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Dandelion Costa Esmeraldas Ecuador 85%

Dandelion Costa Esmeraldas Ecuador 85%

Weight: 56 g

Regular price $13.25
Regular price Sale price $13.25
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Reasons to Love

Bean to Bar

Bean to Bar

Direct-Source Cacao

Direct Sourced

The beans for this bar were grown by producers all over Ecuador, and fermented by Vicente Norero in Guayaquil. Annie admires Vicente’s innovative outlook and creative fermentation style. In this bar, we taste chocolatey notes with hints of almond butter and dark espresso.

Ingredients: Made with just cocoa beans and sugar; no added cocoa butter, lecithin, or vanilla. Free of soy, dairy, eggs, and gluten, and it is made in a factory that does not process nuts.

Awards
AOC-silver-2018 Award

Dairy Free

Dairy Free

Organic Sugar

Organic

Peanut Free

Peanut Free

Soy Free

Soy Free

Tree Nut Free

Tree Nut Free

No animal products, and vegan sugar or alternative sweetener

Vegan+

Gluten Free

Gluten Free

INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Ingredients: Made with just cocoa beans and sugar; no added cocoa butter, lecithin, or vanilla. Free of soy, dairy, eggs, and gluten, and it is made in a factory that does not process nuts.

SHIPPING & GIFT OPTIONS

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Maker

Dandelion Chocolate

Dandelion is a small batch chocolate maker in San Francisco. Todd and Cameron, the founders have maintained an uncompromising quality with their sourcing, processing, and quality to produce great tasting bars. You'll notice that the majority of their bars are 70% with is done on purpose, so you can taste the unique difference each cacao from different countries have to offer. Both Todd and Cameron were tech geniuses located in Silicon Valley, where they started building their own chocolate equipment in their basement. Right in the middle of the craft chocolate movement starting to take over the country, they decided to tackle the adventure for themselves. Todd and Cameron wanted to produce high quality chocolate bars using only simple ingredients. Today, Dandelion produces over 12,000 bars monthly, and it’s still not enough to meet the demand for this great chocolate maker. Dandelion’s shop also boast wonderful variety of baked goods, hot chocolate and even daily tours of their chocolate factory.

Customer Reviews

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Chrissy J.
Another winner

Smooth, rich and dark.

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S N.
Good bar

Dandelion’s mid range %

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Mari
Unique

Cool on the tongue, earthy/funky, woody, bitter, tannic, hints of toasted nuts.
I would also agree with the « candied lemon peel » note on the label. Very good