On Saturday, 19th July, The International Chocolate Awards announced the winners of the 10° Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano 2025 at the Salon del Cacao y Chocolate de Lima in Peru.
Along with the winners, the list of the Grand Jury Finalists with their final scores is also published.
The judging panel was a carefully selected group of our most experienced judges from Peru and from our international judging pool, who tasted the entries in anonymised judging, together with the permanent members of our Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury Finalists are the entries that made it through to the final Grand Jury round, following an initial technical Selection round and a main round of judging. The Finalists are the nominations from which the Grand Jury select the prize winners, through private voting.
While listing as a Grand Jury Finalist is an achievement in itself, it does not necessarily indicate that the entry will receive a prize.
See the list of Winners here.
Scores
Scores were published for each finalist product, using the IICCT scoring system, which is tuned to match the scoring scale used in specialty coffee.
The International Chocolate Awards is continuing its drive for transparency and standardisation in chocolate sensory evaluation, using the flavor profiling system from our parent body, the IICCT. As part of this initiative, we are now listing the scores for all winners and finalists, giving consumers a better guide for chocolate quality and entrants something extra to celebrate along with their medals. The scores given are similar to those used in specialty coffee, where 80 and above indicates fine chocolate quality and scores above 90 suggest extraordinary quality and craft. The prize break points are set by the Grand Jury for each category, according to the product type.
The 10° Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano 2025 Grand Jury Finalists are:
Plain/origin bars
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Piura Select (90.13)Cacaosuyo (Peru) – El Ganso (90.10)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Chuncho-cuzco (89.38)
Elemento Chocolates (Peru) – Elemento Chocolates 70% Intense Roast (88.90)
PAYTITI (Peru) – 70% Blend de Cacao Chunchos (88.10)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Lakuna (88.03)
PAYTITI (Peru) – 63% Blend de Chunchos (87.93)
PAYTITI (Peru) – 80% Blend de Chunchos (86.73)
Maraná (Peru) – Marana Chocolates Piura 70% (86.50)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Cuzco 80 (85.81)
Elemento Chocolates (Peru) – Elemento Chocolates 70% Light Roast (84.80)
Micro-batch – Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Kampaq (Peru) – Chocolate Oscuro 80% Kampaq (90.54)Miski Warmi (Peru) – 72% Cacao Nativo Blanco Origen La Pareja (89.36)
Burgos Chocolates (Peru) – Chocolate Dark 70% Cacao (89.30)
Inka’Kaw (Peru) – Chocolate Oscuro 70% Cacao (89.30)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 70 % Chuncho – Rodriguez (89.16)
PANGOA (Peru) – Infinity (89.13)
Miski Warmi (Peru) – 65% Cacao Nativo Blanco Origen La Pareja (89.12)
Yunka (Peru) – Dark Chocolate al 70% Cacao con Panela (89.00)
Intikilla Kakau (Peru) – Chocolate al 70% Cacao Chuncho Echarati (88.98)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 70 % Chuncho – Santa Ana (88.58)
Duuale (Peru) – Chocolate Dark 60% (88.56)
Wilces (Peru) – Chocolate Camaleon 80% Wilces (88.12)
Semillas de amor (Peru) – Cacao Chuncho 70% (87.65)
Amasisa Peru (Peru) – Amasisa – Alegria (87.60)
Yoyo Cacao Y Chocolate (Peru) – Chuncho Napolitano 70% (87.56)
Yanary (Peru) – Chocolate de Cacao Chuncho al 70% (87.53)
Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura 60% (87.46)
Kampaq (Peru) – Chocolate Oscuro 70% Kampaq (87.42)
Yanary (Peru) – Chocolate Cacao Chuncho Blanco al 70% (87.38)
