Baron Hasselhoff’s – Papua New Guinea, Dark 72%

About the bar

This 72% dark bar from Baron Hasselhoff’s is fragrant and fruity, with tropical notes of spiced rum and coconut. With a really nice melt, this bar is clean, sweet, and dessert-like, resembling Turkish delight. On the finish, we detected a slight hint of smokiness.

About the maker

Founded by chef-turned-chocolate maker Clayton McErlane in Golden Bay, New Zealand in 2012, Baron Hasselhoff’s began as a producer of gluten-free sweets before evolving into an award-winning bean-to-bar chocolate maker. After years of working in the restaurant industry, Clayton discovered bean-to-bar chocolate in 2017 and became captivated with the idea of crafting chocolate entirely from scratch. The business is run by Clayton and his wife Erin Todd, alongside a small team, creating adventurous chocolate bars that are “20% weird” while championing flavour, creativity, and sustainability. The brand is built around the fictional Baron Hasselhoff, a globe-trotting taste adventurer who discovers new and exciting flavours.

The beans

The beans for this bar come from Manabo in the Abau District of Papua New Guinea, and the area is best known for the Manabo Cocoalands Plantation. The plantation was revived and founded by Kingstan Kamuri, who repurposed an old colonial-era plantation into a thriving enterprise that focuses on chemical-free, sustainable farming methods with support from trade and development programmes. The beans from Manabo are well-regarded for their distinct, rich fruity notes.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Cacao 67%, cacao butter 5%, organic sugar 30%

*Allergen advice: We directly import, and purchase, all products from independent makers and have these shipped by our partner warehouse (which is not certified allergen-free), and so we cannot guarantee that any product will be allergen-free. Even where an allergen is not listed, products may have been produced, shipped, or stored in facilities which handle allergens.

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