Americas Bean-to-Bar and Chocolatier Competition Winners 2020-21

The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2020-21 Americas Bean-to-bar and Chocolatier Competition. (We’ve renamed our 2020 competitions as 2020-21 because of COVID related delays. The next season will be 2021-22.)

World Final Phase #3 – enter by March 18th, 2021

Winners should enter the World Final 2020-21 directly. Due to the deadline to complete the 2020-21 season, there is a short window for Americas winners to participate. Please see the World Final Phase #3 entry page for full details.

Entries should be sent to our European partner in Hannover, Germany, to arrive by March 19th, 2021.  Please get in touch with us if you need help and please follow the customs advice you will receive once you enter, this will help to ensure that your package arrives without delays. We will be flexible with shipping times if we possibly can.

International Judges

The judging panel for Americas included regular USA judges, along with pastry chefs, restaurateurs, journalists and other specialists from the New York area and members of our international Grand Jury panel.

All judging is anonymised, included at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting according to the 2020 Grand Jury rules.

All Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in this competition are eligible to enter the World Final.

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(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)

'Best in competition' overall winners

Plain/origin dark bar categories

Gold: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Cuzco 80

Plain/origin milk bar categories

Gold: Cacao Hunters  (Colombia) - Tumaco Leche 53%

Plain/origin bars

Plain/origin dark chocolate bars

Gold: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Cuzco 80

+ Gold: Chocolate Maker

+ Gold: Direct Traded

+ Gold: Growing Country

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Chuncho

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Lakuna

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Piura Select

Silver: Maraná  (Peru) - Cusco Dark 70% - Chuncho

Silver: Maraná  (Peru) - Piura Dark 70% - Blanco

+ Gold: Organic

Silver: Maraná  (Peru) - San Martín Dark 80% - Amazónico

Silver: Nugali  (Brazil) - Cacau em Flor 70% Cocoa

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Chuncho Vrae 70%

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Esmeraldas 70%

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Guayacan 70%

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Guayas 70%

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Guayas 75%

+ Gold: Vegan

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Raw 70%

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Tangara 70%

Silver: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Chuncho Dark 88

+ Gold: High %

Silver: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Piura Dark 76

Silver: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - San Martin Dark 70

Bronze: Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate  (United States) - 75% Jamaica, Bachelor's Hall

Bronze: Fruition Chocolate Works  (United States) - Peru Ucayali River Dark 72%

Bronze: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Lacumbia Arauquita 70%

Bronze: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Piura Quemazon 70%

Bronze: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Dark 70 Chuncho

Micro-batch - Plain/origin dark chocolate bars

Gold: Kahkow  (United States) - Tireo 68% - Single Estate

+ Gold: Chocolate Maker

+ Gold: Direct Traded

+ Gold: Organic

Silver: Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Masaya

+ Gold: Growing Country

Silver: Chocolat Dicitte  (Canada) - Carenero 80% - Venezuela

Silver: Dandelion Chocolate  (United States) - Vale Potumuju, Brazil - 2019

Silver: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Asochivite, 77%

Silver: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Boyaca, 73%

Silver: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - El Carmen, 77%

Silver: Hecho Chocolate  (Mexico) - 70% Cacao Criollo Blanco Finca La Rioja

Silver: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Cap-Haitien 70%

Silver: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Hispaniola 70%

Silver: Kahkow  (United States) - La Esmeralda 67% - Single Estate

Silver: Kahkow  (United States) - La Magdalena 70% - Single Estate

Silver: Kahkow  (United States) - Los Bejucos 65% - Denomination of Origin

Silver: Kahkow  (United States) - West Indian 67%

+ Special: Fermentation additions

+ Special: Local ingredients

+ Special: Biome

Silver: Qantu  (Canada) - Chuncho 70%

Silver: Qantu  (Canada) - Gran Blanco 70%

Silver: Qantu  (Canada) - Morropón 70%

Silver: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark Chocolate 85% Cacao Chuncho

