The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalists of the 2025 Americas – Latin America & the Caribbean Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition, which was judged remotely during Summer 2025.
The judging panel included our regular Americas judges, 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.
You can find the list of winners here.
The 2026 Americas – Latin America & the Caribbean Grand Jury Finalists are:
(In score order within each category)
Pure/origine repen
Pure/origine donkere chocoladerepen
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Arhuacos 72% (90.77)Chocopunto by Mabel (Dominican Republic) - 70% Dark Monte Plata (90.40)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Raw 80% (90.37)
Vida Silvestre (Mexico) - Chocolate 70% Almendra Blanca (90.17)
Buendia cacao (Mexico) - Santo Tomas 68% Vida Silvestre (89.70)
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Tumaco 70% (89.63)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Guayas 70% (89.53)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Choronà (89.20)
Chocopunto by Mabel (Dominican Republic) - 70% Dark Zorzal (89.07)
Cacau do Céu Chocolates (Brazil) - Catongo Variety 80% Dark Chocolate (88.53)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Chuncho 70% (88.33)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Raw 70% (88.30)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Galápagos 75% (87.93)
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica) - 70% Dark Chocolate (87.90)
Vida Silvestre (Mexico) - Chocolate Oscuro 80% (87.77)
Nugali (Brazil) - Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa - Cacau em Flor (86.90)
Vida Silvestre (Mexico) - Chocolate Oscuro 70% (86.84)
XKIK (Mexico) - 75% Cacao (86.50)
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Sierra Nevada 72% (85.86)
Kakaw Museo (Mexico) - Tulipán 72 (83.69)
Micro-batch - Pure/origine donkere chocoladerepen
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Chontalpa 70% (90.20)Argencove (Nicaragua) - Batch 18 80% (89.52)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Soconusco 70% (89.48)
Delirio Chocolate (Venezuela) - Porcelana 75% cacao (89.02)
Delirio Chocolate (Venezuela) - Ocumare 72% Cacao (88.98)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Flor de Un DÃa 70% (88.94)
Levêlez Chocolate (Mexico) - 70% Cacao Almendra Blanca (88.92)
Semilla Escuela de Cacao y Chocolate ( Semilla, Cocoa. And Chocolate School ) (Nicaragua) - Tumchele 70% (88.88)
Jacinto (Mexico) - Las Delias, Almendra Blanca (88.82)
20/20 Chocolates (Venezuela) - Chuao 70% (88.68)
Buendia cacao (Mexico) - Mayi 80% Finca Las Delias (88.18)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Finca La Rioja 70% (88.02)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Piura Quemazón (88.02)
Chocolates Cayré (Venezuela) - Cayré - Sur del Lago 70% (87.78)
Chocolata Soul (Mexico) - Chocolate 70% Cacao Finca Cacayo (87.70)
Delirio Chocolate (Venezuela) - Mi Tierra 67% Cacao (87.70)
Hacienda RC (Mexico) - Chocolate 74% Cacao Rosain -Hacienda RC (87.44)
Buendia cacao (Mexico) - Utsil 70% Hacienda El Recuerdo (87.36)
Kakaw Museo (Mexico) - Malinche 65 (87.22)
Mestiço Chocolates (Brazil) - Catongo Varietal Intenso 67% (87.16)
Buendia cacao (Mexico) - Náay 67% / Finca Cacayo (87.12)
Argencove (Nicaragua) - Masaya 70% (86.62)
Hacienda Napaná (Mexico) - Arraigo 65% (86.55)
Creativa KAKAW Chocolate de Origen By Gabriel Herrera (Mexico) - La Piedra 70% Polivarietal (86.50)
Creativa KAKAW Chocolate de Origen By Gabriel Herrera (Mexico) - Zafra 70% Almendra Blanca. (86.36)
Semilla Escuela de Cacao y Chocolate ( Semilla, Cocoa. And Chocolate School ) (Nicaragua) - Trilogia 70% (86.30)
Kakaw Museo (Mexico) - Siibalkuj 70 (86.14)
Cacau Dourado Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate 70% Cacau (85.82)
Argencove (Nicaragua) - 77 (85.41)
Levêlez Chocolate (Mexico) - 75% Sierra de Tabasco (85.36)
20/20 Chocolates (Venezuela) - Jobito 70% (85.25)
Pasión de Cacao (Mexico) - 78% Sitio Grande (84.98)
Tibitó Chocolate (Colombia) - Putumayo 70% (84.84)
20/20 Chocolates (Venezuela) - Yaracuy 74% (84.72)
