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2015-2024. Thank you all. Bean to bar fine/craft chocolate 🍫
Overseas & local makers 🧑‍🍳
Curated by us delivered to you 🚚

The Chocolate Bar is a collection of the world's finest chocolate. Chocolate importers from Pukerua Bay curating monthly boxes of quality craft chocolate bars for our subscribers, as well as offering one-off gift boxes. Craft chocolate makers are popping up all over the globe as part of the growing bean-to-bar movement and each month we select the best of the best to be delivered to your door. Our

subscribers look forward to the moment they open their box and peel back the foil from the first bar. Every subscriber receives our specially designed Chocolate Tasting Notebook to take notes on their bars while trying them out each month. Have something to look forward to, treat yourself and subscribe now.

28/11/2024

💔 After nearly a decade of bringing you the world’s finest bean to bar chocolate, we’ve made the difficult decision to close The Chocolate Bar in early 2025.

🎉 We're having our FINAL SALES over the BFCM and holiday periods! Make sure you stock up on your fav chocolate from us, and treat your loved ones this Christmas.

THIS WEEKEND:
⭐️ Black Friday 🍫 15% off all 100% and dark chocolate
⭐️ Saturday 🍫 12% off all chocolate, including drinking chocolate and caramels.
⭐️ Sunday 🍫 12% off all gift boxes
⭐️ Cyber Monday 🍫 15% off all milk and white chocolate

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⭐️ Extra 10% off Advent Calendars all weekend.

AND
⭐️ Enjoy FREE shipping with a FREE mini bar (limited stock) when your order is over $100.

WHILE STOCKS LAST! 🌏 thechocolatebar.nz

We understand that this will come as a shock to some, especially to those who've placed many orders over the years. We want to express our deepest gratitude to you—our loyal customers—who've supported ethical chocolate. We're so grateful for the many encouraging conversations we've had, especially when we've been lucky enough to meet some of you in person. Your kindness and enthusiasm for bean to bar chocolate has meant a lot to us. 🤎

Love and kindness,
Yaxing and Adam

26/11/2024

🤩🎄🍫 Back For Xmas 2024! Explore Raaka Chocolate's cozy combinations of unroasted chocolate and festive winter flavors. These limited batch holiday creations are guaranteed to spice up the season!

🍫 Candy Cane 31% White Chocolate
🍫 Ginger Snap 70% Unroasted Dark Chocolate
🍫 Peppermint Waffle Cone White Chocolate

All of Raaka's bars are vegan-friendly as well as soy free and gluten free. They also use 100% ORGANIC ingredients. 🤯⁠
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Raaka are devoted to making uncommonly delicious chocolate that captures the brighter, bolder, and fruitier side of cacao. That's why they make every bar from scratch with UNROASTED cacao beans, sourced from growers they trust and admire, at their factory in Brooklyn, New York. 🤎⁠
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20/11/2024

🇺🇸🎄🍫 TAZA HOLIDAY CHOCOLATE! The devilishly moreish crunchy stoneground 60% dark Taza Chocolate is back for the holiday season, in three delicious flavours:

💈 Peppermint Stick
🍮 Toffee, Almond & Sea Salt
🍪 Gingerbread Cookie

Taza don't make silky smooth chocolate – on purpose. Their hand-carved granite stones in their traditional stone mills lightly grind their cacao, to preserve the bright bold flavours and gloriously gritty textures. They call it "perfectly unrefined" chocolate. This is chocolate with real character!
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LIMITED SUPPLY 🌏 thechocolatebar.nz/taza
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🌴 The beans were sourced direct-trade from growers who respect the environment and fair labour practices. They produce better cacao, and Taza pay them better than fair-trade prices.⁠
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🤎 All of the bars we sell are made using sustainably grown, open supply chain cacao. Ethical, delicious and high-quality from bean to bar.⁠
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14/11/2024

🍒🎄🥃 ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATE! Cuvée Deniz Karaca's Yuletide bar is back – a SPECIAL EDITION bar bursting with Italian cherries, candied orange, raisins and spiced brandy! 🤤
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🍫 42% Soleo Milk Chocolate made with single-origin Makira Gold beans from the Solomon Islands, lovingly fermented and dried under the supervision of a dedicated legend in Lenard Nahurua!⁠
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🤎 Please don't miss out on this LIMITED AVAILABILITY seasonal bar, friends. We'd hate for anyone to sleep on this and find it's gone.⁠
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🤞 Grab one quick for yourself, and maybe some more for friends and family to share over the upcoming festive period. Sorted!
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07/11/2024

🇺🇸🍫 We're elated to announce a restock of⁠ Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate, one of our favourite bean to bar chocolate makers from overseas!