+ Gold: High %

Silver: Stone Grindz Chocolate  (United States) - Madagascar 70%

Bronze: Cacao Hunters  (Colombia) - Elizabeth 71%

Bronze: Cacao Hunters  (Colombia) - Nihonbashi 66%

Bronze: Castronovo Chocolate  (United States) - Valle de Los Rios, Peru 70%

Bronze: Chaleur B Chocolat  (Canada) - Maya Mountain 70% Cacao

Bronze: Chokola Bean to Bar  (United States) - Maya Mountain 70%

Bronze: Cielo Dentro Chocolate  (Mexico) - Keéj 73%

Bronze: Dandelion Chocolate  (United States) - Costa Esmeraldas, Ecuador - 2018

Bronze: Dandelion Chocolate  (United States) - Wampu, Honduras - 2017

Bronze: DesBarres Chocolate  (Canada) - Maya Mountain

Bronze: Eldora Chocolate  (United States) - 70% Maya Mountain Belize Bar

Bronze: Fresco  (United States) - 224 Oko Caribe 72% Medium Roast

Bronze: Fresco  (United States) - 261 Ghana 68% Dark Roast

Bronze: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Almendra Blanca, 77%

Bronze: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Esmeraldas, 70%

Bronze: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Limited Release, Bahia

Bronze: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Ucayali, 70%

Bronze: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Tumaco 70%

Bronze: Jacek Chocolate Couture  (Canada) - Costa Rica 70%

Bronze: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - 70% Davao

Bronze: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - 70% Karkar Island

Bronze: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - 88% Costa Esmeraldas

Bronze: Limited Chocolate  (United States) - Ecuador Costa Esmeraldas - 70% Dark

Bronze: Limited Chocolate  (United States) - Hawaii Kalaoa - 73% Dark

Bronze: McGuire Chocolate Company  (Canada) - Arhuacos 70%

Bronze: Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate  (Honduras) - 80% Dark Chocolate (Mayan Red)

Bronze: Qantu  (Canada) - Bagua 70%

Bronze: Qantu  (Canada) - Chaska 70%

Bronze: Stone Grindz Chocolate  (United States) - Ucayali River, Peru 70%

Bronze: Stone Grindz Chocolate  (United States) - Wild Bolivia 70%

Bronze: Tribar Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark 70% – Piura (Gran Chililique)

Bronze: Tribar Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark 75% – Curimaná, Ucayali

Bronze: Tsinane  (Peru) - Bitter Tsinane 70%

Bronze: White Label Chocolate  (United States) - 72% Tranquilidad Wild Bolivia

Plain/origin milk chocolate bars

Gold: Cacao Hunters  (Colombia) - Tumaco Leche 53%

+ Gold: Chocolate Maker

+ Gold: Growing Country

+ Gold: Direct Traded

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Piura Milk

Silver: Maraná  (Peru) - Cusco Milk 50% - Chuncho

Silver: TCHO  (United States) - TCHO 39% Classic Milk

+ Gold: Organic

Bronze: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Leche 42

Micro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars

Gold: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Goat’s Milk

+ Gold: Chocolate Maker

+ Gold: Direct Traded

+ Special: Non-cow milk

Gold: Qantu  (Canada) - Oh la vache! Morropón Milk 60%

+ Gold: Chocolate Maker

+ Gold: Direct Traded

Silver: Chaleur B Chocolat  (Canada) - Vietnam Dak Lak Dark Milk 51% Cacao

Silver: Cielo Dentro Chocolate  (Mexico) - Pixan 45%

+ Gold: Growing Country

Silver: Luisa Abram  (Brazil) - Dark Milk Chocolate

Silver: Moku Chocolate  (United States) - Goat Milk, 60% Dark Milk Chocolate

Silver: White Label Chocolate  (United States) - 48% Brown Butter Milk

Bronze: Honoka'a Chocolate Co.  (United States) - Pure Hawaiian Cacao 55% Goat Milk Bar

Plain/origin chocolate bars with alternative ingredients

Gold: Wild Blue Chocolate  (United States) - 70% Dark Chocolate, Maya Mountain Belize

+ Gold: Chocolate Maker

Silver: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Asochivite with Maple Sugar

Silver: Live On Chocolate  (Canada) - Ecuador 75% - Bean to Bar

Silver: Palette de Bine  (Canada) - Milk + Maple Wild Harvest Bolivia 55%

Silver: Wild Blue Chocolate  (United States) - 70% Dark Chocolate, Pisa Haiti

Bronze: Luisa Abram  (Brazil) - Dark Coconut Milk Chocolate

Plain/origin white chocolate bars

Gold: Danta Chocolate  (Guatemala) - Kampura White Limited Edition

+ Gold: Chocolate Maker

+ Gold: Growing Country

Silver: Chocopunto  (Dominican Republic) - Chocopunto 35% Chocolate Blanco

Bronze: Adoleta  (Brazil) - Chocolate Branco Adoleta

Bronze: Bacio di Latte  (Brazil) - Caramelo ( * Luisa Abram)

