This World Chocolate Day, unwrap bars of India’s finest chocolate. These bean-to-bar creations have won awards or are brands that are fast becoming favourites among true chocolate lovers.
Paul & Mike
The Kochi brand clinched India’s first-ever gold at the 2024 International Chocolate Awards with a truly daring creation -- Milk Chocolate-Covered Salted Capers using Tuticorin capers and Western Ghats cacao.
Hyderabad’s very own earned global applause and 17 honours at 2023 Academy of Chocolate Awards. One of their standout creations: Signature Blend Tablet No 3, a silky 43 per cent milk chocolate.
Andhra chocolatiers bagged 5 accolades at the 2023 Academy of Chocolate Awards. Out in the Dark (73 per cent dark), Order of the Dark Roast (91 per cent dark) were 2 winners.
The Mysuru artisan chocolate makers were one of the earliest to craft their bars with organically-certified Indian cacao. Their pepper-lime-orange bar is unique, as is the pineapple one.
Another earth-friendly chocolatewallah -- making flavours like jasmine and rose -- who take pride in bars they say are the world’s first vegan, zero-waste, eco-conscious, plastic-free slabs.
Ethical chocolate seems to be the Indian chocolatier's passion. Pascati declares it is India’s first USDA Organic and Fairtrade-certified chocolate brand.
Their chocolate, that uses 'clean and sustainably-sourced ingredients', comes in a wide range of native and non-native fruit varieties, as well as intriguing stuff like raspberry and cheese!