Cluizel - Plantation Mokaya Grand Cru Chiapas 75% Cacao Chocolat Noir (bar) - July 5, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Cluizel Paris
Plantation Mokaya Grand Cru Chiapas 75% Cacao Chocolat Noir (bar)
Good ++ 
Weight: 1.23 oz. (35 g.) / 2.46 oz. (70 g.) in total bar
Calories: 203 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $19.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: World Wide Chocolate, online order 

Welcome to Day #11 of Chocolate and Mexico Theme Week.

Today's Plantation Mokaya Grand Cru Chiapas 75% Cacao Chocolat Noir (bar) was from Cluizel (Paris, France). Cluizel is a third-generation, French chocolate maker that's been manufacturing chocolates since 1948.

The cacao used to make this bar was from a plantation (farm) in Chiapas--the southernmost state in Mexico.

Aroma and flavor notes for this bar included: smooth, chocolate-y dark chocolate enriched by faint, soft and diffuse fruits (red fruit, stone fruits (peach, nectarine), very mild mango, banana and cacao fruit); very gentle (balanced) earth; and very faint botanicals and nuts.

Texture: smooth dark chocolate

I liked the faint and diffuse, naturally sweet and complex fruit notes; the very faint and well-balanced cocoa and earth notes; and the very faint botanical and nut (vanilla, almond) notes. (Note: there were just three ingredients in this chocolate, and no added vanilla listed on the packaging.) I also appreciated the short list of ingredients, and lack of soy or other lecithins or additives.

This was a 75% cacao dark chocolate but with balanced bitterness and pleasing, subtle characteristics. No harsh notes.

Maker's Tasting Notes: "Notes of Freshness, Exotic Fruits, Honey, Roasted Almonds and Hazelnuts, Roasted and Peppery Fine Cocoa, Vanilla."

Ingredients: Cocoa from plantation Mokaya* (Mexico), cane sugar*, cocoa butter*.

Allergen-related information: "Product made in a workshop using shelled tree nuts, milk and gluten."