Bronze: Palette de Bine  (Canada) - Maple Blond Kokoa Kamili Tanzanie 36%

Bronze: Wolter  (Mexico) - Chelo Caramelo 34%

+ Special: Innovation


Flavoured bars

Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gold: Cacao Hunters  (Colombia) - Pimienta 70% (**)

+ Special: Local ingredients

Silver: Askinosie Chocolate  (United States) - Peppermint Dark Chocolate Bar (**)

Silver: Baianí Chocolates  (Brazil) - 70% Dark w/ Brazilian Coffee Latitude 13 (**)

Silver: Chaleur B Chocolat  (Canada) - Rye Whisky Infused and Grinded 70% Cacao (**)

Silver: Cielo Dentro Chocolate  (Mexico) - Chak 68% (**)

Silver: DANAUS Bean To Bar  (Peru) - Chocolate 68 % Cacao VRAE99 Cusco (**)

Silver: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Special Reserve, Lawley's Rum (**)

+ Special: Recipe

Silver: Jacek Chocolate Couture  (Canada) - Whisky

Silver: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Kapé Espresso (**)

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Andean Rose (**)

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Guayusa (**)

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Lime (**)

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Rica Rica (**)

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Yerba Mate (**)

Silver: Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate  (Honduras) - 65% Dark Chocolate Bhutlah Pepper (**)

Silver: Qantu  (Canada) - Chuncho 60% Maple and Maras Salt (**)

Silver: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Dark Espresso 62 (**)

Silver: Wolter  (Mexico) - Maracuya 66% (**)

Bronze: 20/20 Chocolates  (Venezuela) - Chili Trinidad Scorpion Trincheras 71% (**)

+ Special: Gastronomic

Bronze: Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Passion Fruit (**)

Bronze: Cacao Hunters  (Colombia) - Limoncillo

Bronze: DANAUS Bean To Bar  (Peru) - Chocolate 69 % Cacao Perené de Junin (**)

Bronze: DANAUS Bean To Bar  (Peru) - Chocolate 70 % Cacao Chuncho of Cusco (**)

Bronze: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Special Reserve, Brown Butter (**)

+ Special: Local ingredients

Bronze: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Special Reserve, Las Palomas Coffee (**)

Bronze: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Special Reserve, Putnam Rye Whiskey (**)

+ Special: Alcohol

Bronze: Ibagari Chocolate  (Honduras) - Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao with Coffee (**)

Bronze: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Single Malt (**)

Bronze: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Andean Orange (**)

Bronze: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Red Mole (**)

Bronze: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Sweet Peppers (Pimentón de la Vera) (**)

Bronze: Palette de Bine  (Canada) - Fiji Rakiraki 70% Ginger (**)

Bronze: Perla Organic Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Chocolate Bar with Naranjilla (**)

Bronze: Ukaw  (Peru) - Premium 60% Cacao y Café Oventeni (**)

Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gold: Mission Chocolate  (Brazil) - Three Theos (**)

+ Special: Biome

Silver: Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Banana, Cinnamon & Cloves (**)

Silver: Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Caramelized Cacao Nibs (**)

Silver: Chokola Bean to Bar  (United States) - Chuao with Nibs

+ Special: Classic

Silver: Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate  (United States) - Orange Bourbon Pecan (**)

Silver: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - El Carmen with Coffee (**)

Silver: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Toffee Nib (**)

Silver: Luisa Abram  (Brazil) - Dark Chocolate with Cupuaçu (**)

Silver: Nina Fine Chocolates  (Peru) - Nina 67% Theo. Cacao&Bicolor+Sacha Inchi (**)

+ Special: Biome

+ Special: Local ingredients

Silver: Nina Fine Chocolates  (Peru) - Nina 70% Cacao & Nibs (**)

Silver: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Green Olives (**)

+ Special: Gastronomic

Silver: Stone Grindz Chocolate  (United States) - Crystallized Ginger 68% Dark (**)

Bronze: Argencove  (Nicaragua) - Saffron (**)

Bronze: Chaleur B Chocolat  (Canada) - Maple Sugar Chunk Chocolate 70% Cacao (**)

