate (Honduras)
syokorat / wikka (Mexico)
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Cacaoterra/Xiquipil (El Salvador)
White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate (Honduras)
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Milk chocolate enrobed caramels
Fabrica de Chocolate Momotombo (Nicaragua)
Xocolatisimo (El Salvador)
Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
syokorat / wikka (Mexico)
Drinks with dark chocolate
Dark drinking chocolate (made with water)
Chocolate Doña Mari (Guatemala)
Dark drinking chocolate (made with water) DUPLICATE
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica)
Wolter (Mexico)
Alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks/liquors made with chocolate or cacao
Licores Don Juan (Nicaragua)