Best Brazil Chocolate
The 129 best Brazilian chocolate bars on Chof made with cacao from Brazil, ranked by the Chof Score.
The Brazil regions named most often on these bars are Bahia, Vale Potumuju, Southern Bahia and Pará. Makers most often list the cacao as Amelonado, Forastero and Trinitario. On the dark Brazil bars, notes that at least 3 makers record include Nutty, Dried Fruit, Citrus, Earthy, Woody and Floral.
Ranked by the Chof Score
- Rank 1:
JULAID70% Brasil
70%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 2:
Dick TaylorBrown Butter Nibs and Sea Salt
73%darkBrazil4 awards - Rank 3:
Dick TaylorHazelnut Milk Chocolate
55%milkBrazil2 awards - Rank 4:
Dick TaylorVanilla Milk Chocolate
55%milkBrazil1 award - Rank 5:
C'almaIntenso 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 6:
Luisa AbramAcará River 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 7:
La BrigaderieBonança 70%
70%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 8:
Luisa AbramRio Juruá 70%
70%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 9:
Luisa AbramRio Tocantins 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 10:
Luisa AbramPurus River 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 11:
Luisa AbramWild Juruá 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 12:
La BrigaderieLeolinda 85%
85%darkBrazil - Rank 13:
C'almaAo Leite
55%milkBrazil1 award - Rank 14:
BaianíLatitude 13 Coffee 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 15:
Casa LaseviciusLeolinda 100%
100%darkBrazil - Rank 16:
La BrigaderieLajedo do Ouro 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 17:
MestiçoAbsoluto 100%
100%darkBrazil - Rank 18:
MestiçoTrinitário Varietal 75%
75%darkBrazil - Rank 19:
MestiçoBonança Varietal 75%
75%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 20:
La BrigaderieTomé-Açu 70%
70%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 21:
La BrigaderieCamboa 100%
100%darkBrazil - Rank 22:
La BrigaderieTuerê 70%
70%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 23:
La BrigaderieCamboa 70%
70%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 24:
Luisa AbramAcará River 81%
81%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 25:
Casa LaseviciusSÃO PAULO - Pariquera-Açú 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 26:
Åkesson'sFazenda Sempre Firme 100% Forastero Cocoa & Cocoa Nibs
100%darkBrazil2 awards - Rank 27:
Åkesson'sFazenda Sempre Firme
55%milkBrazil - Rank 28:
Casa LaseviciusAcre Nativo 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 29:
Casa LaseviciusIntenso 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 30:
Casa LaseviciusAmora 65%
65%darkBrazil - Rank 31:
Casa LaseviciusCachaça 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 32:
Gallette ChocolatesSouthern Bahia 85%
85%darkBrazil - Rank 33:
Gallette ChocolatesCatongo 65%
65%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 34:
Luisa AbramRio Juruá 81%
81%darkBrazil - Rank 35:
Casa LaseviciusCocada Queimada
milkBrazil - Rank 36:
C'almaCagaita com Castanha de Caju
70%darkBrazil
Bars with awards
48 bars with cacao from Brazil have award results on Chof. Showing the 12 with the newest results. How Chof lists awards
What is Brazil chocolate known for?
Brazilian chocolate leans deep and savoury, with earthy, woody character and a distinctive note of tobacco that shows up in Brazilian bars more than almost any other origin, over a base of dark fruit. Bahia is the historic heartland, and a new wave of growers there and in the Amazon region of Para has carried Brazil from a bulk-cacao past into a serious fine-flavour origin.
Brazil has grown cacao for centuries, but a plant disease devastated its Bahia plantations in the late 1980s and the industry took years to recover. Out of that came a renewed focus on quality, and today Brazilian craft bars can be excellent: deep and savoury, with earthy, woody and tobacco notes over dark fruit.
The Amazon region of Para is the other story to watch, with growers reviving wild and native cacao. Brazil is unusual in being both a major cacao grower and a large chocolate-consuming country, which gives its craft scene a strong home base.
Makers with the most Brazil bars
Popular cocoa percentages for Brazil
Frequently asked about Brazil chocolate
What does Brazilian chocolate taste like?
Deep and savoury, with earthy and woody character, a signature note of tobacco, and dark fruit underneath. The best modern Brazilian bars, from Bahia and the Amazon region of Para, are clean and complex rather than flat.
Is Brazil known for cacao?
Yes. Brazil is one of the larger cacao-growing countries and has a centuries-long history with the crop. After disease hit its Bahia plantations in the late 1980s, a quality-focused revival has made Brazil a respected fine-flavour origin again.
What Brazilian chocolate brands are there?
Of the 13 Brazilian chocolate brands and makers on Chof, the three whose top bar has the highest Chof Score are C'alma, Luisa Abram and Baianí. 31 makers on Chof use Brazil cacao, wherever they are based.
Which makers work with Brazil cacao on Chof?
Of the 31 makers using Brazil cacao on Chof, the three whose top Brazil bar has the highest Chof Score are JULAID, Dick Taylor and C'alma.
How are the best Brazil chocolate bars chosen?
The Brazil bars are ordered by Chof Score, which is built from what the maker discloses: how precisely the origin is named, how clean the ingredient list is, how much of the fermenting, drying and roasting is documented, and what lab evidence exists. Community ratings do not change the order.
How many Brazil chocolate bars are listed on Chof?
Chof currently lists 129 chocolate bars made with cacao from Brazil.
What cocoa percentages of Brazil chocolate are most common?
The most common cocoa percentages for Brazil cacao on Chof are 70%, 75%, 65%, 55% and 72%.
Cacao varieties in Brazil chocolate
Bean varieties the makers of these bars list for Brazil, as stated on the label. Open one to see what it is, how it tastes, and how to tell a real one.
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