It came as a delicious surprise to me that we have a chocolate factory in Cozumel. Is life great or what?
Our friend, Laura C., got a group a people together to tour the factory this past week. A young Mexican couple started it almost 5 years ago. They have one full time employee. In a regular sized kitchen, they are able to make 3,000 candy bars a month.
This couple is trying to get a kaokao (cocoa) plantation going on here. It takes the plants about 4 years to start producing. The plants are pretty picky about where they like to grow. But really, how could they not like Cozumel?
Back to the chocolate….the flavors are fantastic – lemon dark chocolate is my favorite. Other close runners up are chili, orange, white, coffee, coconut and passion fruit truffles. Okay, really, they are all my favorite!
Unfortunately, I have no pictures of our tour. There is a website, though. It’s www.chocolateskaokao.com.
1 comment:
Yum!!! Make sure to save room in your bag to bring some for Christmas! :)
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