LIKKLE MORE CHOCOLATE (Jamaica) - Signature Dark Terroir 70% Cocoa (84.61)
Kilimbo (Colombia) - Santander 60% Cacao With Panela (84.35)
El Encanto (Venezuela) - Chocolate oscuro Camoruco (84.02)
Hoog % puur/origine donkere chocoladerepen (85% of meer)
Chocopunto by Mabel (Dominican Republic) - 85% Dark Monte Plata (88.52)Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Raw 90% (88.52)
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Arauca 86% (86.58)
Argencove (Nicaragua) - 92 (84.20)
Puur/origine donkere chocoladerepen 100 %
Legado Cacao (Colombia) - Anaya 100% (89.33)Chocopunto by Mabel (Dominican Republic) - 100% Zorzal Cacao (89.13)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Soconusco 100% (88.75)
Sub Umbra Floreo (Belize) - Floreo Belize 100% Dark Chocolate Bar (88.40)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Raw 100% (87.28)
Delirio Chocolate (Venezuela) - Cacao Mass 100% Cacao (86.53)
Finca Manantiales (Ecuador) - 100% Dark Chocolate Bar 50g (84.13)
Pure/origine melk chocoladerepen
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Tumaco Leche 53% (88.84)Cacau do Céu Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate Ao Leite 40% Cacau Do Céu (85.93)
XKIK (Mexico) - 50% Cacao Milk Chocolate (85.70)
Nugali (Brazil) - Milk Chocolate 45% Cocoa (85.48)
Vida Silvestre (Mexico) - Chocolate con Leche 47% (84.75)
REPÚBLICA DEL CACAO (Ecuador) - 40% Chocolate (82.34)
Micro-batch - Pure/origine melk chocoladerepen
Argencove (Nicaragua) - Dark Milk 60% (89.62)Cacau Dourado Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate 41% Cacao Ao Leitee (86.30)
Buendia cacao (Mexico) - Ki’ 54% Leche de Cabra / Finca la Joya (85.83)
DoSemente Cacau (Brazil) - Milk Chocolate 55% Cacao (85.82)
Binz Chocolates (Mexico) - Dark milk 52% Las Lluvias. (85.48)
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica) - 60% Milk Chocolate (84.47)
Miroh! Chocolate Makers (Brazil) - Idukki Dark Milk 54% Cacau (82.06)
Pure/originele chocoladerepen met alternatieve suikers
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70 "whole Fruit Mucilage" (86.63)Pure/originele chocoladerepen met melkvervangers
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Coconut 53% (86.63)Kairi Chocolate (Trinidad and Tobago) - Plantain 50% (85.73)
Pure/origine chocoladerepen met andere Theobromas
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Bicolor Patasmuyo 70% (85.98)Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Grandiflorum / Cupuazú 70% (83.09)
Pure/origine witte chocoladerepen
DoSemente Cacau (Brazil) - Caramelized Milk White Chocolate (88.24)Chocopunto by Mabel (Dominican Republic) - 40% White Chocolate (87.88)
Mendoá Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate Branco 35% Cacau Doce de Leite (86.97)
Mestiço Chocolates (Brazil) - Branco 35% (85.98)
Binz Chocolates (Mexico) - Chocolate Blanco 40% Napaná (82.89)
XKIK (Mexico) - 35% Cacao White Chocolate (82.16)
Repen met toegevoegde smaak
Donkere chocoladerepen met een infusie of aroma
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Ylang Ylang 60% (90.38)Semilla Escuela de Cacao y Chocolate ( Semilla, Cocoa. And Chocolate School ) (Nicaragua) - Chocolate Oscuro con Ron de Café (88.98)
Cacau do Céu Chocolates (Brazil) - Intense Dark Chocolate with Gentle Spice (88.36)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Oscuro y café 62% (87.90)
Binz Chocolates (Mexico) - Barra 70% Napaná con Chile Pasilla Mixe (87.87)
Hacienda Napaná (Mexico) - Molienda 67% (87.62)
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Cardamom 67% (87.60)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Dill / Eneldo 60% (87.48)
Velmont (Brazil) - Hojicha Razuberi (87.48)
Hacienda Napaná (Mexico) - Cazuela 60% (87.10)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Bicolor con Uchu (AjÃ) 60% (87.08)
Delirio Chocolate (Venezuela) - Choroni Parchita 60% Cacao (87.07)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Palo Santo 60% (87.05)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Andean Aromatic Eucalyptus 60% (86.80)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70% Sweetened With Mango Sugar (86.68)
Huma Chocolate (Ecuador) - Aromaticas (86.53)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Wild Andean Boletus 60% (86.41)
Yojoa Chocolate (Honduras) - 70% Dark Chocolate with Coffee. (86.03)
Mission Chocolate (Brazil) - Café con Ron (85.98)
ANQURIA (Ecuador) - Anquria "63% Cacao - Ishpingo" (85.95)
Kakaw Museo (Mexico) - Mole 62% - Rancho del Lago (85.89)
Argencove (Nicaragua) - Cardamom & Orange (85.86)
Huma Chocolate (Ecuador) - Palo Santo (84.80)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Molle / Pepper Tree 60% (84.79)
LIKKLE MORE CHOCOLATE (Jamaica) - Jamaican Sorrel 70% Cacao (84.27)
MCB Xocolate (Venezuela) - Guanábana (83.50)
Vida Silvestre (Mexico) - Chocolate 54% Flor de Naranja (83.09)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Pitaya y Jamaica 62% (82.89)
LIKKLE MORE CHOCOLATE (Jamaica) - Blue Mountain Coffee 68% Cocoa (82.54)
Donkere chocoladerepen met insluitsels of stukjes
Cacau Dourado Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate 70% Cacau Com Cupuaçu (89.30)Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Raw 101% (88.43)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Bicolor con Sal 60% (87.77)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70% Tangerine (87.73)
ANQURIA (Ecuador) - Anquria "100% Cacao - Mucilage & Nibs" (87.64)
ANQURIA (Ecuador) - Anquria "63% Cacao -Caramelized Macambo" (87.48)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Spicy Tamarind / Tamarindo Picante 60% (87.43)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70% Araza (87.06)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70% Hog Plum & Salt / Obos con Sal (86.62)
Nugali (Brazil) - Dark Chocolate 70% with Açaà Brittle (86.62)
LIKKLE MORE CHOCOLATE (Jamaica) - Jamaican Thyme & Orange Peels 70% Cacao (86.45)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70% Macambo & Mucilago (86.20)
Pasión de Cacao (Mexico) - Flamenco (86.08)
ANQURIA (Ecuador) - Anquria Mucilage & Caramelized Wachansu (85.76)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Green Banana Chips / Chifle 60% (85.66)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70% Intag Coffee (85.50)
Caramela (Mexico) - Caramelia (85.02)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios 70% Banana & Blackberry (84.49)
LIKKLE MORE CHOCOLATE (Jamaica) - Pink Peppercorn 70% Cacao (84.36)
Mission Chocolate (Brazil) - Maravilhosa (84.23)
Chocolata Soul (Mexico) - Chocolate 70% con Mango Enchilado (83.33)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Agrillito 62% (83.02)
Nugali (Brazil) - Dark Chocolate 63% with Pink Peppercorn (82.88)
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica) - 70% Dark Chocolate with Coconut (82.43)
Melk chocoladerepen met een infusie of aroma
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Leche y Café 58% (90.93)Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Mocha 49% (88.93)
Miroh! Chocolate Makers (Brazil) - Chocolate Ao Leite Com Café Blum`s (86.97)
Kairi Chocolate (Trinidad and Tobago) - Island Spice 50% Dark Milk (86.68)
Feliu Chocolate (Mexico) - Leche y Vainilla 58% (85.73)
Levêlez Chocolate (Mexico) - Levêlez 47% Chocolate con Leche (85.66)
NOMÉ (Panama) - 50% Chocolate con Leche y Café Geisha N. (84.08)
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica) - 56% Milk Chocolate with Chili ("Lava") (83.09)
Melkchocoladerepen met insluitsels of stukjes
Cacau do Céu Chocolates (Brazil) - Choc.canastra Cheese and Dulce de Leche (88.20)Mestiço Chocolates (Brazil) - Mel & Baru 50% ao Leite (88.00)
Miroh! Chocolate Makers (Brazil) - 45% ao Leite, Banana e Castanha de Caju (86.76)
Cacau Dourado Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocorock (86.56)
Mendoá Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate 50% Cacau Ao Leite Com Cupuaçu (86.38)
Nugali (Brazil) - Milk Chocolate 45% Cocoa With Brazil Nut (85.90)
Huma Chocolate (Ecuador) - Chulpi con Leche (85.83)
Maleku Chocolate (Costa Rica) - 60% Milk Chocolate with Coffee (84.18)
Mission Chocolate (Brazil) - Nutcracker (84.15)
Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Bios Milk with Blackberry & Macadamia (84.10)
