Hāmākua Chocolate Farm
27-2313 Hawaiʻi Belt Rd, Papaikou, HI 96781, USA
183 reviews
About
Visit a working cacao orchard where Hawaiian-grown beans transform into exceptional tree-to-bar chocolate. Experience the entire chocolate-making process from farm to finished bar on the Big Island.
Best For
Farm and factory tours
Visitors who want a guided look at cacao, chocolate making, or both.
Chocolate tasting
Travelers comparing bars, origins, or tasting-room experiences.
Hawaii-grown cacao
People looking for local cacao, estate chocolate, or bean-to-bar makers.
Gift shopping
Picking up bars, boxes, cacao products, or chocolate souvenirs.
Single-origin bars
Chocolate fans who care about farm, island, and origin specificity.
Highlights
What Makes It Different
- This is a working cacao farm in Hawaii that grows their own cacao trees and produces bean-to-bar/tree-to-bar chocolate from their Hawaiian-grown cacao.
- This listing has explicit farm-to-bar or bean-to-bar signals rather than only generic chocolate retail signals.
- It is tagged for Hawaii-grown cacao, which makes it especially relevant for local-origin chocolate searches.
- Tours are part of the visitor experience, so it can work as an activity stop instead of only a retail stop.
Tours Available
Hands-on cacao harvest party with field work, fresh cacao juice tasting, farm lunch, and botanical garden walk (approximately monthly, last Sunday)
Price: $79 per person
Products
- •Hamakua Chocolate Bars ($15 each)
- •Cacao Husk Tea ($5)
- •Vanilla Beans (2 beans for $15)
- •Estate-grown and processed chocolate
- •Seasonal farm products
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Quick Facts
- Island
- Big Island
- Category
- Bean-to-Bar, Farm Tour
- Tours
- Available
- Tastings
- Available
- Products
- Hamakua Chocolate Bars ($15 each), Cacao Husk Tea ($5), Vanilla Beans (2 beans for $15) +2 more
- Cacao
- Hawaii-grown focus
Hours
By appointment only (call 808-443-9165 for drop-in purchases)