Foundry Chocolate

Thanks for the support Hibiscus Matters !

Chocolate win sweet for Silverdale business - Local Matters Silverdale chocolatier Foundry Chocolate has walked away with a trove of honours in the premium bean-to-bar category at the Outstanding Food Producer

🎉Woohoo!🥇🥇🥇🥇
We’re thrilled to share that this morning results were announced for the Outstanding Food Producer Awards - and we’ve been awarded a total of 10 medals, including four Golds!

The Gold winning bars were:
🥇- Kilombero Valley, Tanzania 70%
🥇- Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 70%
🥇- Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico 70%
- and excitingly our newly released
🥇Ea Kar, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam 70%

The Outstanding Food Producer Awards, overseen by Head Judge Lauraine Jacobs, celebrate the inspiring Kiwis who harvest, grow and produce New Zealand’s outstanding food and drink. A dedicated Chocolate category is a new addition to these awards (replacing the NZ Chocolate Awards).

These award wins reflect our constant mission to improve our chocolate craft, our investment in equipment and our investment in the time we’ve dedicated to continually learning, testing and improving.

However there’s no way results like these are possible without working with the finest cacao beans in the world - we couldn’t have done this without the famers, growers, fermenters and suppliers we work with – the fine cacao they produce opens a world of flavour note possibilities to us with each harvest. We have a huge amount of gratitude to them all, and are so pleased to share these results with them.
Gaston Chocolat
Kokoa Kamili
Revival Cacao

To celebrate these outstanding results we’ve created a very tasty little four bar gift collection that features the Gold winning bars - which can be found at www.foundrychocolate.co.nz



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🍫Introducing our first new single origin of 2024 - Ea Kar, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam 70%.

⛰️Positioned on a plateau between lake and mountain, a skilled farming collective in Ea Kar in Vietnam’s Đắk Lắk province grows cacao alive with evocative layers of intrigue.

🍫In our little chocolate factory just north of Auckland, New Zealand, we accentuate the remarkable personality of these cacao beans by crafting a chocolate brimming with suggestions of silky crème brulée, buttery toffee and delicate woody spices.

This harmonious new chocolate has been in the works for almost two years since we were first introduced to the extraordinary cacao beans grown by the Ea Kar Co-Operative in Vietnams Đắk Lắk highlands.

Eight hessian sacks of cacao arrived to us late last year, and after many months of evaluating test batches of chocolate with different roast profiles, David has created his optimum roast profile to preserve and accentuate the flavours of the origin.
We are proud to say it’s now ready for you to enjoy.

🎨Janelle’s illustration for the packaging artwork is based on the geography of the Ea Kar plateau, where the 51 families of the Ea Kar Agricultural Co-operative are based, the line work of the illustration represents the tasting journey of the bar.

🍫Because we are bean-to-bar , we make all our chocolate ourselves from scratch. And because we use only two ingredients: cacao beans and organic sugar, this makes our chocolate , , , and .

📍Pop in to our ‘pop up’ Cellar Door (open weekdays 9-3pm,at 34B Peter’s Way, Silverdale, Auckland) to sample the delightful harmony of favours for yourself, or order yours online at www.foundrychocolate.co.nz



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There's still time for Valentine’s🍫

🩷🧡We’ve had a delightful response to our two Valentine's Dark Chocolate gift collections!
It has been a joy to receive your Valentine’s orders, with everyone so far choosing fairly evenly between the Moreish Collection and the Vivacious Collection.

🎁There's still time to order your delectable preference. To give your special order the best opportunity to arrive before the 14th, please place your orders at www.foundrychocolate.co.nz by:
NZ rural orders: This Friday 12pm, to arrive on Monday 12 or Tuesday 13 February.
NZ urban orders: 12pm, Monday 12 February, to arrive on Tuesday 13 February.

📍Or, collect in person
We'll open the 'Pop-Up' Cellar Door next week so you can call in for a click and collect between 9am - 3pm Monday and Tuesday, and 9am - 3pm on Valentines Day itself.

Our address is 34B Peter's Way, Silverdale, Auckland and we have parking on-site for a hassle free collection.

So what 🍫collection would you choose?
🩷Moreish or 🧡Vivacious?