Finca Manantiales (Ecuador) - 60% Dark Milk Chocolate - Coffee & Nibs (82.70)
Melkchocoladerepen met een vulling
Caramela (Mexico) - Royal Crunch (82.84)Caramela (Mexico) - Golden Dubai (81.99)
Witte chocoladerepen met een infusie of aroma
Yojoa Chocolate (Honduras) - White Chocolate with Anise Avocado (90.48)Jucolatte (Brazil) - Chocolate 33% Milho (89.23)
Kakaw Museo (Mexico) - Taxcalate 41% (88.33)
MCB Xocolate (Venezuela) - Tropical (88.18)
Velmont (Brazil) - Golden Banana (87.64)
Mission Chocolate (Brazil) - Coquito (86.33)
Baianà Chocolates (Brazil) - White Chocolate Latte (82.61)
Witte chocoladerepen met insluitsels of stukjes
Cacau Dourado Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate Branco Caramelo Com Coco (89.38)Chocolates Bios (Ecuador) - Chocolate Blanco 37% Araza (88.48)
Cacau do Céu Chocolates (Brazil) - White Choc w/ Freeze-Dried Passion Fruit (87.82)
Cacau do Céu Chocolates (Brazil) - WC Freeze-Dried Strawberry and Pistaquio (84.42)
Mendoá Chocolates (Brazil) - Chocolate Branco 35% Cacau Com Maracujá (83.86)
Combination chocolate met insluitsels of stukjes
Cacau do Céu Chocolates (Brazil) - White & Milk Chocolate with Blue Cheese (86.23)Huma Chocolate (Ecuador) - Colada Morada (84.54)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Coffee Cardamom / Cardamomo con Café 32% (83.03)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines en truffels
Ganaches of truffels van donkere chocolade met toegevoegde smaak
Óscar Rodolfo Chocolatier (Mexico) - Bombón de Tequila - Rioja 70%, Feliu (87.44)Óscar Rodolfo Chocolatier (Mexico) - Bombón de Whisky - Rioja 70%, Feliu (86.66)
Óscar Rodolfo Chocolatier (Mexico) - Bombón de Vino Tinto - Rioja 70%, Feliu (86.32)
Óscar Rodolfo Chocolatier (Mexico) - Bombón de Romero - Huimango 67% (85.08)
Caramela (Mexico) - Molten Macadamia (84.38)
Ganaches of truffels van melkchocolade
Óscar Rodolfo Chocolatier (Mexico) - Bombón de Mezcal - Leche&café 58% Feliu (89.04)Caramela (Mexico) - Beso de Cacahuate (88.12)
Ganaches of truffels met een coating of vulling van gemengde donkere/melk/witte chocolade
Binz Chocolates (Mexico) - Bombón de Pixtle (90.18)Akbal Chocolates (Mexico) - Oaxacan Mole Negro Bonbon (87.83)
Akbal Chocolates (Mexico) - Morita Chili Ganache (86.00)
Caramela (Mexico) - Suspiro de Plátano (81.98)
Noten
Pralines op basis van noten
Caramela (Mexico) - Macadamia Enchilada (83.97)Donkere chocolade dragees, omhulde hele noten
ANQURIA (Ecuador) - Anquria "70% Cacao - Whole cacao seed" (86.82)Melkchocolade dragees, omhulde hele noten
Nugali (Brazil) - Dragée Coffee Beans (87.18)Nugali (Brazil) - Dragée Cocoa Nibs (86.36)
Mestiço Chocolates (Brazil) - Drageado de Caju - 58% ao Leite de Coco (83.11)
Melkchocolade dragees, omhulde hele noten ...
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Manà Salao With Amazonic Peanuts 32% (83.06)Overige - fruit/suiker/boter/crème
Donkere chocolade gevuld met een zachte gelei/pasta van fruit
Levêlez Chocolate (Mexico) - Manguitos Enchilados 75% (85.50)Melkchocolade gevuld met een zachte gelei/pasta van fruit ..
Miroh! Chocolate Makers (Brazil) - Bombom de Cupuaçu Com Cumaru (87.93)Met donkere chocolade omhuld heel fruit
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Gulupa Recubierta (86.86)Mestiço Chocolates (Brazil) - Drageado Cupuaçu 65% (86.44)
Cacao Hunters (Colombia) - Uchuvas Recubiertas (84.70)
ANQURIA (Ecuador) - Anquria "70% Cacao - Tangerine" (83.43)
Met melkchocolade omhuld heel fruit
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Higos con Chocolate 32% y Frambuesa (89.18)Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Uvilla con Chocolate 32% y Frambuesa (86.45)
Smeerpasta
Donkere chocoladepasta (geen melkpoeder)
Paccari Chocolate (Ecuador) - Dark Chocolate Cream with Salt (81.97)Cocoa Powder
Hacienda Napaná (Mexico) - Cacao en Polvo Hacienda Napaná (88.88)Vida Silvestre (Mexico) - Cacao En Polvo (87.72)
Mindo Chocolate (Ecuador) - Polvo de Cacao (84.90)
Cocoa Butter
Hacienda Napaná (Mexico) - Manteca de Cacao Hacienda Napaná (90.60)Vida Silvestre (Mexico) - Manteca de Cacao (89.33)
Catica Chocolates (Costa Rica) - Cocoa butter (86.13)
Mindo Chocolate (Ecuador) - Manteca de Cacao (83.98)
