From Bean-to-Bar to Gift Boxes: Chocolates For The Holidays

Unknown to many Filipinos, the Philippines also produces award-winning artisanal chocolates with Davao City as the country’s cacao capital. Carefully curated from bean to bar, these chocolates are perfect gifts this holiday season—or on any occasion. Who hates chocolates anyway?

Let’s go local this holiday season. Here’s a rundown of chocolate brands you should check out.

Malagos Chocolate

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Malagos Chocolate is by far the most successful local chocolatier in the country, winning various awards and accolades from experts around the world with their tree-to-bar single-origin chocolates made with high-quality cacao beans grown and harvested from their own farms. Aside from chocolate bars, they also offer cacao nibs and unsweetened chocolate, which you can use for beverages and desserts. Visit their website at malagoschocolate.com for more gifting ideas.

Auro Chocolate

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World-renowned brand Auro Chocolate takes pride in its wide selection of premium bean-to-bar chocolates made with pure cacao beans from Davao. They offer ready-to-eat and custom-made chocolate bars. Their chocolates are addictingly delicious that it will make you crave for more bites and more flavors to taste. Each chocolate bar exudes luxury and yet sold at an affordable price. Auro’s chocolates are perfect as either a tasty treat or a thoughtful gift.

Theo + Philo Artisan Chocolates

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Theo + Philo Artisan Chocolates is known as the first bean-to-bar chocolate in the country. They put great value in local ingredients and whip up their chocolate bars with Davao’s pure cacao beans and Bacolod’s world-renowned sugar. They use unique flavors like green mangoes, calamansi, labuyo, and adobo, among others. You can spot them in select stores in malls. Head on to their page for more.

Coco Dolcé

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Coco Dolce whips up premium chocolates made from locally-sourced cacao beans and 100% organic coconut sugar, which attracts more vegan customers. Their chocolate bars have distinctly unique tastes and smooth textures. Flavors range from dark chocolate and milk chocolate with either chili, pili nuts, or rice crisps.

Hiraya Artisan Chocolates

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Hiraya Artisan Chocolates makes luscious all-natural chocolates with some of Filipinos’ favorite food—chicharron, queso de bola, and coconut. For those who want their chocs a little bit bitter, they also have 72% single-origin dark chocolate from top-tier Trinitario beans of Malabog, Davao. You can order these treats in Lazada or visit their page for more details.

Have a bite or get a box of these local artisanal chocolates and make your holiday season merrier and sweeter. G? G! At G-List Socials, we specialize in product shoot as well as food styling and photography. Give us a call at (0915) 766-4685 or email us at book@glistsocials.com to learn more about our services. You can also reach us through Facebook and Instagram.