Frandhi (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (87.36)
ChocoMuseo (Peru) – 70% Cacao Chocolate (87.32)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) – Chocolate 70% Cacao Chuncho Blanco (87.25)
Imperio Kareena (Peru) – Imperio Kareena 75% Cacao ” Heredera” (87.04)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) – 70% Chuncho Santa Ana by Kontiti (86.98)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) – 70% Chuncho Koribeni by Kontiti (86.96)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) – 70% Cacao – Single Selection Vrae 99 (86.94)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) – 79% Cacao- Single Selection Vrae-15 (86.78)
Conveca (Peru) – 70% Cacao Chuncho Santa Ana (86.56)
PAYTITI (Peru) – 70% Chuncho Pamuco (86.22)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) – 70% Cacao- Single Selection Bellavista (85.96)
FinaCao (Peru) – Chocolate Dark 60% (85.48)
Ura Chocolates (Peru) – 70% Pichari Vraem 99 (85.28)
Cooperativa Agraria Agroecologica Cacaotera de Pichari Vrae (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 72% Cacao (85.26)
EL QUINACHO (Peru) – Chocolate Dark 70% (85.22)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) – 80% Chuncho Santa Ana by Kontiti (85.16)
Magaya (Peru) – Chocolate 70% Cacao (85.06)
Keshet (Peru) – Chocolate Oscuro 70% Cacao (85.04)
Amasisa Peru (Peru) – Amasisa – Bello Horizonte (84.99)
Verani (Peru) – Chocolate al 70% (84.96)
Campos del valle (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 60% Cacao (84.79)
Barberis (Peru) – Chocolate Bitter 70% de Cacao Criollo (84.64)
DALÉSE (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (84.50)
El Forastero (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (84.40)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 70 % Chuncho (84.37)
Qamap (Peru) – Chocolate Dark 60% (84.30)
Watmi Tsinani (Peru) – Chocolate 70% Cacao (84.30)
PAYTITI (Peru) – 75% Chuncho Señorita (83.95)
High % plain/origin dark chocolate bars (85% and over)
Altoshima (Peru) – Pasta Pura de Cacao (91.28)Yanary (Peru) – Chocolate Chuncho Blanco al 95% (89.94)
Agrobosque (Peru) – Eori (88.70)
Conveca (Peru) – 90% Cacao Chuncho Achoqcha (88.58)
Yanary (Peru) – Chocolate Cacao Chuncho Blanco al 85 % (88.08)
Municipalidad Distrital de Echarati (Peru) – Chocolate 90 % Md Echarati Riqchari (87.50)
Xhamin chocolates (Peru) – Xhamin Chocolate al 95% (vrae99 ) (87.38)
Ura Chocolates (Peru) – 85% Pichari Vraem 99 (86.98)
El Forastero (Peru) – 100% Cacao (86.96)
Municipalidad Distrital de Echarati (Peru) – Chocolate 100 % Md Echarati Riqchari (86.76)
Kampaq (Peru) – Chocolate 100% Kampaq (86.58)
Chocolates “La Shiliquita” (Peru) – 90% Cacao (86.46)
EL QUINACHO (Peru) – Pasta de Cacao 100% (86.27)
Rico Quillabamba (Peru) – Chocolate Dark al 90% (86.19)
Conveca (Peru) – 85% Chuncho Blanco (86.03)
Caral Chocolate (Peru) – Pasta de Cacao al 100% (85.73)
Yoyo Cacao Y Chocolate (Peru) – Chocolate 100 % Dulce (85.56)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 85% Chuncho (84.90)
Yanary (Peru) – Pasta Pura al 100% Chuncho Blanco (84.73)
Cafe & Cacao Quellouno (Peru) – Chocolate Dark al 85% (84.18)
PAYTITI (Peru) – 90% Cacao Chuncho Común (84.01)
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Cacaosuyo (Peru) – Piura Milk (87.10)Wayu Chocolates (Peru) – 60 % Cacao con Leche (82.98)
Semillas de amor (Peru) – Chocolate 57 % con Leche (82.18)
Micro-batch – Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) – Chulucanas – Dark Milk 51% Cacao (89.20)Imperio Kareena (Peru) – Imperio Kareena,50% Cacao Milk la Pareja (87.35)
Chocoparaiso (Peru) – Dark Chocolate Milk 52% Cacao (86.88)
Chocolates “La Shiliquita” (Peru) – 50% Cacao con Leche (86.85)
Valle del Pinchinkuru – Supreme Foods (Peru) – Dark Milk Chocolate 52% (86.48)
Barberis (Peru) – Chocolate de Leche 40% de Cacao Criollo (84.57)
