Handcrafted in Utah · Est. 2024

Culture in every bite.

Small-batch bars, bonbons and gift boxes made from Ecuador's fine aroma cacao — with flavors you will not find anywhere else in Utah.

70%Fine-aroma dark
6Signature flavors
100%Small batch, by hand
Cioccoland chocolate bars held in hand — 70% cacao and 33% Peanut Crunch, in front of a bakery case
Fine Aroma CacaoEcuador → Utah
A clear gift box of Cioccoland marbled chocolate discs in gold, red and dark tones

Our story

From Ecuador, with roots.

Cioccoland was founded by Pedro Mendez, who grew up in Ecuador surrounded by one of the most prized cacaos on Earth — the fine aroma cacao his country is famous for. There, cacao was never just an ingredient. It was tradition, identity and pride.

When he emigrated to the United States, he brought that heritage with him. In Utah he began crafting chocolate the slow way — in small batches, with real cacao and real cocoa butter — blending Ecuadorian tradition with flavors this state had never tasted.

“When you taste chocolate made with true cacao, you don't just taste something sweet. You taste a story.”

Every wrapper carries it with him: an engraving in gold of Vinces, the historic cacao town in Ecuador's Los Ríos province — a reminder that each bar starts long before the mold, in the land where the cacao grows.

Pedro MendezFounder & Chocolatier

The collection

Origins of Ecuador

Six expressions of one cacao. Each bar is wrapped in our pine green and gold, banded in the color of its flavor — the same system printed on every Cioccoland package.

70% · Dark

Passion FruitMaracuyá

Real passion fruit, folded in as a fine powder so the chocolate stays silky. Bright tropical acidity over deep cacao — the foodie's bar.

70% · Dark

Lemongrass EssenceEsencia de hierba luisa

An Ecuadorian herb, infused slowly into the cacao butter before molding. Soft citrus, green-tea elegance — refined, never loud.

70% · Dark

Spiced CacaoAjí ecuatoriano

Dried chile infused into the cacao butter. It is not hot at first — wait for it. A warm, elegant finish that arrives at the very end.

Dark

Mango SolMango ecuatoriano

Sun-ripened mango in fine powder form. Smooth, golden, tropical sweetness — the bar everyone finishes first.

33% · Milk

Peanut CrunchManí tostado

Roasted peanut crunch in creamy 33% milk chocolate. Our founding flavor — texture, salt-kissed crunch, pure comfort.

Signature

Amazonian VerbenaLa barra del fundador

The founder's signature: hierba luisa — Ecuador's lemon verbena, sipped in homes for generations — infused into dark chocolate. Made in small lots.

Cioccoland gift boxes of heart bonbons and white truffles tied with royal blue ribbons
“Chocolate is a gift before it is a dessert.”The Cioccoland way

Bonbons & gifts

Made to be given.

Beyond the bars: hand-molded bonbons, glossy truffles and ribbon-tied gift boxes — the side of Cioccoland that shows up at celebrations.

Two-tone leaf-shaped Cioccoland bonbons in dark and white chocolate
Leaf bonbonsDark & white, hand-molded
A Cioccoland truffle rolled in chocolate sprinkles, in a green and gold cup
The truffleRolled by hand
A black gift box of five glossy striped bonbons beside marble-striped heart bonbons
Gift boxesBonbons & hearts
Tiered trays of Cioccoland marbled bonbons served at a private event
EventsCustom trays & tables
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Bonbons & truffles

Filled bonbons and truffles in rotating flavors — glossy shells, soft centers, finished one by one. The premium line of the house.

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Gift boxes

Clear and black gift boxes, hand-tied with ribbon. Hearts for the people you love; assortments for everyone else on the list.

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Events & celebrations

Custom orders for events — bonbon trays and chocolate tables built around your occasion, in the house colors of pine and gold.

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Seasonal editions

Limited runs through the year — new fillings, new molds, same cacao. When a small lot sells out, it is gone until the next one.

More about chocolate

From the pod to the snap.

Great chocolate is decided long before it is molded. This is the road every Cioccoland batch travels.

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Harvest

Cacao pods are cut by hand in Ecuador's growing regions, where fine aroma varieties have been cultivated for generations.

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Ferment

The beans ferment for days in wooden boxes. This quiet stage builds the flavor precursors that later become chocolate's depth.

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Sun-dry

Slow drying under the tropical sun lowers moisture and lets the bean's character settle — patience you can taste.

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Roast & crack

A careful roast wakes up the aroma. The shells are cracked away, leaving pure cacao nibs ready for the grind.

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Refine & conche

Hours of slow refining turn nibs, sugar and cocoa butter into silk — the texture that melts clean instead of grainy.

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Temper & mold

A controlled melt-and-cool aligns the cocoa butter crystals. That is what gives the gloss, the clean break — the snap.

Fine aroma cacao

Ecuador's Nacional cacao — often called Arriba — is prized worldwide for its floral, fruity notes. Only a small fraction of the world's cacao earns fine-flavour status. Ours starts there.

Real cocoa butter

Cioccoland is made with real cacao and real cocoa butter — never vegetable-fat substitutes. It is why the melt is clean and the flavor carries.

Fruit, the pro way

Fresh fruit would break chocolate — water and fat refuse to mix. So our tropical flavors go in as fine freeze-dried powders and fat infusions, keeping the snap and the shine.

Order

Taste it first.

Cioccoland sells in small weekly batches. Find us, message us, or meet the chocolate in person at a market near you.

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Message us on Instagram

The fastest way to order: send a direct message with your flavors and quantities, and we will confirm your batch.

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Markets & fairs

We pour tastings at Utah farmers markets and community events. Come try the collection — the tasting sells the bar.

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Custom & local delivery

Gift boxes, event trays and celebration orders, arranged directly with the chocolatier. Local delivery on request.

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The online shop is on its way — until then, every order is personal.