🩷The Moreish Collection: Dreamy, mellow tasting notes in an award winning combination of chocolate bars and drinking chocolate.
🧡The Vivacious Collection: Exuberant award winning chocolate bars and drinking chocolate filled with vivacious and refreshing tasting notes.

🍫Ingredients
Because we are bean-to-bar , we make all our chocolate ourselves from scratch. And because we use only two ingredients: cacao beans and organic sugar, this makes our chocolate , , and .

🏆Awards results - we've thrilled to share that all of the chocolate in these collections received some amazing international awards in December, in the
2023 global chocolate awards:
🥇🥇🥇3 Golds
🥈🥈2 Silvers
🥉1 Bronze

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What 🍫collection would you choose?
Moreish or Vivacious?

We've lovingly curated two delicious new Valentine’s gift collections:
The swoonworthy Moreish Collection features dreamy, mellow tasting notes in an award winning combination of chocolate bars and drinking chocolate.
- A bar of the soothing and mellow Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 70%
-A bar of the dreamy and delightfully playful Semuliki Forest, Uganda 70%
-A pouch of the silky and moreish Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu drinking chocolate

The exuberant Vivacious Collection of award winning chocolate bars and drinking chocolate features irresistible and refreshing tasting notes.
- A bar of the refreshingly crisp Kilombero Valley, Tanzania 70%
- A bar of the irresistibly vivacious Anamalai Estate, India 70%
- A pouch of the delightfully cheerful Kilombero Valley, Tanzania drinking chocolate

So what would you choose?
(And if someone you know needs a nudge, tag them below with your preference and help them out).

🍫Ingredients
Because we are bean-to-bar chocolate makers, we make all our chocolate ourselves from scratch. And because we use only two ingredients: cacao beans and organic sugar, this makes our chocolate dairy free, gluten free, soy free and vegan.

🏆Awards results - we've thrilled to share that all of the chocolate in these collections received some amazing international awards in December, in the
Academy of Chocolate 2023 global chocolate awards:
🥇🥇🥇3 Golds
🥈🥈2 Silvers
🥉1 Bronze

Gift wrapping - you can find these beautifully wrapped gift packs exclusively on our website - www.foundrychocolate.co.nz We'll also include a beautifully handwritten note for you - simply let us know your message in the 'Order Note' section of the cart.

Foundry Chocolate: Micro Batch Bean-to-Bar Craft Chocolate Makers At Foundry Chocolate we celebrate and accentuate the remarkable personalities of the world’s finest cacao by crafting and aging micro-batches of bean-to-bar craft chocolate from scratch – using only two ingredients: Cacao Beans and Organic Sugar - all from our little foundry in Mahurangi, New Ze...

Layer, upon layer, upon layer- how good does this look!

The ultimate Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae experience! 🍫🍨 This luscious treat
is a symphony of flavours and textures doing their own delightful dance. With a velvety chocolate custard base, layers of whipped raspberry cream, and fresh raspberries, it's a dessert dream come true.

🍇🍦 Recipe Highlights:

- Chocolate Custard: Rich dark chocolate melted into creamy milk, combined with egg yolks, sugar, and arrowroot for a decadent custard.
- To Finish: Whipped cream infused with crushed raspberries, vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips, and a topping of fresh raspberries.
- Garnish: Shavings of dark Foundry Chocolate for that perfect finishing touch.

🔗 Tips & Tricks:

- Chill your glasses for that extra frosty indulgence.
- Freeze leftover egg whites for future culinary adventures.
- Prepare the chocolate custard a day ahead for convenience.
- Substitute thawed frozen raspberries if fresh ones are unavailable.
- Elevate the sundae with toasted and chopped hazelnuts or almonds for added texture.

This dessert is not just a treat for the taste buds; it's a masterpiece in every layer! ✨

Full recipe here: https://www.outstandingfoodproducer.co.nz/recipes/chocolate-ice-cream-sundae

Thank you for the local support Mahurangi Matters

Local chocolate gets global gold - Local Matters Mahurangi-based boutique chocolate maker Foundry Chocolate received a surprise Christmas gift this year, winning three gold medals at the prestigious

Wow, wow, wow! Now this is how to end an epic year! 🎉🍫
9 awards in the Academy of Chocolate Awards 2023, and unbelievably three of them Golds.

🍫We are utterly blown away by these results. To have this level of acknowledgement for our craft and be recognized amongst the best in the world is absolutely… well, we don’t actually have a word that describes how we’re feeling right now.

🏆These awards are for chocolate makers from across the globe and we are being judged against the best of the best. This year there were over 1,400 products entered from around the world.

This is recognition of the constant work we are doing to hone our craft, our investment in equipment and our investment in the time we’ve dedicated to continually learning, testing and improving. (And we’re not done yet!😉)

🍫We also couldn’t have done this without the famers, growers, fermenters and suppliers we work with – the fine cacao you produce make all of this possible. A huge amount of gratitude and thanks to you all.

🍫We are so proud of each and every one of these bars and drinking chocolates that have been awarded and feel that each one deserves its own recognition of the farmers, fermenters and journey that we have gone through with the origin. So over the next few weeks, we will create individual posts that identify and credit the journey behind of each of these achievements.

🙏Thank you to all those involved

Everything we entered has placed:

🥇Gold: Kilombero Valley, Tanzania 70%
🥇Gold: Semuliki Forest, Uganda 70%
🥇Gold: Kilombero Valley, Tanzania - Drinking Chocolate

🥈Silver: Anamalai Estate, India 70%
🥈Silver: Kilombero Valley, Tanzania 100%
🥈Silver: Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 70%
🥈Silver: Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico 70%

🥉Bronze: Semuliki Forest, Uganda 90%
🥉Bronze: Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu - Drinking Chocolate

✨Commended: Malaita & Guadalcanal Microlots, Solomon Islands – Drinking Chocolate

Mark your calendars - COATESVILLE MARKET SUNDAY 17th DEC 2pm-7pm 🍫🍫🍫

Thanks for the support Outstanding New Zealand Food Producers !

🎉It’s here! Our 2023 Whisky bar special release is now live.🎉🍫🥃

We are very proud to be releasing our 2023 limited edition bar – the culmination of months of testing and many months of chocolate making:

🍫Foundry Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 70% chocolate�infused with �🥃Thomson Manuka Smoke Single Malt Whisky

🍫This year we’ve introduced Thomson Manuka Smoke Single Malt whisky to our Pinalum, Vanuatu chocolate and the combination is an elegant voyage down the river of delight. Together, this power couple exudes a palate-seducing flood of sensual malt-laden luxury, creamy caramel character and just a playful tickle of spice and smoke.

🍫This very limited-run 70% bean-to-bar chocolate began with cacao from a little pocket of forest in the hills of Malekula Island. David then steeped these superb cacao nibs in a lavish torrent of New Zealand’s own Thomson Manuka Smoke Single Malt Whisky. Then we got to work in our little chocolate factory to create a bar brimming with smouldering sensuality.

It’s just once a year we release our limited special edition whisky infused treats, with each bar and micro-batch numbered by hand, once they’re gone, they’re gone.

🥃Working with Thomson Whisky New Zealand on this bar has once again been a pleasure, they are a wonderful colab partner and we are honoured they trusted us with their amazing whisky again this year.

We hope you love this bar as much as we do, the way Pinalum’s tasting notes meld together with all the smoky character of the whisky is something to behold.

You can get yours here: https://foundrychocolate.co.nz/collections/special-releases

Our thanks to:
Gaston Chocolat Olivier and the Pinalum Village team for all of the work that went into the cacao beans.
for his pack wordsmithing
for once again sorting our exquisite printing.

📷 Foundry Chocolate

🎉Revealed - 2023 Whisky bar special release.

⏰ ONLINE RELEASE THIS SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER 7:00PM NZ TIME ⏰

Once a year, we play matchmaker here in our little Mahurangi foundry. Introducing this year’s limited edition special release whisky bar:

🍫 Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 
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🥃 Thomson Manuka Smoke Single Malt Whisky

🍫Where there’s smoke... There’s desire.
We’ve introduced Thomson Manuka Smoke Single Malt whisky to our Pinalum, Vanuatu chocolate and the combination is an elegant voyage down the river of delight.

