Conexion Chocolate - Golden Berries & Coriander Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (bar) - Sept. 24, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Conexion Chocolate
Golden Berries & Coriander Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (bar)
Good ++ - Good +++ 
Weight: 1.9 oz. (25 g.) / 1.8 oz. (50 g.) in total bar

Calories: 150 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $10.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Dispensary, online order

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Ecuador Theme Week.

Today's Golden Berries & Coriander Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (bar) from Conexion Chocolate was made in Quito, Ecuador, by Aromasabor Cia. Ltda. 

The cacao used to make this bar was Arriba Nacional Cacao from Manabi, Fortaleza del Valle Co-op. (Manabi is a western coastal province in Ecuador.)

Aroma flavor notes included: fresh dark, relatively sweet, chocolate; and tart, sweet fruit (orange berry, ripe persimmon, golden raisins, golden berry); and a subtle background warm, hearty spice flavor (coriander with carrot and yellow tomato soup notes). 

Texture: smooth dark chocolate, with many small, tart-sweet and chewy bits of dehydrated golden berry.

I appreciated the hearty, well-balanced and delicious flavors in this chocolate. It represented Ecuador well. The company's name: "Conexion" says a lot too about the important role craft chocolate makers play. 

The company "strives to be the Conexion (connection) between the world of the small Ecuadorian cacao farmer and yours." Thank you to both Conexion founder/owner Jenny Samaniego (for her work with farmers and making these Ecuadorian chocolates possible), and to Chef Derek Poirier, for creating chocolates that we're enjoying around the world.

Ingredients: Cacao mass, cane sugar, cacao butter, coriander, golden berries, sunflower lecithin.

Allergen-related information: "Produced in a facility that also handled dairy and nuts."