A Second Hawaiian Chocolate: Waialua Extra Dark
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Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. where cacao is grown. The tropical climate and bright sunshine allows the finicky cacao plants to thrive. To date, most of the cacao grown in Hawaii has been at one farm on the Big Island. A smaller farm on Maui -- Ono Farms -- has grown some, as well. Now the agriculture giant Dole Foods has released its own Hawaii-grown chocolate made from cacao pods picked from trees on a former sugar plantation on Oahu's North Shore. I haven't tried one yet but with 70% dark chocolate these bars are definitely not for chocolate lightweights.
Dole Plantation Waialua Chocolates
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Comments
Joan Sautter said:
Couldn’t find this chocolate at the airport in Honolulu. Visited the Big Island and Kauai. Couldn’t find it there either. Asked locals about it but only my daughter, who lives on the Big Island was familiar with this product. Would like to be able to taste some of this chocolate. Thank you
Joan Sautter
P.S. I live in Gig Harbor, WA, not too far from Seattle
—11/05/08
Patrick Kell said:
I’ve had this chocolate before. On the box it claims that it’s the worlds rarest chocolate. I don’t know how true that is, but the chocolate is delicious. It has a slight ashy flavore to it from the Hawaiian volcanic ashe soil. It’s a very interesting taste.
—06/28/09
Patrick Kell said:
Oh, and Joan… The reason you couldn’t find this chocolate anywhere is because it is only sold in ONE place in the world (according to Dole). That would be the Dole Pineapple Plantation in Wahiawa on the north shore of O’ahu.
—06/28/09