Ucayali

Award-winning single-origin Peruvian dark chocolate bar made from cacao grown along the Ucayali river, a major Amazon headwater. Winner of a 2023 Good Food Award (their sixth consecutive), Gold sofi Award, and Silver at the International Chocolate Awards World finals. Beans are boated to Ucayali River Cacao, where they are expertly fermented and dried, then crafted with freshly pressed Ucayali cocoa butter.

At a glance

• Origin: Ucayali river region, Peruvian Amazon
• Multiple varieties of fine-flavor cacao
• Single-origin dark chocolate, bean to bar
• 2023 Good Food Award winner (sixth consecutive)
• Gold sofi Award winner
• Silver, International Chocolate Awards World finals
• Freshly pressed single-origin Ucayali cocoa butter
• Tasting notes: floral, herbal, lemon verbena, fig

Best for

• Award-chasing chocolate aficionados
• Gifts for fine-food enthusiasts and competition followers
• Single-origin tasting flights highlighting South American cacao
• Floral and herbal flavor seekers
• Premium holiday, birthday and corporate gifts
• Curated luxury gourmet baskets

Pairings

Savor with a fig-forward Amaro, a chilled Gewurztraminer or an herbal gin. A floral Yirgacheffe coffee echoes the lemon verbena, and an aged manchego balances the herbal lift.

Flavor profile

Exceptionally well balanced, leading with delicate florals and fresh herbal notes. Lemon verbena brightens the mid-palate, fig sweetens the finish, and freshly pressed cocoa butter carries it long and smooth.

About Goodnow Farms Chocolate

Goodnow Farms is a Massachusetts bean-to-bar maker known for direct sourcing, custom fermentation partnerships, and pressing their own single-origin cocoa butter, one of very few craft chocolate makers in the country to do so.

Made by Goodnow Farms Chocolate, based in Sudbury, Massachusetts.