{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"50-ecuadorian-dark-milk-chocolate","title":"50% Ecuadorian Dark Milk Chocolate","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50% Dark Milk — tastes like brownies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMade with cacao from Ecuador's Los Ríos region. This is a 50% dark milk — way more cacao in it than your typical milk chocolate, which honestly isn't hard, because most milk chocolate barely has any.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHere's the thing: I've been so heads-down on dark chocolate lately that I forgot how good this one is. I melted some down the other day just to taste the base and... yeah. It's like eating my hot cocoa. That's genuinely the best way I can describe it. Deep, rich chocolate, softened just enough with milk. Not bitter, not too sweet, just a lot of real chocolate flavor in a bar that's dangerously easy to eat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is the one I give people who swear they don't like dark chocolate. Every time, same reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAnd this is what real chocolate tastes like — not the compound stuff loaded with seed oils and barely any actual cacao. Once you taste the difference, you can't unknow it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cacao Beans, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter \u0026amp; Cane Sugar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eContains:\u003c\/em\u003e Milk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680418156743,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/50_dark_milk_ecuador.png?v=1784582644"},{"product_id":"30-ecuadorian-passion-fruit-white-milk-chocolate","title":"30% Ecuadorian Passion Fruit White Milk Chocolate","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eMade with Ecuadorian cacao butter, this is \u003cstrong\u003ereal white chocolate\u003c\/strong\u003e brightened with freeze-dried passion fruit powder—not artificial tropical flavoring and not a sugary coating pretending to be chocolate.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe passion fruit brings a fragrant tartness that cuts through the creamy cacao butter and keeps the sweetness in check. What begins smooth and milky quickly opens into something vivid, tangy, and unmistakably tropical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreamy, bright, and not nearly as sweet as you expect white chocolate to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cocoa Butter, Milk Powder, Cane Sugar \u0026amp; Passion Fruit Powder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eContains:\u003c\/em\u003e Milk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46904443273415,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/white_passion_fruit_3314d823-8669-402b-a0b7-529b46510367.png?v=1785082515"},{"product_id":"35-ecuadorian-white-milk-chocolate","title":"35% Ecuadorian White Milk Chocolate","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e35% Ecuadorian White Milk Chocolate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMade with Ecuadorian cacao butter. This is real white chocolate — not that confectionery coating stuff loaded with vegetable oils, and not some pale imitation just borrowing the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhite chocolate \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e chocolate. All its character comes from cacao butter — the rich, aromatic fat pressed from the cacao bean. At 35%, this bar has a good amount of it, and it shows. Creamy, silky, full of warm milk and vanilla notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's sweet, but not boring-sweet. It's smooth enough that it basically melts away the second it hits your tongue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAnd once you taste real white chocolate made from real cacao butter, you'll get why the other stuff doesn't deserve the name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cocoa Butter, Milk Powder, Cane Sugar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eContains:\u003c\/em\u003e Milk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905376637127,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/white_chocolate-ecuador.png?v=1785097463"},{"product_id":"72-ecuadorian-arriba-dark-chocolate","title":"72% Ecuadorian Arriba Dark Chocolate","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e72% Ecuadorian Arriba Dark Chocolate — my deep, brownie bar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMade with Arriba cacao from Ecuador. 72% dark, deep and rich, with real brownie character. Underneath that, a subtle cherry fruitiness from the roast. I was hoping it would survive into the bar. It did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is the dark chocolate for people who think they don't like dark chocolate. Deep, never bitter, easy to fall for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar \u0026amp; Cocoa Butter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905747013831,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/72_Dark_Ecuadorian_Pena.png?v=1785106478"},{"product_id":"72-ecuadorian-hacienda-san-jose-dark-chocolate","title":"72% Ecuadorian Hacienda San José Dark Chocolate","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep honey, brownie and a little nuttiness are the first things I taste in this bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, just as those richer flavors settle in, a light fruit note shows up at the end and pulls everything together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade with single-plantation Amazonica Trinitario cacao from Hacienda San José in Los Ríos, Ecuador, this is a rich, easy chocolate with just enough going on to keep you reaching for another piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar \u0026amp; Cocoa Butter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070424203463,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/72_Dark_Ecuador_San_Jose.jpg?v=1788195823"},{"product_id":"72-ecuadorian-hacienda-san-jose-dark-milk-chocolate","title":"50% Ecuadorian Hacienda San José Dark Milk Chocolate","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e50% Dark Milk — Milk \u0026amp; Honey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade with single-plantation Amazonica Trinitario cacao from Hacienda San José in Los Ríos, Ecuador.