The duo of Adam Dick and Dustin Taylor started making chocolate together in 2010, and have since become a renowned, award-winning bean to bar craft chocolate maker. They're based in Eureka city, Humboldt County, on the Northern Coast of California. ☀️
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🍊🥃 Their Orange Bourbon Pecan 65% Belize Dark Chocolate ⁠bar faithfully captures an unforgettable family recipe for Orange Bourbon Pecan Pie! Bourbon soaked pecans are candied with maple syrup and paired with single-origin 65% Belize dark chocolate.

WHILE STOCKS LAST! 🌏 http://thechocolatebar.nz/dicktaylor

Dick Taylor have a solid commitment to sourcing only high quality organic ingredients through open supply chains, providing much details on their website about farms and how much they pay for beans.⁠ We like that. 🤎
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31/10/2024

🎃 Happy Halloween! We're bringing the treats! 👻

Enjoy a FREE MINI chocolate bar with your purchase today!

If you need a hint; some popular chocolate bars by Cacaosuyo, Cuvée Chocolate and Dick Taylor are also back in stock. 🤤

Find us on the web 🕸️ thechocolatebar.nz

29/10/2024

🎄🗓️🍫 ADVENT CALENDARS ARE BACK! From master chocolatiers Mirzam of Dubai, their signature chocolate advent calendar, with 24 bites of spiced and single origin bean-to-bar chocolate.

😍 SHEER INDULGENCE:
72% Single Origin Tanzanian Dark Chocolate
72% Single Origin Papua New Guinea Dark Chocolate
65% Single Origin Indian Dark Chocolate
65% Single Origin Vietnamese Dark Chocolate
62% Dark Chocolate w Shakhurbai Almonds
62% Dark Chocolate w Coffee & Cardamom
62% Dark Chocolate w Candied Orange & Orange Infused Toffee
52% Milk Chocolate w Mango Sticky Rice
52% Milk Chocolate w Seasalt
52% Single Origin Indian Milk Chocolate (Vegan)
50% Single Origin Tanzanian Milk Chocolate
45% Milk Chocolate With Liquorice

LIMITED AVAILABILITY:
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BEAN TO BAR:
🌱 Using granite wheels, the roasted beans are ground for several days in a process which slowly decreases the molecule size to create incredibly smooth chocolate with no need for additional additives.

DARYĀ EXPRESS:
🛳️ All aboard the Daryā Express, where magical and mystical adventures await… Sail through the Spice Route on a traditional, Middle Eastern Dhow, and taste your way across the oceans, as we embark on a journey to Tamil Nadu, India, Damascus, Syria, Dubai, UAE, SoCotra Island, Yemen and Zanzibar Island, Tanzania.

🇦🇪 The Daryā Express gets its name from the notorious ‘Bū Daryā. In Arabic, “bu” or “abu” translates to “father”, while “darya” originates from the Persian and Indian word for “sea”. Bū Daryā was seen as a terrifying and colossal half-human half-amphibian who preyed on those out at sea. In fact, according to one version of the legend, Bū Daryā would sneak onto unsuspecting ships at night before scurrying off with crew members whom he would devour, and in some cases sink the ship. The legend of Bū Daryā has been an Arabic folklore tale for many generations, and when children are not behaving they are threatened with Bū Daryā.

✨ From bean to bar, by way of the stars.

Allergens: Dairy, Nuts, Gluten

23/10/2024

🇳🇿🥃🍫 All our Christmases have come at once — Foundry Chocolate's limited edition whisky bar is back!

Each year, Foundry Chocolate team up with their friends at Thomson Whisky New Zealand to create this tasty bar! For 2024, they’ve paired Tanzanian cacao with a special NZ pinot noir barrel-aged single malt whisky.

LIMITED STOCK! 🌐 thechocolatebar.nz/foundry

Mat Thomson perused his extensive barrel room and selected a limited edition pinot noir barrel-aged whisky, rich in tones of spicy raisin and clove. The resulting chocolate offers a wonderfully complex flavour journey; enhanced fruity and silky vanilla notes from the Tanzanian cacao, as well as delicate notes of berry, grape, liquorice, sumac, and a little woody and cinnamon in the finish. 😋

The single-origin cacao comes from Kokoa Kamili, a cooperative supporting nearly 3,000 smallholder farmers in Tanzania’s Kilombero Valley. Paying above-market rates, KK empower farmers with fair wages and take over fermentation and drying to ensure the highest quality fine flavour cacao beans. KK also distribute cacao seedlings to promote sustainable farming, having helped plant over 140,000 trees in recent years! 🇹🇿

This special batch is as rare as it is indulgent. Once the limited run is gone, that’s it!

