The Big Island of Hawaii is home of Original Hawaiian Chocolate - the only chocolate of its kind in the world!

Beginning in 1997 Bob & Pam have dedicated to create the most delicious and unique of chocolates - Hawaiian made and grown. There is something about the volcanic soil, Island showers and tropical Hawaiian sun that blesses the cacao trees with a unique flavor that is world-renowned.

Bob & Pam are the first producers to grow and process all-Hawaiian chocolate anywhere on earth. They process only Big Island grown cocoa beans. Their  processing factory is completely self-contained, assuring total quality control from the fields to the final chocolate bars.

There is only ONE chocolate grown, harvested, processed and packaged in Hawaii Original Hawaiian Chocolate. We invite you to experience our exceptionally unique chocolate. America's own! And remember, Chocolate is Aloha!

 GROWN IN HAWAII

 
As they ripen over a five-month period of time the pods go through a colorful evolution from green to yellow or deep maroon to candy apple red.

The ripe pods are then handpicked and sliced open.

Inside each pod are beans covered with white mucilage that looks and tastes nothing like chocolate.

After extracting the cocoa beans they are fermented in slatted wooden boxes.

The beans are then spread out and slowly dried on racks in our Hawaiian sun for 22-28 days.

MADE IN HAWAII

The cocoa beans, once sorted and roasted to perfection, are put through a custom built "flinger" which removes their shells and leaves the pure chocolate "nib". The all-Hawaiian nibs are bagged for our Roasted Nibs packaging or are ground into a chocolate liquor paste inside our highly specialized Conche/Refiner.

At this point cocoa butter, sugar, vanilla powder, and/or milk powder is added - depending on whether dark or milk chocolate is being made.

After a second conching of up to 12 hours, lecithin is added to turn the batch into a creamy, rich, pure Hawaiian chocolate fluid.

The chocolate is then tempered and molded - creating Original Hawaiian Chocolate individual bars, one pound bars, small Plumeria flowers and single large Plumerias.

TRULY FROM HAWAII

The hands that pick, process and create our chocolate are often the same ones that carefully pack and ship it to you.

Pure Hawaiian goodness - from seedlings to bars of melt-in-your-mouth delight. Since we only produce a limited amount we treat each bar with tender loving care. We're very proud to offer our Original Hawaiian Chocolate for everyone to appreciates this rarest of life's pleasures.