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Whether you’re baking special holiday treats, your favorite chocolate chip cookie or brownie recipe, or an extravagant birthday cake, the chocolate used to craft your creations matters. In the same way you might opt for European-style butter or fresh local eggs to enrich the flavors of your bakin...

We are a sustainable business driven by a passion to preserve fine cacao and its unique flavors, produced by empowered communities, happy stakeholders, and inspired new generations. Our fine range of couverture is the culmination of a decade of experience working with Ecuadorian Nacional cacao an...

Three years ago when Conexión Chocolate founder Jenny Samaniego dreamed up the first Cacao And Chocolate Summit, she envisioned an international meeting of the minds, a gathering of players all up and down the supply chain. The goal was to highlight the best, most sustainable, innovative, and eth...

Take a trip to the Ecuadoran province of Los Ríos and get a unique glimpse of the cacao farming and production process as seen through the eyes of those working in the APOVINCES Cacao Co-Op. In this video you will follow our founder Jenny Samaniego as she introduces you to some of the farmers we ...

We are proud to announce the launch of our monthly Cacao & Chocolate Summit Sessions! These fascinating Facebook Live discussions are co-hosted by Conexión Chocolate founder Jenny Samaniego, and Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate co-founder Jody Hayden. These two ladies lack nothing in their knowled...

You’ve probably heard of heirloom tomatoes, but have you heard of heirloom cacao? The term “heirloom” comes down to the preservation of non-GMO seeds that produce the most flavorful, richest tasting fruits. That’s true not just of tomatoes but of other products, including cacao! At Conexión Choc...