Cocobel Chocolate (Trinidad)

CHOCOLATE MAKERS IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (link to full list with local retailers)

Cocobel Chocolates - dark chocolate bars, bonbons, chocolate bark confections and cocoa powder

Exotic Caribbean Mountain Pride - cocoa balls (for cocoa tea) and chocolate liqueurs

Gina’s Chocolate Truffles - chocolate truffles and chocolate caramels (product line includes vegan truffles)

Cacique Chocolates - chocolate truffles (product line includes sugar-free chocolates)

Olando House of Chocolate (Scarborough, Tobago) – stone ground chocolate bars (70%).  The cacao is harvested by the Tobago Cocoa Farmers Association* and the chocolate is made in Tobago!)

Tobago Estate Chocolate (Roxborough, Tobago) – fine chocolate bars (70%); chocolate balls for “chocolate tea” or hot chocolate (chocolate bars are made abroad).

Violetta Fine Chocolates - chocolate truffles and chocolate bars

COCOA FARMERS & ESTATES IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Avondale Estate (Brasso Seco, Trinidad) – currently working on producing single estate bars of dark chocolate made from organic chocolate!  Also offers a organic produce basket subscription program.

Grande Agro Tourism Ltd (Sangre Grande, Trinidad) – accepts visitors for tours (link to tour information)

La Providence Estate Ltd. (#6 Tenth Avenue, Barataria, Trinidad) – laprovidence.estate@yahoo.com

Rancho Quemado Estate Ltd. (PO Box 139, San Fernando, Trinidad)

San Antonio Estate (Gran Couva, Trinidad) – “San Antonio Estate is the main collection point for cocoa grown by members of the Montserrat Cocoa Farmers Co-operative Society and local cocoa and chocolates from the members are available for sale upon request.”  Also, the estate accepts visitors for tours, contact Richard de Verteuil at (868) 679-9515 or rdeverteuil@gmail.com)

Tobago Cocoa Estate (Roxborough, Tobago) – accepts visitors for tours (link to tour information)

*Tobago Cocoa Farmers Association - ‎Farms ‘Trinitario’, the TSH [Trinidad Selected Hybrids] varieties, and recently a ‘criollo’ type discovered in Tobago.

CHOCOLATE & COCOA EVENTS IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (these events are usually held annually)

Cocoa & Coffee Festival (December) - This festival is sponsored by the Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board of T & T with local exhibitors displaying their cocoa and coffee products.  The 2011 festival included a cooking competition featuring cocoa and coffee; live entertainment and children’s activities.

World Cocoa and Chocolate Day (October) - Marked locally by the Cocoa Research Unit at The University of the West Indies with an exhibition of locally grown and produced cocoa and chocolate products.

Caribbean Fine Cocoa Conference & Chocolate Expo (June) - This conference is sponsored by the Caribbean Fine Cocoa Forum and the 2012 conference was June 28 – 29 at The Magdalena Grand Hotel and Beach Resort in Tobago.  Link to pictures from the 2012 Caribbean Fine Cocoa Forum conference.

CHOCOLATE & COCOA INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board of Trinidad & Tobago (CCIB)

Cocoa Research Unit (UWI) (recently changed its name to the Cocoa Research Centre (Nov. 2012))

Cocoa Research Division of the T&T Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs