Our Kitchen

In 2016, we built a small commercial kitchen on our farm in Wainiha. The kitchen is compact, but it allows our chocolatiers all the space they need to create magic. In here, they create tropical ganaches, creamy caramels tangy with Lilikoʻi purée, and more - all waiting to be covered in rich, smooth Hawaiian chocolate.

The star of our kitchen, however, is the Wainiha Powerhouse Bar, a seed-to-bean-to-bar chocolate crafted from the over 400 trees that were planted by hand in 2015. Through countless trials, tweaks, and refinements, the Wainiha Powerhouse bars have taken on the flavors and essences of their surroundings: notes of fruit and toasted nuts mingle with the incredibly rich and mellow flavor that only Kauai-grown chocolate can produce.

A vivid rainbow arching over a lush green hillside and forest, with a dark cloudy sky in the background and a dark green house in the foreground.
A commercial kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel sink, white cabinets, a window showing green trees outside, and metal shelving units with food and equipment.