Barberis (Peru) – Chocolate Leche 60% de Cacao Bellavista (83.71)
Wayu Chocolates (Peru) – Leche 50 % Cacao (82.40)
Plain/origin chocolate bars with alternative ingredients
Valle del Pinchinkuru – Supreme Foods (Peru) – Pebas – Dark Milk Chocoazu 54% (91.03)Maywa (Peru) – 72% Chuncho with Cocoa Fruit Pulp (89.87)
Wilces (Peru) – Chocolate Oscuro Sinfonia 70% Wilces (89.39)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 85 % Chuncho con Miel (89.10)
Pachinkao (Peru) – Dark Choco 80% Cacao with Melipona Honey (88.23)
CODI (Peru) – Chocolate Premium 85% Cacao con Estevia (88.17)
Kiabame (Peru) – Chocolate Blanco de Copoazú – Kiabame (88.17)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Theobroma Speciosum (cacawillo) 67% (87.19)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 75 % Majambo (86.74)
Diha Tropical (Peru) – Chocolate al 100% de Cacao de Monte (86.63)
Plain/origin white chocolate bars
Imperio Kareena (Peru) – Imperio Kareena Chocolate Blanco 40% (86.23)Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura 37% Leche Asada (84.60)
Diha Tropical (Peru) – Chocolate Blanco (83.27)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
PANGOA (Peru) – Cedrón (89.20)Magaya (Peru) – Chocolate 60% Cacao con Masato (88.66)
PANGOA (Peru) – Love Is Inmortal (88.00)
Milan Peruvian Chocolates (Peru) – Choco Camucamu 60% Cacao (87.76)
Milan Peruvian Chocolates (Peru) – Chocolate con Camu Camu 60% Cacao (87.50)
PANGOA (Peru) – Caoba 360° (87.44)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) – Chocolate Dark Intense 70% con Café (87.40)
Cafe y Cacao Q’Orirurus (Peru) – Sal Rosada de Maras con Cacao Chuncho (87.28)
Milan Peruvian Chocolates (Peru) – Chocolate con Maracuya 70% Cacao (87.26)
Cooperativa Agraria Agroecologica Cacaotera de Pichari Vrae (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao con Lucuma (87.20)
Maná Chocolate (Peru) – Chocolate Maná Aguaymanto al 62% (86.92)
PANGOA (Peru) – Moena Alcanforada (86.91)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) – Pineapple Chocolate by Kontiti (86.76)
Wayu Chocolates (Peru) – 62% – Maracuya (86.56)
D´Rio (Peru) – Chocolate 70% Cacao con Aji (86.41)
Ovaldizan (Peru) – Chocolate al 65 % con Naranja (86.29)
Tsinane (Peru) – Dark Chocolate con Hierba Luisa (85.76)
Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura 60% con Muña (85.74)
Cedromayo (Peru) – 70% Cacao Chuncho y Café Geisha (85.51)
Wayu Chocolates (Peru) – 75 % Cacao con Maracuya (85.47)
Productos Vilcanota (Peru) – 70% Cacao Chuncho con Sal de Maras (85.25)
PANGOA (Peru) – Golden Time (84.51)
Ovaldizan (Peru) – Chocolate al 80 % con Naranja y Sal Mara (84.13)
Wayu Chocolates (Peru) – Oscuro 62 % – Naranja (84.08)
Shiaukelit (Peru) – Chocoment 70% Cacao (83.60)
Dukay (Peru) – Maracumango 70% Cacao (83.08)
Barberis (Peru) – Chocolate Bitter 65% con Toronjil (82.93)
Maná Chocolate (Peru) – Chocolate Maná saúco 73% (82.73)
Tsinane (Peru) – Dark Chocolate With Cedron (82.37)
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 70% Chuncho con Sal de Maras (93.20)Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) – 70% Cacao With Mandarina (92.50)
ChocoMuseo (Peru) – 100% Cacao With Pineapple (91.17)
Tsinane (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 70% con Piña (90.33)
Imperio Kareena (Peru) – Imperiokareena 75% con Mucilago de Cacao (89.52)
ChocoMuseo (Peru) – 100% Cacao With Red Berries (89.48)
Cheema (Peru) – Chocolate 70% con Polen (88.73)
Intikilla Kakau (Peru) – Chocolate al 70% con Fresa Echarati (88.45)
PAYTITI (Peru) – Mate de Quinua & Cacao Chuncho (88.07)
Chocolatería Kumay Jaén (Peru) – Tableta de Chocolate 80% Cacao Mixto (87.77)
Cafe y Cacao Q’Orirurus (Peru) – Maracumango 70% (87.27)
Brassia (Peru) – 72% Cacao con Piña y Mango (86.83)
Kusty (Peru) – Chocolate con Kinua y Quiwicha (86.80)
CODI (Peru) – Chocolate 70% Cacao con Pistacho y Sal (86.65)
