Chocolatemakers – Hoppy Easter, Toasted Milk 47%

About the bar

This 47% toasted milk bar from Chocolate Makers is extremely well-balanced. The chocolate is creamy and smooth, with notes of caramel and syrup, and a subtle cookie flavour on the end.

The 25% printed on the front of the bar refers to the percentage of cocoa mass without the cocoa butter, meaning that the bar is smooth, creamy, and perfect for kids. But as the percentage usually includes the cocoa butter, we’ve listed this bar as a 47% milk chocolate.

About the maker

Dutch founders Rodney and Enver began to create bean-to-bar chocolate in Amsterdam in 2011. They are as passionate about ethics and sustainability as they are about the chocolate itself; they use only Organic ingredients, pay 50% above the Fairtrade price, and aim to become carbon neutral in their chocolate production. One aspect of this comes from their factory in Amsterdam’s harbour, which has such a large solar panel-covered roof that they generate more power than they consume.

The beans

The Norandino cooperative was established to help smallholder families move towards sustainable and diverse cacao-agroforestry systems. Established in 2005, they now have 4,961 members and counting, in a shared mission to adapt chocolate production to help combat climate change.  This region produces a rare variety of cacao bean, Piura Blanco, which has been meticulously selected and replanted over the past decades, pushing this special strain of cacao away from near-extinction. The Piura Cacao belongs to the ‘Nacional’ cacao genetic group, considered to be one of the oldest cacao varieties on the planet, cultivated and consumed in the region where the Peruvian and Ecuadorian boarders meet for over 5,000 years.

Allergens*

Milk, may contain nuts

Ingredients

Cocoa mass (65%), cane sugar (29%), cocoa butter, sea salt (0.3%). cocoa: 70% minimum. organic farming

*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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