Bronze: Eldora Chocolate  (United States) - 70% Zesty Mango Pinon Bar - Medium Spice (**)

Bronze: McGuire Chocolate Company  (Canada) - Señor Hankito (**)

Bronze: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Cusco Pink Salt and Nibs (**)

Bronze: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Juniper-Enebro (**)

Bronze: Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate  (Honduras) - 70% Dark Chocolate w Caramelized Ginger (**)

Bronze: Pasión de Cacao  (Mexico) - Chocolate 70% Cacao Garapiñado (**)

Dark chocolate bars with a filling

Silver: Cocobel  (Trinidad and Tobago) - Máliaba (**)

Bronze: CocoTutti  (United States) - Blood Orange CocoQuintet Chocolate Bar

Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gold: Stone Grindz Chocolate  (United States) - Cappuccino (**)

Silver: Chequessett Chocolate  (United States) - Monomoy Mochaccino Chocolate Bar (**)

Silver: Chequessett Chocolate  (United States) - Sconset Brown Butter Sage Chocolate Bar (**)

Silver: Fruition Chocolate Works  (United States) - Cinnamon Maple Bourbon Dark Milk 65% (**)

Bronze: DANAUS Bean To Bar  (Peru) - Chocolate 50 % Cacao Blanco Piura-w/Milk (**)

Bronze: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Orange Milk (**)

Bronze: Negro Doce  (Brazil) - Negro Doce 55%

Bronze: TCHO  (United States) - TCHO Mokaccino

Bronze: Terroir Chocolate  (United States) - Café au Lait Milk Chocolate (**)

Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gold: Negro Doce  (Brazil) - Caramel Crush

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Quinoa Crunch (**)

Silver: Definite Chocolate  (Dominican Republic) - 55% Cacao Valdez Caramelized Almonds (**)

Bronze: Cocobel  (Trinidad and Tobago) - Felicity (**)

Bronze: Jacobean Craft Chocolate  (Canada) - Caffè Salted Mocha (**)

Bronze: TCHO  (United States) - TCHO Toffee + Sea Salt (**)

Bronze: White Label Chocolate  (United States) - 58% Salted Brown Butter Milk

White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gold: Chequessett Chocolate  (United States) - White Lemon Thyme Chocolate Bar (**)

Gold: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Strawberry White (**)

Silver: Bacio di Latte  (Brazil) - Pistache

Silver: Brüksel  (Brazil) - Baru White Chocolate (**)

Silver: Cacaoterra/Xiquipil  (El Salvador) - Xiquipil Mango Manilatzapotl (**)

+ Special: Local ingredients

Silver: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Blackberry White (**)

Silver: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Philippine Durian (**)

+ Special: Innovation

Silver: Luisa Abram  (Brazil) - White Chocolate with Açai Berry (**)

+ Special: Biome

Silver: Mission Chocolate  (Brazil) - Pamonha | Sweet Corn Tamale (**)

+ Special: Gastronomic

Bronze: Boho Chocolate  (United States) - Boho Chocolate - Turmeric Swirl (**)

Bronze: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Raspberry White (**)

Bronze: LCacao  (Colombia) - Coconut Milk White Chocolate Blanco Rosa (**)

Bronze: Raphio Chocolate  (United States) - 42% White Mocha

White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gold: Nina Fine Chocolates  (Peru) - Nina 73% Theobroma Golden Bar (**)

+ Special: Alternate theobromas

+ Special: Biome

+ Special: Innovation

Silver: 20/20 Chocolates  (Venezuela) - Pesgua White Chocolate

Silver: Castronovo Chocolate  (United States) - White Chocolate with Lemon & Lemon Salt

Silver: Nina Fine Chocolates  (Peru) - Nina 73% Theobroma & Coffee (**)

Silver: Terroir Chocolate  (United States) - Golden Milk White Chocolate (**)

Bronze: Cookoa Chocolates  (Brazil) - Cookoa Caramelo (**)

Bronze: Mission Chocolate  (Brazil) - Doce de Leite + Brazilian Sea Salt (**)

Bronze: Perla Organic Chocolate  (Ecuador) - White Chocolate Bar - Pistaccio and Salt (**)

White chocolate bars with a filling

Gold: syokorat / wikka  (Mexico) - Caramel Pumpkin by Chris Macbeth (**)


Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles

Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles

Silver: Dandelion Chocolate  (United States) - Maya Mountain, Belize Truffle (**)

