Manoa – Kahalu’u, O’ahu Island, Dark 70%

About the bar

In Hawaiian, the word Kahalu’u means “diving place” or “dripping trough” – the steep Ko’olau mountain range cradles the shallow waters of Kāneʻohe bay, making for excellent year-round diving, fishing, and farming, where the cocoa beans used for this bar are grown.

The bar is smooth, dark, and fruity, with notes of bananas, roasted peanuts, and blueberries.

About the maker

Manoa was founded by Dylan Butterbaugh and Daniel O’Doherty. The pair use a variety of different locally sourced ingredients in their bars, which they craft in Kailua on Oahu island. All of Manoa’s bars are sourced from local farmers in Hamakua, Waiahole, Maunawili and Haiku. Hawaii is the only American state where cacao is grown.

The beans

The beans for this bar are harvested and grown by Ben Field in Kahalu’u Valley. Born and raised in Kahalu’u, Ben is following in the footsteps of three generations of plant cultivation. On his family land, he has planted approximately 800 cacao trees – his family also grows bananas, tumeric, taro, breadfruit, ginger, sapote, and grapefruit.

Nutritional info coming soon.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Cacao, cane sugar, cocoa butter

*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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