BEVERLY'S TASTING NOTE:
Valrhona created Guanaja in 1986 and in doing so invented modern dark chocolate as we know it. It opens with a clean, honest bitterness — the kind that comes from real cacao, not a flaw in the process — then softens through roasted coffee and dried cherry before landing on a long, warming finish that stays with you. This is the chocolate I reach for when I want to feel completely grounded. Rich, serious, and deeply, deeply satisfying.
Cacao - 70%
Price - $10–$14
Size - 70g bar
WHAT MAKES IT EXTRAORDINARY:
Guanaja was the first 70% dark chocolate bar ever produced commercially. Valrhona invented the category in 1986, and everything that followed — every fine dark chocolate you have ever loved — owes something to this bar. It is also, quietly, the finest baking chocolate in existence. I keep it in my kitchen at all times.
Valrhona created Guanaja in 1986 and in doing so invented modern dark chocolate as we know it. It opens with a clean, honest bitterness, then moves through roasted coffee and dried cherry before landing on a long, warming finish. This is the chocolate I reach for when I want to feel completely grounded — and the finest baking chocolate in existence.
