Dark chocolate Shops & Tastings in Hawaii
10 spots for dark chocolate in Hawaii, to taste and shop in person.
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Hāmākua Chocolate Farm
Big Island
Tree-to-bar in Papaikou: they grow, ferment, and process their own Big Island cacao on-site. Monthly harvest parties put you in the orchard for the full picture, from fresh cacao juice to finished bar.
Kamananui Cacao Orchards
Oahu
Waialua cacao from this North Shore farm feeds directly into Mānoa Chocolate's bean-to-bar operation — their origin 70% Dark placed among the world's Top 50. Farm and factory tours trace the full chain from cacao tree to finished bar.
Mauna Kea Cacao
Big Island
Hāmākua Coast cacao farm growing single-estate beans since 2011, with a 'Best Cacao' win at the Big Island Chocolate Festival. Ninety-minute tours run Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday — you pick a pod, watch the fermentation and drying that build its flavor, and taste the finished chocolate.
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HouLau Farm Chocolate
Kauai
Three-acre Kauaʻi cacao orchard processed entirely on-site into 70% dark bars — planting through finished chocolate under one roof. Appointment-only farm tours run 3–4 hours; children under 12 free.
Honolii Orchards
Big Island
The owner is an award-winning fermenter with a master's degree in cacao fermentation and published research — the step that most determines chocolate quality. Tours walk a 33-acre Hāmākua Coast farm with 2,000+ cacao trees and close with a tasting.
Valley Isle Chocolate
Maui
Bean-to-bar maker on Maui sourcing cacao from three distinct Hawaiian microclimates — Kona, Oahu's North Shore, and Hilo — and turning each into its own single-origin bar. The Kahului shop near the airport carries a mac nut dark with sea salt, cacao tea, and roasted nibs.
Puna Gold Estate
Big Island
Bean-to-bar from their own 3-acre Puna estate, with guided tours that walk the cacao and coffee fields before the factory. Stephen runs it personally — the kind of place where sourcing starts at your feet.
Kīlauea Jungle Oasis
Kauai
Family farm in Kīlauea with 200+ cacao trees, running the full tree-to-bar process on-site. Guided tours (2.5 hrs, by appointment) walk you through cacao harvest, chocolate making, and tasting alongside exotic fruit and honey from the same six acres.
21 Degrees Estate
Oahu
A 10-acre Oʻahu farm — 800 trees, sixth production year — making single-estate bars from their own cacao, start to finish. Appointment-only tours run two hours and cover the orchard with tastings of the chocolate, an award-winning estate honey, and tropical fruit.
Lavaloha Chocolate - Farm Tours
Big Island
A 1,000-acre Mauna Kea farm where the growers and the chocolate makers are the same operation — cacao grown, processed, and finished into 100% Hawaiian bars on the same land. The Tree-to-Chocolate tour walks the orchards, into the production area, and finishes in the chocolate lounge with tastings.