Fa-la-la-la-lovely. 🤎

17/10/2024

🇵🇪🍫🦙 Explore the Diverse Flavours of Peruvian Cacao!

Peru is a treasure trove for chocolate lovers, offering a wide range of cacao flavours thanks to its distinct growing regions with unique climate, soil, and altitude, resulting in cacao terroir–its own remarkable characteristics.

In addition to regional nuance, Peru is home to different cacao genetics including criollo and the famous rare white cacao Piura Blanco. These beans are highly prized for their delicate flavors and low bitterness, offering a complex and memorable chocolate experience. For example, Piura’s white cacao brings nutty, creamy and date notes, while criollo varieties tend to showcase darker notes such as coffee and brown sugar. Each region is uniquely delicious and worth exploring.

We proudly stock a couple of excellent chocolate makers who've dedicated their efforts to exploring Peruvian origins; Cacaosuyo from Peru and Lucid Chocolatier from Aotearoa New Zealand. 🤎

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09/10/2024

🍫🤯 DID YOU KNOW, just like wine and coffee, the region cacao is grown has a profound impact on the flavour of the chocolate.

If you’re curious about how to taste the difference, you’re in for a treat! We’ve put together a simple guide to help you experience the unique flavours of cacao from around the world. 🌏

What Is Cacao Origin?
This refers to where in the world the beans are grown, and each region has a unique combo of climate, soil type, altitude, and farming practices, which influence the beans' characteristics. When we talk about cacao origin or single origin, we’re exploring the terroir (similar to wine) that gives chocolate its unique taste.

TANZANIA 🇹🇿
Tanzanian cacao is renowned for its lively, fruity flavours, often with bright berry or citrus notes. Some chocolates also have floral or herbal notes.

VANUATU 🇻🇺
Cacao from this Pacific island is often rich with nutty, dark sweet flavours, sometimes with hints of tropical fruit or spice. The natural environment of Vanuatu gives cacao a complex depth.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 🇩🇴
The Dominican Republic produces cacao with strong chocolatey bases, often accompanied by fruity notes like raisins, plums, dried fig and cherries.

😋 When tasting single-origin chocolate, the goal is to notice how the flavours from these regions differ. That's it!

Explore today: 🌎 thechocolatebar.nz

Thanks for reading! 🤎

02/10/2024

Love the nostalgic taste of root beer? 🌿

Sarsaparilla, the thirst-quenching, slightly spicy tonic, may be rare these days… but has brought it back in chocolate form! This unique dark chocolate combines sarsaparilla, licorice, and ginger with rich cacao and a hint of orange, creating a wonderfully aromatic and refreshing flavour. 🍊✨ Candied orange pieces add a sweet, zesty bite!

Pair it with roasted almonds or buttery macadamia nuts to complement the warm, spiced flavours. 😋

🌏 Discover more unique and intriguing chocolate inclusions at thechocolatebar.nz.

24/09/2024

Did you know that people were enjoying chocolate beverages long before chocolate bars were invented? ☕✨

In ancient Mesoamerican cultures, both the Maya and the Aztecs were known for their love of chocolate drinks, but their recipes were quite different from modern drinking chocolate. Unlike today, they drank chocolate at room temperature, often mixing ground cacao with water and spices like chilli peppers. The Aztecs, in particular, added honey and vanilla, creating a rich, frothy drink called xocolatl.

Whether hot, room temperature, or even iced, drinking chocolate is a delicious way to enjoy the essence of cacao. 🍫

Discover your favourite way to enjoy it!
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The Chocolate Bar is a collection of the world's finest chocolate. Chocolate aficionado Luke Owen Smith curates monthly boxes of quality craft chocolate bars for our subscribers, as well as offering one-off gift boxes. Craft chocolate makers are popping up all over the globe as part of the growing bean-to-bar movement and each month Luke selects the best of the best to be delivered to your door. Our subscribers look forward to the moment they open their box and peel back the foil from the first bar. Every subscriber receives Luke’s specially designed Chocolate Tasting Notebook to take notes on their bars while trying them out each month. Have something to look forward to, treat yourself and subscribe now.