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is still my 50% dark milk, so you get that deep brownie thing I love about it, but these beans take it somewhere else. There’s this really nice honey flavor right up front, a little nuttiness underneath it, and then this light fruit note shows up at the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdd the milk and it all gets softer and rounder without losing the chocolate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHonestly, “Milk \u0026amp; Honey” was kind of unavoidable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s rich, chocolatey, not too sweet, and ridiculously easy to keep eating. If you like milk chocolate but wish it actually tasted like cacao, this is probably your bar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cacao Beans, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter \u0026amp; Cane Sugar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eContains:\u003c\/em\u003e Milk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071567282375,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/50_dark_milk_hsj_1d063f02-e550-41ab-8f55-5a61db1789cf.jpg?v=1788215143"},{"product_id":"72-ecuadorian-hacienda-macondo-dark-chocolate","title":"72% Ecuadorian Hacienda Macondo Dark Chocolate","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolid Cacao Fruit Flavor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBack in March of 2023, I visited Ecuador. The group I was with visited Hacienda Macondo, which is surrounded by what was, at the time, the largest dragon fruit orchard on the planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen we arrived, there were HUGE clouds stretching across the horizon and way up into the sky. Not long after we got there, the temperature dropped, and you could see walls of rain miles and miles in the distance, slowly moving toward us before suddenly coming on fast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was off on my own doing my photography. The whole group rushed into a nearby building, and I barely made it to a gazebo standing out in the yard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll around me was a solid wall of rain, like I had walked into a waterfall. For 20 minutes or more, it came down so hard that everything beyond the gazebo looked like a white-water torrent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere was a huge bag of freshly fermented cacao sitting on a table in the middle of the gazebo, and I sat there eating the beans, watching the rain, and just full of joy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI knew that very rain was watering the cacao that would become the harvest I would receive many, many months later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost of that harvest was headed to Europe, but I managed to talk them into sending me 40kg of beans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese bars are from that harvest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I first got the beans, roasted them, and made chocolate, there was a subtle astringency that I struggled to eliminate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, I taste the fruit in this bar that I knew was in there during that storm that still feels like it happened yesterday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo astringency. Nothing getting in the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJust that cacao fruit flavor I was waiting for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou should try it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar \u0026amp; Cocoa Butter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077363581127,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/72_ecuador_macondo_2e81a7ab-c86e-4bbf-ae64-a921220291dd.jpg?v=1788286839"},{"product_id":"72-ecuadorian-victoria-dark-chocolate","title":"72% Ecuadorian Hacienda Victoria Dark Chocolate","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrownie with Fruity Follow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese beans come from an award-winning farm, Hacienda Victoria. They have placed a tremendous focus on their fermentation techniques to the point that these beans come at a premium. They are a pleasure to roast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, on a side note, the owner named the plantation after his wife, Victoria. So, that's a lot of pressure to be good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGive it a try.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar \u0026amp; Cocoa Butter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078549881031,"sku":null,"price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/72_ecuador_victoria.jpg?v=1788307668"},{"product_id":"72-ecuadorian-arriba-dark-chocolate-bulls-bay-sea-salt","title":"72% Ecuadorian Arriba Dark Chocolate with Bulls Bay Sea Salt","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e72% Ecuadorian Arriba Dark Chocolate with Bulls Bay Sea Salt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade with Arriba cacao from Ecuador. 72% dark, deep and rich, with real brownie character. Underneath that, a subtle cherry fruitiness from the roast. I was hoping it would survive into the bar. It did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen I added \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bullsbaysaltworks.com\/products\/carolina-flake\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bulls Bay Saltworks\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003elocally made sea salt flakes from Bulls Bay Saltworks\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe salt dissolves almost instantly in your mouth and pulls that fruitiness forward while leaving all that deep brownie chocolate underneath it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is still the dark chocolate for people who think they don't like dark chocolate. Deep, never bitter, easy to fall for — just with a little taste of home added to it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd if you really want to make it local, have it with a cup of\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/highfalutin.com\/collections\/roasted-single-origin-coffee\/products\/guatemala-ixlama\" title=\"Ixlama from Highfalutin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e Ixlama coffee roasted here in Charleston by Highfalutin\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/em\u003e Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Sea Salt\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082292248775,"sku":null,"price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/4320\/7111\/files\/72_ecuador_pena_sea_salt.jpg?v=1788368397"}],"url":"https:\/\/kingfishersanddragonflies.com\/collections\/frontpage.oembed","provider":"Kingfishers and Dragonflies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}