Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate - 65% Dark Chocolate Mango & 60% Dark Milk Mango (squares) - Mar. 29, 2025

Chocolate(s) of the Day

Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate

Dark Chocolate Mango 65% Cacao (square) - Good + 
Dark Milk Chocolate Mango 60% Cacao (square) - Good +
Weight for 2 squares: .36 oz. (10 g.) in 2 squares/ 8.5 oz. (240 g.) total box of 48 pieces
Calories: 58.3 calories in 2 squares
Cost: $58.50 for 1 box of 48-pieces
Purchased from: Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate, online order

Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate and Hawaii Theme Week.

Today's individually-wrapped Dark Mango and Dark Milk Mango squares were from Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate (Lahaina, Maui, HI).

Dark Chocolate Mango square

Aroma notes for the smooth-textured, Dark Chocolate 65% cacao square included: sweet, smooth dark chocolate, light cream and faint fruit.

Flavor notes included: sweet, smooth dark chocolate, bright tropical fruit (mango flavoring) with a slight bitterness in the finish. (I'm not sure if the bitterness was caused by the mango "natural flavors" added or whether it was from the cacao. It's not been present with other flavors tried so far in this assortment box.)

Dark Milk Mango square

Aroma and flavor notes included for the 60% Dark Milk Chocolate included: smooth, creamy milk chocolate, tropical fruit (mango) flavoring. The slight bitterness in the finish that was present in the 65% dark version was slightly muted by the milk in this square.

Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Natural Flavors. (The Dark Milk square also contained Milk.)

Allergen-related information: The Dark Milk square contained Milk. "Soy, nut and gluten free"   

Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate - Maui Mokka Coffee (dark, dark milk squares and milk chocolate bar) - Mar. 28, 2025

Chocolate(s) of the Day

Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate

Dark Chocolate 2% Maui Mokka(R) Coffee 63% (square) - Good ++ 
Dark Milk Chocolate 2% Maui Mokka (R) Coffee 58% Cacao (square) - Good ++
Weight for 2 squares: .36 oz. (10 g.) in 2 squares/ 8.5 oz. (240 g.) total box of 48 pieces
Calories: 58.3 calories in 2 squares
Cost: $58.50 for 1 box of 48-pieces
Purchased from: Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate, online order

Milk Chocolate Maui Mokka Cappuccino 55% Cacao (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) for 1 bar
Calories: 150 calories in 1 bar 
Cost: $10.00 (estimate) for 1 bar 
Purchased from: Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate, online order

Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate and Hawaii Theme Week.

Today's two-individually-wrapped chocolate squares: 1.) Dark Chocolate (square) and 2.) dark milk chocolate (square); and one full-sized Milk Chocolate Cappuccino (bar) were from Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate (Lahaina, Maui, HI).

Dark Chocolate Mokka Coffee 63% (square)

Aroma notes for this 63% cacao dark square included: sweet, smooth dark chocolate with warm spice and coffee

Smooth, soft, very slightly gummy chewy that quickly resolved into creamy dark chocolate with relatively low acidity (chocolate and coffee) and bitterness. 

Flavor notes included: sweet, smooth dark chocolate, faint coffee, warm spice, and almost undetectable sweet herbal. There was also some faint sweet coffee/mocha in the finish.

Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Coffee

Allergen-related information: "Soy, nut and gluten free"  

Dark Milk Chocolate Maui Coffee 58% (square)

This 58% dark milk square with 2% Maui Mokka Coffee square had very similar warm aroma and flavor notes as the Dark chocolate version, but with a creamier (milk) taste and texture.

Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Sugar, Milk, Cocoa Butter, Coffee 

Allergen-related information: Contains Milk "Soy, nut and gluten free"

Milk Chocolate Maui Coffee 55% (bar)

This 55% Cacao bar had a rich, luxurious milk chocolate aroma, texture and flavor -- with subtle, freshly-made, mocha latte/cappuccino notes.

I enjoyed the gentle complexity and warm flavors in all three of these Maui-made chocolates. 

I liked the higher percentage dark square best because the dark chocolate and flavors were clearer. Milk chocolate lovers will appreciate the luxe, creamy, milky cappuccino-like flavors and textures in the dark milk (square) and the even milkier 55% milk chocolate (bar) featured today.

Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Milk, Coffee

Allergen-related information: Contains Milk.