Fama de Quillabamba (Peru) – Chocolate con Chicha Morada 65% Cacao (86.50)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 70 % Chuncho con Naranja (86.47)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) – Chocolate Dark Intense 70% Exotic Andes (86.24)
Santa Cacao (Peru) – Chocolate con Piña (86.20)
Yanary (Peru) – Chuncho Blanco al 70 % con Arandanos (86.08)
Aprochok (Peru) – Chocolate Dark 65% con Naranja (84.63)
Brassia (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 60% Cacao With Mango (84.20)
Altoshima (Peru) – Chocolate 70% Mix de Frutas (83.82)
Intikilla Kakau (Peru) – Chocolate al 70% con Almendras Echarati (83.81)
Cafe y Cacao Q’Orirurus (Peru) – Muña con 70% cacao Chuncho (83.78)
Diha Tropical (Peru) – Chocolate al 60% con Rambután (83.30)
Korín Chocolate Premium (Peru) – El Real Chocolate (83.25)
Maywa (Peru) – 70% Chuncho – Nibs – Dates (83.23)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) – Chocolate Dark Intense 70% con Coca (83.05)
Chocoparaiso (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao con Pecanas (82.99)
Pachinkao (Peru) – Choco Piña 75% Cacao (82.62)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy 70 % Chuncho con Piña (82.34)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) – Chocolate Dark Intense 70% con Naranja (82.30)
Altoshima (Peru) – Chocolate 70% con Arandanos (82.14)
Cafe y Cacao Q’Orirurus (Peru) – Arándano con 70% Cacao Chuncho (82.05)
Gambi Chocolate (Peru) – Chocolate Gambi con Piña al 60% (81.99)
Parlay (Peru) – Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao con Aguaymanto (81.97)
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Korín Chocolate Premium (Peru) – El Chocolate Apasionado (85.99)Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Imperio Kareena (Peru) – 50% Cacao Milk con Hierva Luisa (88.37)Ovaldizan (Peru) – Chocolate con Leche 60 % con Cafe (84.53)
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura 49% con Ajonjoli y Piña (89.50)La Realeza Chocolateria Artesanal (Peru) – Arroz con Leche 53% de Cacao (86.30)
Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura 49% con Cafe y Avellana (86.30)
Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura49% Caramelo con Sal de Maras (84.22)
La Realeza Chocolateria Artesanal (Peru) – Chocolate con Quinua 53% de Cacao (84.03)
White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Magaya (Peru) – Chocolate 40% Cacao con Zapallo Nativo (90.50)Cheema (Peru) – Chocolate Blanco 50% con Cúrcuma (89.77)
Diha Tropical (Peru) – Chocolate Blanco con Hierba Luisa (85.89)
PANGOA (Peru) – For You (82.39)
Imperio Kareena (Peru) – Chocolate Blanco con Maracuya y Pistacho (82.05)
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Barberis (Peru) – Blondie con Caramelo y Sal de Maras (90.03)Warikao (Peru) – Chocolate Blanco con Maracuyá y Piña (87.11)
Imperio Kareena (Peru) – Chocolate Blanco con Matcha y Caramelo (86.05)
Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura 37% Maracuya y Pistachos (84.87)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy Bombon Herbal (89.45)Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Vainilla Pompona y Café (88.31)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Copoazú y Castaña Amazónica (88.20)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Lima y Cacao (87.75)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Subincanum y Limón Mandarino (87.54)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) – Mojito by Kontiti (84.41)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy Bombon de Maracuya (83.00)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) – Piña Colada by Kontiti (82.01)
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Barberis (Peru) – El Apasionado (83.37)Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy Bombon de Toronja (82.84)
