Cacao Country · Island Chocolate
Santo Cacao & Chocolate
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Some of this chocolate's cacao beans travel only a few kilometres from tree to bar — grown, fermented and dried by the same small communities that sell it.
Espiritu Santo's volcanic soil produces prized cacao, hand-fermented and dried by local growers before small-batch makers turn it into dark, single-origin chocolate bars sold around Luganville and Port Vila, alongside roasted cacao nibs and hot chocolate made from scratch.
Why it's made this way: Vanuatu's cacao growers, concentrated on Santo and nearby islands like Malo, have won international recognition for their bean quality, turning what was once a minor colonial-era plantation crop into a source of local pride and premium chocolate exports.
Roughly what's in it
170kcal
3gprotein
14gcarbs
12gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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