by The Chocolate Salon Comment Closed

We are proud to present the results of the 2019 SPICY CHOCOLATE AWARDS Competition.

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the 2019 SPICY CHOCOLATE AWARDS are based on the combined total number of votes received by each entrant from the Judging Panel.

The Judging Panel consists of National and Regional Magazines, Newspaper and Blog Editors, plus Topic Experts, Local Chefs and Food Gurus.

The award winners below have the honor of being able to display and use the Official Award Winner title and award logos, as well as use items (such as the Award Winner lapel pin), as well as use Custom Award Certificates, and logo award merchandise.

Best Ingredient Combinations

GOLD

  • Delysia Chocolatier Spicy sampler box

SILVER

  • Chocolats Passion Lime Habanero Chocolate
  • CocoTutti Chocolates La Kama Moroccan Spice and Lime
  • Holm Made Toffee Co. Oregon Hazelnut Toffee - Spicy Red Pepper
  • Hot Tempered Chocolates The caffeinated chile bomb
  • Panache Chocolatier Spiked Pepper Truffle
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Thai Taste
  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib
  • The Chocolate Fetish Dragon's Sigh

BRONZE

  • Banyan Tree Chocolate Spicy Sunset
  • echo chocolate Hatch Chile with Roasted Pinon Nut
  • For Pete's Sake Chocolates Holiday Spice
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Mamacita
  • The Secret Chocolatier Blueberry Chili Bark

Best Taste

GOLD

  • Banyan Tree Chocolate Spicy Sunset

SILVER

  • Delysia Chocolatier Spicy sampler box
  • Holm Made Toffee Co. Oregon Hazelnut Toffee - Spicy Red Pepper
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Thai Taste
  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Mamacita
  • The Secret Chocolatier Blueberry Chili Bark

BRONZE

  • Chocolats Passion Lime Habanero Chocolate
  • CocoTutti Chocolates La Kama Moroccan Spice and Lime
  • Hot Tempered Chocolates The caffeinated chile bomb
  • Panache Chocolatier Spiked Pepper Truffle
  • The Chocolate Fetish Dragon's Sigh
  • Charlotte Truffles LLC Mexican Hot Chocolate
  • Delysia Chocolatier Mexican hot chocolate bar
  • Panache Chocolatier Summer Heat Truffle

Best Texture

GOLD

  • Holm Made Toffee Co. Oregon Hazelnut Toffee - Spicy Red Pepper

SILVER

  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib

BRONZE

  • The Secret Chocolatier Blueberry Chili Bark
  • Panache Chocolatier Summer Heat Truffle

Most Unique

GOLD

  • Delysia Chocolatier Spicy sampler box

SILVER

  • Hot Tempered Chocolates The caffeinated chile bomb
  • CocoTutti Chocolates La Kama Moroccan Spice and Lime

BRONZE

  • The Secret Chocolatier Blueberry Chili Bark
  • Banyan Tree Chocolate Spicy Sunset
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Thai Taste

Best Dark Chocolate

GOLD

  • The Secret Chocolatier Blueberry Chili Bark
  • Delysia Chocolatier Pecan cayenne chocolate bark

SILVER

  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib
  • Panache Chocolatier Spiked Pepper Truffle
  • CocoTutti Chocolates Spiced Orange Peel
  • Delysia Chocolatier Mexican hot chocolate bar

BRONZE

  • Delysia Chocolatier Spicy sampler box
  • Holm Made Toffee Co. Oregon Hazelnut Toffee - Spicy Red Pepper
  • Panache Chocolatier Summer Heat Truffle
  • echo chocolate Hatch Chile with Roasted Pinon Nut
  • For Pete's Sake Chocolates Holiday Spice

Best Milk Chocolate

GOLD

  • For Pete's Sake Chocolates Holiday Spice

SILVER

  • Delysia Chocolatier Mexican hot chocolate bar
  • CocoTutti Chocolates La Kama Moroccan Spice and Lime
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Thai Taste
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Mamacita

BRONZE

  • Delysia Chocolatier Pecan cayenne chocolate bark
  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib
  • Hot Tempered Chocolates The caffeinated chile bomb
  • Banyan Tree Chocolate Spicy Sunset
  • Charlotte Truffles LLC Mexican Hot Chocolate
  • The Chocolate Fetish Dragon's Sigh

