Best Malaysia Chocolate
The 17 best Malaysian chocolate bars on Chof made with cacao from Malaysia, ranked by the Chof Score.
The Malaysia regions named most often on these bars are Chemor, Asajaya, Kelantan and Bagan Datoh. Makers list the cacao as BR25 and Trinitario. Across these bars, the notes that repeat most are Malt, Tropical Fruits, Floral, Red Fruit, Toffee and Acacia Honey.
Ranked by the Chof Score
- Rank 1:
FossaSake Kasu
73%darkMalaysia - Rank 2:
FossaSemai Community
72%darkMalaysia - Rank 3:
Beau CacaoTogis 78%
78%darkMalaysia - Rank 4:
Beau CacaoSingle Estate Chocolate
73%darkMalaysia - Rank 5:
Chocolate ConciergeJohor 70%
70%darkMalaysia1 award - Rank 6:
Chocolate ConciergePasir Puteh 70%
70%darkMalaysia - Rank 7:
Beau CacaoSerian 78%
78%darkMalaysia - Rank 8:
Chocolate ConciergeChemor 70%
70%darkMalaysia1 award - Rank 9:
Chocolate ConciergeKuala Lipis 65%
65%darkMalaysia - Rank 10:
Chocolate ConciergeChemor 65% with Nibs
65%darkMalaysia - Rank 11:
Chocolate ConciergeKota Marudu 70%
70%darkMalaysia - Rank 12:
Chocolate ConciergeKelantan 70%
70%darkMalaysia1 award - Rank 13:
Chocolate ConciergeBagan Datoh 70%
70%darkMalaysia - Rank 14:
Beau CacaoAsajaya 78%
78%darkMalaysia - Rank 15:
Chocolate ConciergeChemor 48% Milk
48%milkMalaysia - Rank 16:
Chocolate ConciergeSugar Free 65% Dark
65%darkMalaysia - Rank 17:
Chocolate ConciergeSemai 100%
100%darkMalaysia
Bars with awards
3 bars with cacao from Malaysia have award results on Chof, newest first. How Chof lists awards
What is Malaysia chocolate known for?
Malaysian cacao ranges from tropical fruit and cherry in bars from Pahang to toasted nuts and butterscotch in bars from Sarawak. Malaysia grows little cacao today, mostly on smallholdings in Sabah, Sarawak and the peninsula, and the International Cocoa Organization lists it among the countries exporting fine or flavour cocoa.
Around 1990 Malaysia was one of the world's biggest cocoa growers, with large estates in Sabah on Borneo. Within two decades most of that land had gone to oil palm: the cocoa pod borer, a moth whose larvae ruin the beans inside the pod, had spread through the plantations, and oil palm paid more steadily for far less labour. Malaysia still grinds a great deal of cocoa, almost all of it from imported beans, and is one of the largest cocoa processors in Asia.
The cacao still grown comes mostly from smallholders, and bars made from it, by makers in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and elsewhere, usually name where it grew: Kota Marudu and Ranau in Sabah, Asajaya and Serian in Sarawak, Chemor in Perak, or a community of the Semai, one of the Orang Asli peoples, in Pahang.
Makers with the most Malaysia bars
Popular cocoa percentages for Malaysia
Frequently asked about Malaysia chocolate
What does Malaysian cacao taste like?
Makers describe a wide range: tropical fruit, cherry, cashew and red tea in bars from Pahang; toasted nuts, butterscotch and tahini in bars from Sarawak; red fruit and floral notes in bars from Sabah.
What happened to cocoa farming in Malaysia?
Most Malaysian cocoa farms were replanted with oil palm from the 1990s onward. The cocoa pod borer, a moth whose larvae damage the beans inside the pod, had cut yields on the Sabah estates, and oil palm paid more steadily with less labour. Malaysia now imports almost all of the beans it grinds.
What Malaysian chocolate brands are there?
Chof lists one Malaysian chocolate brand or maker: Chocolate Concierge. 3 makers on Chof use Malaysia cacao, wherever they are based.
Which makers work with Malaysia cacao on Chof?
Chof lists 3 makers using Malaysia cacao: Chocolate Concierge, Beau Cacao and Fossa.
How are the best Malaysia chocolate bars chosen?
The Malaysia 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 Malaysia chocolate bars are listed on Chof?
Chof currently lists 17 chocolate bars made with cacao from Malaysia.
What cocoa percentages of Malaysia chocolate are most common?
The most common cocoa percentages for Malaysia cacao on Chof are 70%, 78%, 65%, 73% and 48%.
Cacao varieties in Malaysia chocolate
Bean varieties the makers of these bars list for Malaysia, 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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