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A pile of freshly harvested cacao pods in yellow, green, orange and red, Madagascar

The Chocolate Atlas

Find chocolate by where it grows and how dark it goes.

We read the small print so you don't have to: 1,411 chocolates from specialist UK shops, mapped by cacao origin and cocoa intensity.

Explore origins Choose your intensity

Photo: ZAFITSOA, CC BY 4.0

How dark do you like it?

About the scale

Every bar with a stated cocoa percentage is placed on our five-square scale — from creamy milk to pure cocoa.

  1. Mellow under 45% · 30 bars
  2. Smooth 45–64% · 79 bars
  3. Rich 65–74% · 107 bars
  4. Intense 75–89% · 67 bars
  5. Extreme 90–100% · 32 bars

Where it grows

All 20 origins

Cacao only grows within about 20 degrees of the equator. Tap a pin to taste your way round the belt.

Tropic of CancerEquatorTropic of CapricornMadagascarVenezuelaPeruVietnamGhanaEcuadorGrenadaIndonesiaDominican RepublicNicaraguaSão ToméColombiaMexicoCubaUgandaHaitiBrazilTanzaniaGuatemalaBelize
A pile of freshly harvested cacao pods in yellow, green, orange and red, Madagascar Madagascar Sambirano valley, north-west red berries · citrus · bright acidity 25 chocolates · 40–100% Cacao beans drying on the patio in front of the church at Chuao, Venezuela Venezuela Chuao, Sur del Lago, Carenero nutty · caramel · gentle bitterness 21 chocolates · 44–100% A ripe red cacao pod on the tree Peru Piura, Cusco, the Amazon basin fruity · floral · mild 13 chocolates · 45–100% A cacao pod cut across, showing the white pulp-covered seeds inside Vietnam Ba Ria, Dong Nai, Tien Giang, Lam Dong spice · tropical fruit · honey 11 chocolates · 48–100%

Single-origin picks

Browse by origin

One bar from each of our biggest origins — a tasting flight in eight squares.

Shop by category

All categories
Milk Chocolate717 A spoonful of cocoa powder resting on squares of dark chocolate Chocolate Bars574 Roasted cocoa beans cracked into nibs Dark Chocolate365 Dried cocoa beans in an open jute sack Bulk & Wholesale209 An assortment of filled chocolates laid out in rows Boxed Chocolates193 A gift box of assorted chocolate truffles Hampers & Gift Boxes169 Novelty Chocolate150 A box of chocolate truffles dusted with cocoa, coconut and nuts Truffles & Pralines149

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