Best Flavored Chocolate

GOLD

  • Banyan Tree Chocolate Spicy Sunset

SILVER

  • Panache Chocolatier Summer Heat Truffle

BRONZE

  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Thai Taste
  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib
  • Panache Chocolatier Spiked Pepper Truffle
  • Delysia Chocolatier Spicy sampler box

Top Spicy Chocolate

GOLD

  • Banyan Tree Chocolate Spicy Sunset

SILVER

  • Panache Chocolatier Summer Heat Truffle
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Thai Taste
  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib
  • Panache Chocolatier Spiked Pepper Truffle
  • Delysia Chocolatier Spicy sampler box
  • Delysia Chocolatier Mexican hot chocolate bar
  • The Secret Chocolatier Blueberry Chili Bark
  • Holm Made Toffee Co. Oregon Hazelnut Toffee - Spicy Red Pepper

BRONZE

  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Mamacita
  • Hot Tempered Chocolates The caffeinated chile bomb
  • The Chocolate Fetish Dragon's Sigh
  • Chocolats Passion Lime Habanero Chocolate
  • Charlotte Truffles LLC Mexican Hot Chocolate
  • echo chocolate Hatch Chile with Roasted Pinon Nut

STAR RATINGS

4.5 STARS

  • Delysia Chocolatier Spicy sampler box
  • Holm Made Toffee Co. Oregon Hazelnut Toffee - Spicy Red Pepper
  • The Secret Chocolatier Blueberry Chili Bark
  • Banyan Tree Chocolate Spicy Sunset
  • Hot Tempered Chocolates The caffeinated chile bomb
  • Panache Chocolatier Spiked Pepper Truffle
  • Panache Chocolatier Summer Heat Truffle

4 STARS

  • Delysia Chocolatier Mexican hot chocolate bar
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Thai Taste
  • St. Croix Chocolate Co. Mamacita

3.5 STARS

  • Charlotte Truffles LLC Mexican Hot Chocolate
  • The Chocolate Fetish Chili Cocoa Nib
  • CocoTutti Chocolates La Kama Moroccan Spice and Lime
  • Delysia Chocolatier Pecan cayenne chocolate bark
  • Chocolats Passion Lime Habanero Chocolate
  • For Pete's Sake Chocolates Holiday Spice

3 STARS

  • The Chocolate Fetish Dragon's Sigh
  • CocoTutti Chocolates Spiced Orange Peel
  • Black Mountain Chocolate Crystallized Ginger Big Winston Bar

JUDGES' COMMENTS

FAVORITES

  • The secret chocolatier blueberry chili bark
  • Dragon's sigh...from chocolate fetish...most enjoyable
  • Eco Chocolate's Hatch Green Chile with Roasted Piñon Nut.
  • The chocolate fetish chili coca nib
  • It's difficult to name only one favorite. The Delysia Sampler box was truly a tasting adventure with excellent flavors and degrees of heat. Every one of the four was delicious and interesting. I also really liked Hot Tempered Chocolate's Caffeinated Chile Bomb. Its ominous name promised heat, but it had a great flavor combination to balance it. And Chocolate Passion's Lime Habanero also sounded hot, but was perfectly delicious -- another outstanding combination
  • Holm Oregon Hazelnut Toffee

COMMENTS

  • To Eco Chocolate: "The Hatch Green Chile with Roasted Piñon Nut is expertly crafted, with that hard-to-attain trio of texture, flavor, and spice perfectly balanced. The result is nothing short of forever." To St. Croix: "Thai Taste delivers a delicate yet tangy explosion of flavor and color. Masterfully crafted." To Banyan Tree Chocolate: "Spicy Sunset melts fruity flavor, a creamy texture, and the lightest hint of spice into a little piece of chocolate heaven." To Delysia Chocolatier: "If the ancient Maya could taste the Mexican Hot Chocolate Bark, I have no doubt they would include it in their sacred ceremonies." -- Birgitte Rasine, author of "The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree"
  • Chocolate Fetish chili cocoa nib very good product Holm Made toffee showed good combination of flavor I thought Delysia's sampler box showed great creativity
  • The Chocolate Fetish's Chile Cocoa Nib disk was outstanding. Its balanced heat, the crunch from its nicely roasted cacao nibs, its excellent quality and well-tempered chocolate, plus a good sheen and cacao pod design finish combined for a unique and delicious chocolate experience.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHOCOLATIERS

  • Some of the chocolate samples did not have an ingredient list. This is critical for judging the chocolates properly—please let your entrants know they really need to submit their ingredient lists

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