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Lomo Saltado (88.67)Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Marshmellow y Chocolate Caliente (85.58)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Mucílago de Cacao (83.35)
Barberis (Peru) – Ganache de Sandia, Limon y Sal de Maras. (82.61)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Capuccino (82.43)
Barberis (Peru) – Ganache Fruto de Los Inkas (82.28)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Turrón de Doña Pepa (90.00)Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Copoazú, Haba Tonka y Castaña Amazónica (87.47)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Alfajor (86.05)
Dark chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Rio Tambo (Peru) – Gragea de Cacao Chocolate con Aguaje (89.78)Kemito (Peru) – Gragea de Mani con Aji Charapita (87.58)
Chozú (Peru) – Kotsimba (Snack de Copoazú) – Chozú (87.13)
” El Machula” (Peru) – 60% Gragea de Sacha Inchi | Inka Nuts (84.71)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy Grajeas 70%chuncho con Cafe (84.48)
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Manjar Blanco y Crunchy Andino (86.65)Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Chocolates “La Shiliquita” (Peru) – Almendras Bañadas con Chocolate (82.19)Nut based pralines with white chocolate
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Pie de Limón (89.51)Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Kujen de Frutos Rojos (85.93)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Papa a la Huancaina (83.27)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Vainilla Pompona y Cacao (83.05)
White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Kemito (Peru) – Gragea de Cacao con Camote Nativo (82.96)Nut based pralines with combination chocolate
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Pecana y Caramelo Salado (90.56)Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Queso Helado (86.80)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Mazamorra Morada y Arroz con Leche (84.17)
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Manari Chocolates (Peru) – Gragea de Caramelo de Limón con Ají (87.66)Burgos Chocolates (Peru) – Bombon Relleno de Toffee de Camu Camu (86.85)
Others – fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
Milk chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée
Magia Piura (Peru) – Magia Piura Bombón Relleno de Mora (86.18)Dark chocolate enrobed whole fruit
Semillas de amor (Peru) – Grajea de Naranja 70% (90.30)Productos Vilcanota (Peru) – Grageas de Durazno al 60% de Cacao (87.01)
Productos Vilcanota (Peru) – Grageas de Naranja al 60% de Cacao (86.77)
Warikao (Peru) – Aguaymanto Bañadas con Chocolate Bitter (86.73)
Productos Vilcanota (Peru) – Grageas de Kion al 60% (85.68)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Pumatiy Grajeas 70%chuncho con Aranadano (84.00)
Milk chocolate enrobed whole fruit
Chocolates “La Shiliquita” (Peru) – Aguaymantos Bañados con Chocolate (86.70)MANSANO (Peru) – Chocolate con Frambuesa (86.41)
White chocolate enrobed whole fruit
MANSANO (Peru) – Chocolate con Matcha, Fresa y Maracuyá (87.63)Dark chocolate enrobed manon/butter/cream
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) – Suspiro de Limeña (87.28)Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
Imperio Kareena (Peru) – Crema de Cacao con Algarroba y Maca (85.90)Ingredients from cacao
Cocoa Powder
Inka’Kaw (Peru) – Cacao En Polvo (88.85)K´Piros (Peru) – K’piros Cacao En Polvo (88.53)
Maywa (Peru) – 100% Chuncho Cocoa Powder Not Defatted (86.88)
Productos Vilcanota (Peru) – Cacao En Polvo (86.45)
Cocoa Butter
Wilces (Peru) – Manteca de Cacao Premium Wilces (87.05)K´Piros (Peru) – Manteca de Cacao Chuncho (86.38)
Chocolateria Pumatiy (Peru) – Manteca de Cacao Chuncho (83.63)
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