Shopping these delicious Ethically-sourced chocolate made from Ghanaian Cocoa @kandachocolates on this week’s #ShopEssenceLive in partnership with @newvoicesfamily

Kanda Chocolates, founded by Karen Blackwell, is an ethically sourced, fair-trade chocolate that is grown, processed, and packaged entirely in Ghana with 100% Ghana Cocoa Beans. They chose Ghana because they are known for having creamier, chocolatey, and more cocoa-forward cocoa beans – without the typical bitter taste that dark chocolate is known for. They call it the Ghana bean difference.

Through their research, they were struck by the lack of single-origin Ghanaian chocolate available within stores. While Ghana is the 2nd largest producer of Cocoa in the world, less than 2% of their exports are finished chocolates. With the country’s president working to change this, they wanted to join in on their efforts.

Kanda™ Chocolates was created to bring awareness to the superior quality of the chocolate that is made in Ghana. Kanda Chocolates delivers on the company’s mission by maintaining operations in Ghana, purchasing fair-trade cocoa, purchasing carbon offsets, and donating a portion of the proceeds to charitable organizations. Their most recent partner has been the Social Justice Learning Institute in Inglewood, CA.

Their customers love their Kanda Chocolates because they offer the nostalgic taste of chocolate that they know from their childhood without all the additives that mainstream chocolate brands have. Some of their customers are smitten by the creamy caramel taste of our Milk Chocolate (38% Ghana Cocoa) while other customers are stuck on the intense chocolatey taste in their extra dark chocolate (72% Ghana Cocoa). However, they created Kanda because they fell in love with the rich chocolatey taste of Ghana’s dark chocolate (56% Ghana Cocoa). Their dark chocolate bar (56% Ghana Cocoa) has converted even those that had written off dark chocolate.

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