The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalists of the 2023 Peruvian Cacao Country Support Competition, which was judged remotely in Peru and by our international pool of judges and Grand Jury during May and June 2023.
The judging panel included our regular judges from Peru, along with many of our IICCT alumni and other specialists from the local area and members of our international Grand Jury panel.
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.
This Cacao Country Support Competition is not part of our 2023 main competition and its winners are not eligible to enter the World Final 2023.
The 2023 Peruvian Competition Grand Jury Finalists are:
(In alphabetical order within each category)
Plain/origin bars
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Chuncho - Cuzco (89.60)Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Lakuna (89.18)
Rosmery Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de Origen, Rosmery Chocolates (88.85)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Cuzco 80 (87.25)
Pumatiy (Peru) - PUMATIY 70 % CHUNCHO - KORIBENI (84.70)
Choco Pasión (Peru) - Choco Pasion (84.56)
Xhamin (Peru) - Chocolate Xhamin 80% Cacao (83.52)
Micro-batch - Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - El Ganso (92.33)Lovie chocolate (Peru) - Chuncho - 65% Chocolate Oscuro (89.84)
PAYTITI (Peru) - Fine Flavor Dark Chocolate 70% (89.67)
PAYTITI (Peru) - Fine Flavor Dark Chocolate 75% (89.42)
Tsinane (Peru) - Dark 75% (89.22)
Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - La Pareja - Dark 70% cacao (88.75)
Tsinane (Peru) - Dark 70% (88.73)
Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Platanal Bajo – Dark 70% cacao (88.63)
PAYTITI (Peru) - Fine Flavor Dark Chocolate 63% (88.58)
Cacao Cedromayo (Peru) - 75% Cacao Chuncho (88.56)
Lovie chocolate (Peru) - Bagua - 70% Chocolate Oscuro (88.41)
Warikao (Peru) - Chocolate Bitter al 70% de Cacao (88.23)
PAYTITI (Peru) - Fine Flavor Dark Chocolate 70% (88.22)
Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - La Quemazón - Dark 70% cacao (88.01)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Cusco 71% Cacao Ganso (87.94)
Terrazas (Peru) - Terrazas 70% Cacao Chuncho - Echarati (87.75)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Kareena Heredera 75 % Cacao la Pareja (87.66)
PAYTITI (Peru) - Fine Flavor Dark Chocolate 80% (87.47)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) - Chocolate Dark al 70% de Cacao (87.46)
KUSTY (Peru) - Chocolate al 60 % de Cacao (87.46)
Chocoazú Cacao (Peru) - Chocoazu 70 % Cacao (87.38)
Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Bitter al 70% cacao (Real Chocolate) (87.28)
Chocolates Chaska (Peru) - Bitter 70% Cacao Chuncho (87.24)
Royal Raymi (Peru) - Chocolate Chocodark 70% Cacao (86.97)
Pumatiy (Peru) - Pumatiy 70 % Chuncho Blanco - Koribeni (86.88)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Junín 71% Cacao Pangoa (86.83)
Ruta del cacao (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao (86.81)
Rico Quillabamba (Peru) - 65% Cacao - Chocolate Artesanal (86.80)
Barberis (Peru) - Chocolate Bitter 70% de Cacao Bellavista (86.50)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) - Dark Chocolate 70% JL - 2 (86.50)
GIBBS (Peru) - 60 % Cacao - La Pareja - Piura (86.33)
Valle de Rioja (Peru) - Valle de Rioja Dark 75% (86.25)
GIBBS (Peru) - 73% Cacao - La Pareja - Piura (86.18)
Allincacao (Peru) - Chocolate de 70% de Cacao (86.16)
Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 72% (85.89)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) - Dark Chocolate 70% VRAE - 99 (Ganso) (85.85)
El Quinacho (Peru) - Chocolate al 70 % de Cacao (85.81)
Tsinane (Peru) - Dark 60% (85.72)
