The Organic House - Thailand 70% Cacao Chanthaburi (bar) - Dec. 28, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

The Organic House
Thailand 70% Cacao Chanthaburi (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.25 oz. (35 g.) / 2.5 oz. (70 g.) in total bar
Calories: 198 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $13.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cacao, online order

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

Today's Thailand 70% Cacao Chanthaburi (bar) was from The Organic House (Burlington, ON, Canada).

The cacao came from Thai-inter cacao, a women-owned and operated family farm in Chanthaburi in eastern Thailand, near the Cambodian border.

Aroma notes included: relatively smooth, dark chocolate with warm, authentic brown/maple sugar.

Texture: This well-tempered bar broke with a snap, and it had a smooth, almost creamy texture and melt.

Flavor notes included: refreshingly tasty, very faintly roast-y, dark chocolate and subtle tropical fruit (mango, cacao pulp, sweet pineapple) sweetened with brown/coconut flower nectar sugar. Nice finish with a little warm spice that lingered with the cacao, fruit and brown sugar notes. This bar was high in flavor, and relatively low in bitterness.

(Sadly, this bar was sold out when I checked The Organic House site today.)

Maker's tasting notes: "Tropical fruits (pineapple, mango, passion fruit) and toasted brown sugar" 

Ingredients: Organic cacao beans, Organic coconut flower nectar, Organic cacao butter

Allergen-related information: "May Contain: Almonds, Cashews, Hazelnuts, Oats, Pistachios"

Rhyme and Reason - Midnight Raspberry 70% Chanthaburi Thailand (bar) - Dec. 27, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Rhyme and Reason Chocolate Co.
Midnight Raspberry 70% Chanthaburi Thailand Dark with a Pop of Raspberry (bar)

Good ++ 

Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) total bar
Calories: 150 calories in 1/2 bar (per label)
Cost: $10.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate & Thailand Theme Week. 

Today's Midnight Raspberry 70% Chanthaburi* Thailand with a Pop of Raspberry (bar) was from Rhyme and Reason Chocolate Co. (Greensboro, NC).

I'm enjoying a virtual vacation in Thailand this week, via chocolate. Christmas isn't necessarily a traditional religious holiday in Thailand; but there have been plenty of Christmas holiday lights and decorated trees in Bangkok--and at least one Thai Santa (with children dressed as elves).**

Aroma notes included: smooth, slightly roast-y, dark chocolate; tart sweet red fruit (red raspberries, black raspberry, pomegranate molasses); faint, authentic brown sugar; and almost undetectable spice (diffuse warm spice, black licorice).

Texture: This well-tempered bar broke with a hard snap, and had a smooth, thick and creamy melt (in a cool room).

Flavor notes: relatively smooth, slightly-roasty, dark chocolate and satisfying red raspberry, flavors that lingered into a pleasant finish.

I enjoyed the classic (almost always works) blend of (Thai) dark chocolate + authentic, concentrated (freeze-dried) raspberry fruit; being able to fully enjoy the raspberry flavor without the berry seeds (thank you!); and the fact that this dark chocolate bar wasn't too sweet (thank you again). I also liked the maker's choice of a less processed sugar that gave the chocolate a faint brown sugar warmth.

Ingredients: "Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Freeze Dried Raspberries, Cocoa Butter"

Allergen-related information: "Made in a facility which also handles milk, peanuts, and tree nuts"

*Chanthaburi is a city and province located in Eastern Thailand, near the border with Cambodia. The climate is tropical with large amounts of rainfall in the wet season.

**Thank you YouTube. Where a chocolate-centric tourist like me can experience places, sights and insights in Thailand, and in so many other places worldwide.