Jody Hayden and Jenny Samaniego met in 2010 in Ecuador. Hayden was leading a cacao harvest tour for her friend, Mimi Wheeler, founder of Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate in Empire. At the time Hayden was working for Peace Coffee, a fair-trade coffee company in Minneapolis. Samaniego, a native of Ecua...

::: [English] ::: On the night of Tuesday, November 21, the sixth edition of the Chocolate Ecuador Awards was held, a seal of quality delivered by the Ecuadorian Society of Professional Tasters to Ecuadorian bars. This year 130 participating bars were analyzed, 20 won the gold and silver bar awar...

STEPHEN L. DURFEE, CEPC, CHE ::: [English] ::: Professor of the Arts of Chocolate and Pastry at The Culinary Institute of America in California, USA. World Chocolate Masters Competition, Third place. James Beard Foundation, Pastry Chef of the Year. One of the "10 best pastry chefs", Pastry Art &...

Here is a clip of Conexión Chocolate founder Jenny Samaniego from Ecuador sharing the pillars of her chocolate and showing the range of products that she exhibited at the most important chocolate and cocoa conference in Europe: Chocoa 2018. Learn more about Chocoa 2018 and register on the offici...

We are excited to share the news that Conexión Chocolate has won three awards in the Academy of Chocolate Awards 2017. Additionally, we were commended for our packaging.

Conexión Chocolate at our first international fair, very exciting times!