The flavors in Scharffen Berger’s chocolates come from our specially sourced cacao beans. Without the highest quality, well-fermented beans, you cannot produce delicious chocolate. Depending on where the beans are from, each bean may represent different flavor characteristics.
Scharffen Berger is known for our expertise in roasting beans in small batches and blending them to achieve different flavors.
This guide will help you learn how to taste and talk about the flavors in chocolate.
99% Cacao Unsweetened Chocolate is a blend of up to nine different bean sources. It is fruity, mildly acidic, with soft tannins to help the flavors linger in your mouth. We use the same blend in our 99% Cacao Unsweetened chocolate as in our signature 70% Cacao Bittersweet blend.
Available in:- 9.7 oz Home Baking Bar
- 1.5kg & 3kg Couverture Slabs
- 2 kg Propacks
- 15 kg boxes
Our goal in creating 82% Cacao Extra Dark Chocolate was to develop an eating chocolate with as little sugar as possible. Earthy and deeply fruity, with wine-like notes, hints of black pepper and dried cherries, 82% Cacao Extra Dark is an intense chocolate experience for eating alone or adding recipes.
Available in:- 5 gram squares
- 3 oz bars
- 1 oz bars
- 2 kg Propacks
- 15 kg boxes
Our 70% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate is our signature chocolate. Made from a blend of up to nine beans, you can taste ripe fruit flavors and enjoy a long finish.
Available in:
- 5 gram squares
- 1 oz bars
- 3 oz bars
- 1.5kg & 3 kg Couverture Slabs
- 2 kg Propacks
- 15 kg boxes
62% Cacao Semisweet Chocolate
A round and approachable blend, 62% Cacao Semisweet Chocolate has a medium acidity and soft notes of citrus with hints of honey. Its balanced flavor and cacao percentage make it especially adaptable for almost any recipe.
Available in:
- 5 gram squares
- 1 oz bars
- 3 oz bars
- 1.5kg & 3 kg Couverture Slabs
- 2 kg Propacks
- 15 kg boxes
62% Cacao Mocha
We combine finely ground Sumatra coffee beans and 62% Semisweet Chocolate, producing a textured mouth feel with the essence of real coffee in every bite.
Available in:
- 5 gram squares
- 1 oz bars
- 3 oz bars
62% Cacao Mint Chocolate
To achieve a fresh "green" mint flavor, we add a touch of natural mint oil to our 62% Cacao Semisweet Chocolate. Our Mint Chocolate is cool and brisk, but not overpowering.
Available in:
- 5 gram squares
62% Cacao Nibby Chocolate Bar
The Nibby Bar is a candy bar for grown-ups. The addition of toasted Cacao Nibs to our 62% Cacao Semisweet Chocolate creates a nutty crunch that adds an extra hit of cacao flavor.
Available in:
- 1 oz bars
Gianduja
This is our version of the traditional Italian combination of hazelnuts and chocolate. We make our Gianduja with dark chocolate. The result is full of hazelnut character, seductively smooth with a toasty finish. It has a creamy texture without any dairy.
Available in:
- 3 oz bars
41% Cacao Milk Chocolate
Our extra-rich 41% Cacao Milk Chocolate uses organic milk from pastured cows to add as much fresh milk flavor as possible. The result is a bit caramely, very chocolatey, and silky smooth--but surprisingly low in sugar.
Available in:
- 5 gram squares
- 3 oz bars
Scharffen Berger Natural & Sweetened Cocoa Powder
Scharffen Berger’s natural cocoa powder is reddish in color and fruity in flavor. It is non-alkalized. (The alkalization process, which makes Dutch-processed cocoa, is usually very dark in color.)
Our sweetened cocoa powder is made from our natural cocoa powder with cane sugar. The cane sugar sweetens the cocoa but allows the natural, fruity, chocolate-y flavor to come through in each cup.
Available in:
- 8 ounce tube Sweetened Cocoa Powder
- 6 ounce tube Natural Cocoa Powder
- 2 kg Propacks Sweetened
- 2 kg Propacks Natural
- 50 lb bag Natural