Conveca (Peru) - 70% Chuncho - Echarati (85.62)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) - Dark Chocolate 79% VRAE - 15 (85.60)
Inka'Kaw (Peru) - Chocolate oscuro 70% cacao (85.43)
APROCHOK (Peru) - CHOCOLATE BITTER AL 60% (85.39)
k´piros (Peru) - CACAO CHUNCHO 80% (85.39)
Barberis (Peru) - chocolate dark 80% de cacao chuncho (84.58)
ChocoMikhuna (Peru) - WAYU CHOCOLATES 60 % CACAO (84.55)
Taski (Peru) - TASKI 70% CACAO CHUNCHO BITTER (84.53)
Suyai Cacao Chuncho (Peru) - Chocolate al 80% de Cacao Chuncho (84.48)
Cheema (Peru) - CHEMA 80% CACAO CHUNCHO - KUMPIRUSHIATO (84.32)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) - Dark Chocolate 60% Chuncho Pichari (84.31)
Elemento Chocolates (Peru) - Elemento Chocolates 70% Light Roast (84.13)
MISKICHA (Peru) - chocolate bitter al 80% (83.75)
Elemento Chocolates (Peru) - Elemento Chocolates 70% Medium Roast (83.69)
Campos del valle (Peru) - CHOCOLATE AL 80 % DE CACAO (83.61)
Azzaggio (Peru) - CHOCOLATE AL 70% (83.54)
Lovie chocolate (Peru) - Vrae 99 - 70% Chocolate Oscuro (83.40)
ChocoMikhuna (Peru) - WAYU CHOCOLATES 75% CACAO-TINGO MARIA (83.33)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 65% cacao chuncho ROCKACAO (83.30)
YOYATO (Peru) - CHOCOLATE BITTER AL 70% DE CACAO (83.00)
mito chocolate (Peru) - CHOCOLATE 71% CACAO LA PECA - AMAZONAS (82.51)
Q'uma Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate Cusco 75% Cacao (82.13)
High % plain/origin dark chocolate bars (85% and over)
PAYTITI (Peru) - Fine Flavor Dark Chocolate 90% (90.55)Tsinane (Peru) - Dark 100% (89.43)
Campos del valle (Peru) - Pasta de Cacao (89.18)
FinaCao (Peru) - Pasta de Cacao (89.03)
Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 85% (88.98)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Chocolates Kareena 85% Cacao la Pareja (88.15)
Pinsha Musucc (Peru) - Pasta de Cacao (87.92)
Barberis (Peru) - Barra 100% Cacao Bellavista (87.65)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Amazonas 100 (87.65)
Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Buenos Aires la Capital Del Cacao (87.48)
Quara Chocolates (Peru) - Chocolate Galan de Noche 93% (87.48)
Valle de Rioja (Peru) - Valle de Rioja Extra Dark 85% (86.88)
Pumatiy (Peru) - Pumatiy 90 % Chuncho Blanco - Koribeni (86.50)
Sumaq Sunqu (Peru) - Pasta de Cacao (86.46)
Awki (Peru) - Chocolate Puro al 100% Cacao (86.18)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Cuzco 100 (85.60)
YOYATO (Peru) - PASTA DE CACAO (83.76)
PAYTITI (Peru) - FINE FLAVOR DARK CHOCOLATE 100% (83.64)
Pumatiy (Peru) - PUMATIY 90 % CHUNCHO - KORIBENI (83.55)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - KAREENA 1OO% CACAO PUERTA PULACHE (83.42)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Peru Select 85% (83.00)
Royal Raymi (Peru) - CHOCOLATE EXTRADARK 85% CACAO (82.42)
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Piura Milk (89.95)Pumatiy (Peru) - Pumatiy 57 % Chuncho Blanco Dark Milk (88.28)
Pumatiy (Peru) - Pumatiy 57 % Chuncho Con Leche (86.70)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Peru Select 60% (85.48)
Micro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Barberis (Peru) - Chocolate leche 60% de cacao Bellavista. (89.15)Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Peru Select 45% (87.73)
ChocoMikhuna (Peru) - Chocomikhuna Leche 50 % Cacao (86.85)
Royal Raymi (Peru) - Chocolate Con Leche - Kawaii (86.65)
Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - La Quemazón - Milk 49% cacao (86.10)
Chocoazú Cacao (Peru) - Chocoazu 51 % Cacao Con Leche (85.45)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Chocolates Kareena 50% Cacao la Pareja (85.10)
ChocoMikhuna (Peru) - WAYU CHOCOLATES 60 % CACAO CON LECHE (84.04)
Valle de Rioja (Peru) - Valle de Rioja chocolate con leche 55% (83.05)
