Made in Costa Rica, with ecological integrity, from root to bar.
Learn MoreAt Maleku Chocolate, we make single estate chocolates using organically grown fine-flavor cacao from our Blue Valley Chocolate farm in Upala, Costa Rica. Transformed into rich and smooth confections through a combination of late harvesting for sweetness and gentle fermentation.
The resulting chocolate is a celebration of local flavors and organic ingredients that has won 7 medals from the prestigious International Chocolate Awards and Feria de Chocolate.
A smooth, rounded milk chocolate with minimal focus. Bronze Medal winner at ICA.
A smooth, rounded milk chocolate with minimal focus. Bronze Medal winner at ICA.
A smooth, rounded milk chocolate with minimal focus. Bronze Medal winner at ICA.
A darker, more intense version of the 72%, offering a deeper flavor profile.
In the shadows of the Tenorio volcano in one of earth’s most biodiverse valleys lies the ancestral home of the Maleku native tribe. For thousands of years, the Maleku lived off the land here with one crop holding a sacred status above all the others: cacao.
At Maleku Chocolate, we craft our chocolates from tree to bar on Costa Rican soil, using only sustainable organic farming practices and ecosystem rewilding techniques. Our goal is to honor the ancient cacao tradition of the Maleku people, in unity with nature and our local farming communities.
We cultivate cacao as a cooperative crop, requiring shade from other trees, actively contributing to reforestation efforts, holistic farming secondary crops at both of our farms: Blue Valley Chocolate Farm and El Higueron Chocolate Farm.
We operate two organic farms avoiding harmful chemicals and rewilding ecosystems. Our Costa Rican facilities operate on a 99% renewable energy grid. We invest in long term and responsible infrastructure, water management, and heavy equipment that upholds our mission across our farms and factory.
We continuously look for and partner with high quality packaging solutions that are efficient and sustainable.
In collaboration with local leaders we support community projects that reinforce social networks, aid reforestation, and ensure the continuity of legacy cultural practices.
There is just so much going on in this bar that some bites will give you spice, others plum, others under-ripe banana. This is just simply outstanding! Now I'm getting caramel sauce.
- of chocolatiers.co.uk
Judge at the International Chocolate Awards
We had a wonderful time. We loved getting our hands "dirty" and making our own chocolate. It was delicious.
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