Goodnow Farms Chocolate

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Bordeaux
Goodnow Farms Chocolate

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We start with cacao beans and sugar, and perform every step of the chocolate making process in-house Tom & Monica

We first discovered craft chocolate in, of all places, a vintage furniture shop in Los Angeles. The incredible flavors we tasted in those bars completely changed how we thought about chocolate, and started us on our journey to become single origin chocolate makers. We’re often asked “why single origin?” and the answer is simple – much like coffee, different cacao beans have different flavors. By using beans sourced from only one farm or region we’re able to highlight the distinct flavor characteristics of that particular bean. Discovering those flavors is one of the joys of making (and eating!) single origin chocolate. We’ve spent a lot of time on farms in Mexico and Central America searching for the most flavorful beans, and have developed direct relationships with the farmers who grow and harvest them. By dealing directly with farmers we’re able to ensure that they’re fairly compensated for their cacao, and also that the farming practices they’re using are sustainable. All of our bars are made here at our 225 year old farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts. We start with cacao beans and sugar, and perform every step of the chocolate making process in-house, including carefully hand wrapping each bar. We believe that great chocolate is “true to the bean,” in that the flavors apparent in the bar reflect the flavors hidden in the bean. The process of making this happen is extremely time consuming and labor intensive, but we believe the experience of eating our chocolate makes it all worthwhile. We’re very proud of our chocolate and we hope you enjoy eating it as much as we do making it. Please check back frequently as we’ll be adding exciting new origins and flavors on a regular basis!

13/08/2026

Fall factory tours are officially open! 🍫

If you’ve ever wondered what bean-to-bar really looks like, come see the entire process where it happens.

During your visit to Goodnow Farms Chocolate, you’ll get to:

→ See how we turn cacao beans into finished chocolate
→ Taste unroasted cacao beans directly from origin
→ Sample warm chocolate straight from our grinders
→ Learn about the ingredients, equipment, and decisions behind each of our single-origin bars
→ Finish with a guided chocolate tasting in our historic barn

And yes, you’ll be able to shop our full selection of chocolate bars and hot cocoa before you leave.

Because we’re a working chocolate factory—and chocolate making still comes first—we can currently welcome visitors for just one tour each week: thursdays at noon. That means tickets are limited and tours can fill quickly.

If you’ve been waiting for a chance to visit us, fall dates are now available.

🍫 Book your factory tour through pur website and do not forget to subscribe to our newsletter!

21/07/2026

Most chocolate is manufactured to achieve consistency. Bean to bar chocolate is made to preserve character 😋 😍

The difference begins with the cacao itself.

Mass-market chocolate is typically produced from large blends of cacao sourced from multiple regions, processed with standardized roasting, and often modified with ingredients or techniques designed to make large-scale manufacturing more efficient. The goal is to produce the same flavor, bar after bar, regardless of where the cacao came from.

Bean to bar chocolate follows a different approach.

At Goodnow Farms Chocolate, every chocolate bar starts with carefully sourced single-origin cacao. From roasting and grinding to molding and wrapping, every step happens in-house. Roasting profiles are developed specifically for each bean, cocoa butter is pressed from the same cacao used in the bars, and every decision is made with one goal 👉🏻 allowing the natural flavors of the cacao to speak for themselves 💯🍫

Which part of the bean-to-bar process would you like us to explore more? 👇🏻🍫

02/07/2026

How do you define a fair price?

It's a question we think about every time we buy cacao.

🤔 Is it a price determined by a certification? Is it a price set by the market? Or should it be a price agreed upon by the people growing the cacao and the people buying it?

There's no simple answer, but it's one of the reasons we've always believed that understanding how cacao is sourced ia just as important as understanding how chocolate is made 😊🍫

25/06/2026

The 2026 Good Food Awards were announced recently and our Old Fashioned Root B**r Limited Release bar is a winner! We're proud to share that this is our 9th consecutive Good Food Awards winning bar.

The Good Food Awards is one of the most (and possibly THE most) respected awards in the craft food industry. It focuses not only on flavor and quality, but also on transparency and sustainability.