mito chocolate (Peru) - CHOCOLATE 58% CACAO Y LECHE - LAGUNAS (81.36)
Plain/origin chocolate bars with alternative ingredients
Conveca (Peru) - 90% Chuncho - Echarate (88.23)MANARI Chocolates (Peru) - 95% Chuncho- Cusco (86.93)
GIBBS (Peru) - 80% Cacao con mucilago - La Pareja-Piura (85.70)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Kareena 99.5%cacao Con Stevia la Pareja (84.85)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Sugar Free 70% (82.03)
Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina 80% Theobroma (81.13)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Sugar Free 45% (80.60)
Plain/origin white chocolate bars
CODI (Peru) - Chocolate Blanco CODI (90.00)Barberis (Peru) - Chocolate Blanco 32% de Cacao (87.10)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Milan Peruvian Chocolates (Peru) - Chocolate Bitter Con Camu Camu (90.10)Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - 60% Cacao Con Cafe Puerta Pulache (89.55)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate Cuba Libre 65% Dark (88.43)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate Pure Naranja 65% Dark (87.24)
Allincacao (Peru) - Chocolate con Lucuma (86.80)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao chuncho con muña (86.78)
Xhamin (Peru) - Chocolate al 75% con moringa (85.85)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao chuncho con cedrón (85.44)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate Mezcal Naranja 65% Dark (85.08)
Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina Majambo y Lúcuma (84.98)
DIHA (Peru) - Chocolate al 60% Con Mandarina y Kion (84.74)
Milan Peruvian Chocolates (Peru) - bitter 60% piel de naranja (84.33)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) - CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY VODKA LIMON 65% DARK (83.78)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) - CHOCOLATE ANISADO PERÚ 70% DARK (83.75)
Chocoménica (Peru) - Barra de chocolate al 65 % "Ximena" (83.25)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) - CHOCOLATE PISCO SOUR 65% DARK (83.08)
k´piros (Peru) - MARACUYA 70% CACAO CHUNCHO (82.63)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate con Café 65% (82.20)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 60% cacao chuncho con cedrón (81.95)
Kontiti Historia, Arte y Chocolate (Peru) - CHOCOLATE WHISKY SOUR 65% DARK (81.73)
chocolate piri piris (Peru) - chocolate con naranja (81.60)
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Platanal Bajo - Dark 70% con mango roll (89.50)Warikao (Peru) - Chocolate aromatizado con manzanilla (88.43)
Taski (Peru) - Taski 70% Cacao Chuncho Naranja (88.40)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate con Aguaymanto 65% (88.27)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate con Macambo 70% (88.12)
Brassia (Peru) - Chocolate 60% con coco y quinoa (87.80)
Qori Ruros Cafe & Cacao (Peru) - 70% Cacao Chuncho con Arándanos (87.54)
Kimpito (Peru) - Chocolate Bitter 60% con Aji Charapita (87.30)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) - Chocolate Dark 70% de Cacao con Arandano (87.08)
Qori Ruros Cafe & Cacao (Peru) - 70% Cacao Chuncho con Muña (86.93)
k´piros (Peru) - Naranja 70 % Cacao Chuncho (86.64)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao chuncho con café (86.34)
Cheema (Peru) - Chema 70% Chuncho con Aguaymanto (85.98)
Pumatiy (Peru) - Pumatiy 70% Chuncho con Naranja (85.93)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) - Chocolate Dark 70% de Cacao con Cafe (85.84)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - PIURA NIBS (85.77)
Pumatiy (Peru) - Pumatiy 70% Chuncho con Almendras (85.68)
Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina 70% con olluquito confitado (85.48)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocoplatano con Arandano 60% (85.43)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate Cacao x 2 - 65% (85.40)
Inka'Kaw (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao con sal de Maras (85.33)
Brassia (Peru) - Chocolate 60% con Ajonjolí Negro (85.30)
Brassia (Peru) - Chocolate 72% con Arándanos (85.10)
Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) - Dark Chocolate 70% VRAE - 99 con Pecanas (85.06)
Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 72% - Mango (84.94)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate con Kión 65% (84.64)
Kiénti el Sol de Los Dioses (Peru) - Chocolate Dark 70% de Cacao con Naranja (84.50)
Awki (Peru) - Chocolate Bitter al 70% Cacao Mango (84.33)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao chuncho con naranja (84.30)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 60% cacao chuncho con naranja (84.28)
Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 60% -Café y Plátano (84.14)
Allincacao (Peru) - CHOCOLATE CON ARÁNDANOS (83.95)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 60% cacao chuncho con café (83.80)
DIHA (Peru) - CHOCOLATE AL 60% CON NARANJA Y CAFE (83.65)
Q'uma Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate Aguaymanto 70% Cacao (83.54)
Inka'Kaw (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao con aguaymanto (83.40)
k´piros (Peru) - COCHAYUYO 70% CACAO CHUNCHO (83.30)
Warikao (Peru) - Chocolate bitter 60% cacao con arándano (83.20)
KIABAME (Peru) - KIABAME (82.58)
Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 72% - Tropical Piña y Coco (82.28)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate con Pistacho 65% (82.18)
Brassia (Peru) - CHOCOLATE 72% CON PIÑA Y MANGO (81.96)
Suyai Cacao Chuncho (Peru) - Chocolate al 70% con Aguaymanto (81.78)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao chuncho y arándano (81.70)
Barberis (Peru) - chocolate 70% de cacao con sal de Maras (81.58)
Taski (Peru) - TASKI 70% CACAO CHUNCHO ARANDANOS (81.58)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 60% cacao chuncho y arándano (81.13)
CAFE & CACAO QUELLOUNO (Peru) - 70% CACAO CON ARANDANO (81.08)
Taski (Peru) - TASKI 70% CACAO CHUNCHO ALMENDRA (80.88)
Yuyariway (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao chuncho con fresa (80.83)
Royal Raymi (Peru) - CHOCOLATE CHOCOBERRIES 70% CACAO
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Maracuyá 70% cacao (El Real Chocolate) (87.33)Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Café al 70% cacao (El Real Chocolate) (80.55)
Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Limón Piurano (Real Chocolate) (80.43)
Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
La Realeza Chocolateria Artesanal (Peru) - Chocolate con Muña 50% de Cacao (88.10)Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - 50% Cacao Milk con Algarroba y Maca (87.40)
Valle de Rioja (Peru) - Valle de Rioja Chocolate con Cafe 55% (86.23)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - 50% CACAO CON MENTA PUERTA PULACHE (81.64)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - 55% CACAO MIX ESPECIAS PUERTA PULACHE (80.90)
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Inka'Kaw (Peru) - Chocolate milk 50% con granos andinos (87.54)Juan Laura- The Chocolate Farmer (Peru) - Dark Milk Chocolate 50% with red fruits (87.15)
Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 49% Leche- Naranja (86.80)
Ágape Peruvian Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate de leche 55% con Sacha Inchi (84.60)
Royal Raymi (Peru) - Chocolate Misky Late con Arándanos (84.53)
Bakáu (Peru) - Chocolate con Maní - Manicao 45% (84.04)