Bronze: Dandelion Chocolate  (United States) - Costa Esmeraldas, Ecuador Truffle (**)

Bronze: Dandelion Chocolate  (United States) - Hacienda Azul, Costa Rica Truffle (**)

Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles

Gold: Phiabella Chocolates  (United States) - Flamenco Diva

Silver: LeSaint French Chocolate  (United States) - Arancia Orange Truffle

Bronze: Phiabella Chocolates  (United States) - Cordoba

Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles

Gold: Mutari Chocolate  (United States) - Candy Cap - Brown Butter Truffle (**)

Bronze: Forte Chocolates  (United States) - Espresso Truffle

Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles

Bronze: Forte Chocolates  (United States) - Eggnog & Rum Truffle

Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling

Bronze: Garcia Nevett  (United States) - Ponche Crema

Bronze: LeSaint French Chocolate  (United States) - Yuzu Pavés


Nuts

Nut based pralines with combination chocolate

Silver: LeSaint French Chocolate  (United States) - Almond Praline Pavé

Bronze: Michael's Chocolates  (United States) - Bourbon Caramel Pecan

Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts

Gold: Cacaoterra/Xiquipil  (El Salvador) - Cinnamon Dusted Chocolate Covered Almond (**)

Silver: Nugali  (Brazil) - Dragée Coffee Beans (**)

White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts

Gold: Palato Hand Crafted Chocolate  (Honduras) - White Chocolate with Lemon Almonds (**)


Caramels

Dark chocolate enrobed caramels

Gold: Stone Grindz Chocolate  (United States) - Suntory Whiskey & Asian Pear Caramels (**)

Silver: Mutari Chocolate  (United States) - Douglas Fir Salted Caramel (**)

+ Special: Innovation

Bronze: Monsoon Chocolate  (United States) - Pomegranate Hibiscus Bon Bon (**)

Milk chocolate enrobed caramels

Bronze: Luphia  (United States) - Mille Feuille Toffee - Orange Confit


Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc

Dark chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée

Gold: Garcia Nevett  (United States) - Tequila Lime

Dark chocolate enrobed whole fruit

Bronze: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Golden Berries Enrobed with Chocolate (**)

Dark chocolate enrobed manon/butter/cream

Bronze: Forte Chocolates  (United States) - Raspberry Fig Truffle


Ingredients from cacao

Cocoa Powder

Gold: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Cocoa en Polvo Piura

Silver: Mindo Chocolate Makers  (United States) - 100% Natural Cocoa Powder

Silver: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Cocoa en Polvo Chuncho

Cocoa Butter

Gold: Kahkow  (United States) - Natural Cacao Butter

Silver: Kuyay  (Peru) - Manteca de Cacao Orgánica Kuyay

Silver: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Chuncho Cacao Butter

Bronze: Tesoro Amazonico  (Peru) - Manteca Piura


National awards

Given to Grand Jury finalists when there are 10 or more entries from one country in a category

Plain/origin dark chocolate bars

Gold – Ecuador: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Guayas 75% Gold – Peru: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Cuzco 80

Micro-batch - Plain/origin dark chocolate bars

Gold – Canadian: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Hispaniola 70% Gold – Dominican Republic: Kahkow  (United States) - Tireo 68% - Single Estate Gold – Mexico: Hecho Chocolate  (Mexico) - 70% Cacao Criollo Blanco Finca La Rioja Gold – Peru: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark Chocolate 85% Cacao Chuncho Gold – USA: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - El Carmen, 77%

Micro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars

Gold – USA: Moku Chocolate  (United States) - Goat Milk, 60% Dark Milk Chocolate

Plain/origin chocolate bars with alternative ingredients

Gold – Canadian: Palette de Bine  (Canada) - Milk + Maple Wild Harvest Bolivia 55%

Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gold – Canadian: Kasama Chocolate  (Canada) - Kapé Espresso Gold – Ecuador: Paccari Chocolate  (Ecuador) - Guayusa Gold – USA: Goodnow Farms Chocolate  (United States) - Special Reserve, Lawley's Rum

Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gold – Peru: Nina Fine Chocolates  (Peru) - Nina 67% Theo. Cacao&Bicolor+Sacha Inchi Gold – USA: Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate  (United States) - Orange Bourbon Pecan

Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gold – USA: Stone Grindz Chocolate  (United States) - Cappuccino
(*)  Declared chocolate maker for private label bars. (**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.