One of the reasons this award is so coveted is because very few are given out. The Good Food Awards breaks up the country into five regions, and each region is limited to three winners. For the full list of winners check out their 2026 Award Winners Page.

This bar is crafted with the very best ingredients, carefully recreating the flavors of old-fashioned root b**r. They include Indian sarsaparilla, planifolia vanilla, birch bark, star anise, and more. It took a long time to get it right, but the delightfully satisfying end result was worth the effort! 😋😋😋

Since this bar is a Limited Release it won't be around forever. Try it for yourself in our online shop today!

25/06/2026

Every new chocolate bar starts long before it reaches the wrapper 🍫

Behind every inclusion is a process of testing, tasting, adjusting, and starting over. We begin with an idea, then work to capture those flavors in chocolate using ingredients that align with our values:

👉🏻 Transparent
👉🏻 Thoughtfully sourced
👉🏻 Sustainably produced

Our latest project? A new Butter Crunch bar 👀

Monica just hand-tempered another test batch, and now it's time to taste, evaluate, refine, and do it all again until every detail feels right 💯

Making chocolate from bean to bar isn't about rushing to launch something new. It's about taking the time to make something we're genuinely proud to share 😍

We can't wait for you to taste what's coming this fall!

28/05/2026

The Chocolate Banana Split bar is back ✨🍫

This very special inclusion combines our single origin Esmeraldas cacao with organic banana, rich whole milk powder, and incredibly aromatic Mexican Planifolia vanilla for a flavor profile that’s creamy, nostalgic, and surprisingly refined 🤩😋 The perfect summer treat in every bite!

If you’ve been waiting for this one, now’s your chance to grab it again 😜🍌🍨

05/05/2026

Back after a two year wait 🍫

This very special dark chocolate is made from ancient Criollo cacao grown by Giff Laube in Nicaragua, who has spent over a decade propagating these trees after discovering them in a remote jungle area and confirming their genetics through USDA testing (tree “Laube 1”).

After nearly ten years of work, these trees produced just one single sack of dried cacao 👉🏻 the only quantity available this year. Last year, there weren’t enough beans to make this bar at all 🥲

We made this small batch and we are the only chocolate maker working with these beans that are naturally white, extremely small, and require precise handling at every stage:

▫️Roast monitored continuously, tasting at one-minute intervals
▫️Conching evaluated hourly, stopping at peak flavor

Tasting notes 👇🏻

🍇 Concord grape
🍓 Juicy strawberry
🍯 Honey
🌰 Cashews

These flavors are intensely expressive 😋 offering a rare glimpse into what cacao may have tasted like hundreds of years ago in Latin America 🇳🇮

One batch only. Get it while it lasts 🍫

01/05/2026

So happy to be in Bordeaux!!! 🤩

Our chocolate made is despite all odds, and we are so excited to be with choclate making friends at Euro Bean to Bar’s International Chocolate Festival! 🍫

Looking forward to meeting more chocolate lovers… there’s still time to hop on a plane to France and join us- we’ll be here all weekend!! ✈️

30/04/2026

Do you enjoy 100% dark chocolate? 😋🍫👇🏻

27/04/2026

Our Passion Fruit & Cream bar returns after too long 😋 and yes, it’s just as dreamy as you remember!!!

🍫 Dark milk chocolate made with Guatemala Asochivite cacao (bright, fruit-forward), grown and processed by Q’eqchi Maya farmers in Chivite, who harvest from wild cacao trees and manage fermentation + drying using our custom protocols.

🍫 Freshly pressed, single origin cocoa butter (from the same beans — never deodorized) for deeper flavor and exceptional smoothness.

🍫 Organic whole milk from pasture-raised cows (antibiotic-free, GMO-free, rBST-free), sourced from family-run West Coast dairies with stable pricing for farmers.

🍫 Passion fruit from Ecuador, sourced through a family-owned supplier working directly with producers, paying above Fair Trade and investing in training + education

🫦 Bite into this dark milk chocolate and taste a rich, creamy pot de creme covered in tangy passion fruit!

Limited Release. Don’t miss it (again) 🍫✨

Adresse

17 Place De La Bourse
Bordeaux

Site Web

http://goodnowfarms.com/, https://goodnowfarms.com/book-your-tour/

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