Mashpi Chocolate - Guayabilla Chocolate Bar 65% Cacao - Sept. 25, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Mashpi Chocolate 
Guayabilla Chocolate Bar 65% Cacao
Good +++
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 150 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Choiba Agroforestry Products, online order

Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Ecuador Theme Week.

Today's Guayabilla Chocolate Bar 65% Cacao was made by Mashpi Chocolate (Quito, Ecuador); and imported and distributed by Andean Ecocrafts, LLC (Reno, NV).

The cacao variety used to make this bar was "Cacao Nacional Fino de Aroma."

The Guayabilla fruits (Eugenia victoriana) from Colombia and Ecuador (also known as "sundrops") are tart (sometimes described as having notes of passion fruit and/or eucalyptus) that are rich in Vitamin C. They are related to the Surinam cherry (native to NE South America).

Aroma notes included: slightly peppery tart-sweet fruit and dark chocolate.

Texture: smooth dark chocolate with a pleasing melt, interspersed with very small, dehydrated, tart-sweet fruit pieces--that were full of bright and complex flavors.

After taking a few bites, I was launched into a different universe -- feeling the joy of the newly discovered. The tasting notes that follow are the ecstatic rantings of a novelty seeker. 

Tasting notes included: tangy and tart-sweet, then the guayabilla + chocolate shimmered its way through peppery; very faint menthol; and then a combination of flavors that included dried persimmon; bittersweet white grape/golden raisins; candied red bell pepper and green bean; candied watermelon and mango; golden berries; goji berries; and a few notes that I couldn't quite identify. A remarkable fruit. The chocolate provided a rich, smooth flavor base for this fruit to really shine.

I loved tasting this guayabilla fruit for the first time. What an impressively complex and flavorful fruit -- that also paired so well with the smoother, darker and richer cacao.

Ingredients: Cacao mass, raw sugar cane, cacao butter, guayabilla.

Allergen-related information: (None listed on package that I could see.)