MISKICHA (Peru) - chocolate con kiwicha al 60% (82.38)
Shattell Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate leche y quinua 56% Chuncho (81.86)
MISKICHA (Peru) - chocolate con nibs de cacao al 60% (81.62)
Milk chocolate bars with a filling
Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - La Quemazon-DarkMilk 63% salted caramel (85.62)White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Lemon White Chocolate (89.35)DIHA (Peru) - Chocolate Blanco con Marañon (86.00)
Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina Chocolate Blanco con Zapallo (84.52)
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Bakáu (Peru) - ChocoLatte 45% (81.72)Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) - Macambo y Camu Camu (90.58)Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) - Copoazú y Castaña Amazónica (89.78)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) - Cítricos y Cacao (87.03)
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) - Frambuesa y Café (85.39)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Trufa 70% Cacao con Jalea de Cacao (85.15)
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Trufa de Algarrobina Maca y Pisco (86.70)Fatima Carranza (Peru) - COFFEE AND MADAGASCAR VANILLA GANACHE (80.28)
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Aguaymanto - Yacon Bombon (87.40)Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) - Pachamanca (86.15)Fatima Carranza (Peru) - 3 SPICE GANACHE (83.59)
Cacaosuyo (Peru) - CAMU CAMU - YACON BOMBOM (81.34)
Barberis (Peru) - Ganache de arándanos y pasta de coco (81.33)
Nuts
Dark chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
PAYTITI (Peru) - Cacao Caramel 70% (89.73)Kimpito (Peru) - Grageas Nibs de Cacao Borrachos (88.75)
Rio Tambo (Peru) - Grageas de cacao al 60% con naranja (84.83)
Pumatiy (Peru) - GRAGEA DE MAIZ ANDINO 70% CACAO CHUNCHO (83.26)
Terrazas (Peru) - ANTIQ MISK'IN CACAO CON PANELA-ECHARATI (82.10)
Candela Perú (Peru) - CHOCOLATE CON CASTAÑA 55% CACAO (80.58)
Rio Tambo (Peru) - Grageas de cacao al 60% con ajonjoli (80.40)
Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Belen (Peru) - Gragea-Café Caramelizado (88.20)Nut based pralines with combination chocolate
Renacer Chocolatier (Peru) - Flores y Té (83.94)Fatima Carranza (Peru) - PRALINE ALMOND, HONEY, LEMON & CINNAMON (80.99)
Caramels
Milk chocolate enrobed caramels
Fatima Carranza (Peru) - Banana and Cinnamon Candy (87.10)Combination chocolate enrobed caramels
Fatima Carranza (Peru) - Honey and Saffron Caramel (87.45)Chocoménica (Peru) - Caramelo exótico (85.93)
Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
Dark chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée
Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina 70% Theo Bombon relleno con Majambo (81.63)Dark chocolate enrobed whole fruit
Belen (Peru) - Gragea de Naranja (87.83)INKAO Peru (Peru) - Aguaymanto Cubierto con Chocolate 65% (85.77)
Pumatiy (Peru) - Gragea de Naranja 70% Cacao Chuncho (85.53)
Azzaggio (Peru) - Gragea de Piña (85.02)
Warikao (Peru) - Gragea de arándano (84.98)
Candela Perú (Peru) - CHOCOLATE CON PIÑA DESHIDRATADA (80.99)
Other fillings with dark chocolate
Azzaggio (Peru) - GRAGEAS DE GALLETAS (81.53)Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Crema 50% Cacao con Algarroba y Maca (90.37)Chocolates Kareena (Peru) - Crema 50 % Cacao con Mani (89.77)
Spreads with milk chocolate
Milan Peruvian Chocolates (Peru) - Chocoavellanas Milan (80.81)Ingredients from cacao
Cocoa Powder
Candela Perú (Peru) - Polvo de Cacao 22-24% Orgánico (90.27)PAYTITI (Peru) - Polvo de Cacao Natural (cacao Chuncho) (86.93)
Nutry Body (Peru) - Organic Raw Cacao Powder (86.43)
Cocoa Butter
PAYTITI (Peru) - Manteca de Cacao Natural (cacao Chuncho) (90.13)|||
