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 37:
C'almaIntenso 70% - Rio Tarauacá
70%darkBrazil - Rank 38:
C'almaCoco e Café
55%milkBrazil1 award - Rank 39:
BaianíChocolate Intenso 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 40:
Dick TaylorChocolate Dipped Strawberries & Cream
42%whiteBrazil1 award - Rank 41:
Gallette ChocolatesSouthern Bahia 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 42:
Chocolate MakersBrazil Dark Sea Salt
70%darkBrazil - Rank 43:
Åkesson'sFazenda Sempre Firme 75% Forastero Cocoa & Coffee Nibs
75%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 44:
Casa LaseviciusFloresta Forte 85%
85%darkBrazil - Rank 45:
MestiçoForastero 72%
72%darkBrazil2 awards - Rank 46:
C'almaFlor de Sal 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 47:
Mendoá50% Cacau ao Leite
50%milkBrazil2 awards - Rank 48:
La BrigaderieAcara 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 49:
Luisa AbramJambu Flower
70%darkBrazil - Rank 50:
MestiçoCatongo 81%
81%darkBrazil - Rank 51:
BaianíCaipirinha 65%
65%darkBrazil - Rank 52:
MestiçoCatongo 67%
67%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 53:
MestiçoFlor de Sal 75%
75%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 54:
La BrigaderieTuerê 100%
100%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 55:
La BrigaderieCabruca 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 56:
La BrigaderiePotumuju 70%
70%darkBrazil2 awards - Rank 57:
La BrigaderieMontf'or 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 58:
La BrigaderieMocajuba 70%
70%darkBrazil - Rank 59:
C'almaBaru Crocante 56%
56%darkBrazil - Rank 60:
MestiçoBranco 35%
35%whiteBrazil1 award - Rank 61:
MestiçoNibs 65%
65%darkBrazil1 award - Rank 62:
MestiçoGianduia 40% - Lá da Venda
40%milkBrazil - Rank 63:
MestiçoCachaça Amburana 72%
72%darkBrazil2 awards - Rank 64:
Åkesson'sBrazil 75% Forastero
75%darkBrazil2 awards - Rank 65:
MestiçoCafé 62%
62%darkBrazil - Rank 66:
MestiçoFramboesa 37%
37%whiteBrazil2 awards - Rank 67:
MestiçoLeite 59%
59%milkBrazil2 awards - Rank 68:
MestiçoLeite de Coco 58%
58%milkBrazil2 awards - Rank 69:
Casa LaseviciusCastanha do Brasil 50%
50%milkBrazil - Rank 70:
Casa LaseviciusLaranja Bahia 65%
65%darkBrazil - Rank 71:
La BrigaderieL'Or aux épices d'Amazonie
whiteBrazil1 award - Rank 72:
ZotterLabooko Brazil 72%
72%darkBrazil
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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