🍫🥃Together, this power couple exudes a palate-seducing flood of sensual malt-laden luxury, creamy caramel character and just a playful tickle of spice and smoke.
This very limited-run 70% bean-to-bar chocolate began with cacao from a little pocket of forest in the hills of Malekula Island.
David then steeped these superb cacao nibs in a lavish torrent of New Zealand’s own Thomson Manuka Smoke Single Malt Whisky.
Then we got to work in our little chocolate factory to create a bar brimming with smouldering sensuality.

🎨This year’s bespoke packaging illustration has been designed by Janelle to represent the cascading flavour journey of the bar.

It’s only once a year we release our limited special edition whisky infused treats, with each bar and micro-batch numbered by hand, this is a strictly limited edition available from ourselves and a handful of retailers, once they’re gone, they’re gone. ❤️🍫❤️









Vanuatu cacao beans via

We have been playing matchmaker to something very special in our little Mahurangi foundry… something brimming with smouldering sensuality is releasing soon.

Looking forward to the The Gluten Free Food Festival on the 18th Nov!

🍫Craft Chocolate collections for the Dad in your life.🍫

🎁We’ve got gifting for the Father’s Day foodie covered with our range of utterly delicious and exquisitely wrapped craft chocolate gift collections, each featuring a selection of our handcrafted single origin, bean-to-bar award winners.
 
🍫Each gift collection highlights just how strikingly different our 70% dark chocolate single origins are, with tasting notes ranging from silky caramel, stone fruit or citrus tang, to layers of warm spice. And all made from scratch by ourselves, using only two ingredients: cacao beans and organic sugar. 
 
There are 4 gift collections to choose from:
🍫The Foundry Gift Collection - Six Single Origins
🍫Five Origin Gift Pack - Gold Winners
🍫Four Origin Gift Pack - Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards - Medal Winners
🍫Three Origin Gift Pack - Gold Winners
 
🎁Each is beautifully gift wrapped, with a Foundry gift card included, and couriered anywhere in NZ.
 
🎁If your gift is being sent to a different address to your own, we'll label it with an "Open on Sunday 3rd Sept" sticker so it can safely arrive early.
 
✉️Delivery Timings - we recommend having orders in by:
🍫Tuesday 29 August for Rural NZ Orders 
🍫Wednesday 30 August for Urban NZ Orders
 

       

So this just happened!

Silverdale you’ll have new neighbours soon.

Five years to the month since we launched, our little foundry is growing a little bigger, which makes us very excited for MANY reasons.

One of which is definitely being able to finally use the equipment that we have researched, saved for, bought and shipped and have had to have in storage. With that equipment comes the opportunity to refine our craft further and create even better single origin chocolate. We will also be able to store all of our cacao beans on site for the first time in years. We’ll have the ability to create more single origin chocolate bars and drinking chocolate meaning Foundry in a retailer near you, as well as having the space (both production and mental) for creating new special projects and collabs.

Eventually we will create the very much requested tours and tastings, Janelle even has plans for a cellar door! Just give us a bit of time to get settled in first though eh.

We plan on no disruption to our online store while we move, so we will continue to dispatch your orders on overnight courier.

Thank you to everyone who’s supported us over the last five years, and encouraged us to keep on keeping on in our own way, what an adventure it’s been so far. This move has been a long time in the making and we're very excited, and very ready to start writing the next chapter in our chocolate story.

David and Janelle
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Settling in for night number 2 without power. Grateful for the we***ck fire, only minimal damage so far 🤞 and of course the .nz chocolate subscription box is definitely helping. 🍫😁🙏

Sending our thoughts to everyone in the path of tonight.

🍫Last call for NZ Christmas Shipping 🍫 🎄

The last 3 weeks have been a blur!

🎁 If you would like some Foundry Chocolate to gift or to enjoy over the break, the courier deadlines are fast approaching.

🎄 Please place your orders for NZ addresses by these dates to ensure delivery by Christmas:

👉Rural addresses: Monday 19 December, by 11am
👉Urban addresses: Tuesday 20th December, by 11am

We continue to offer complimentary shipping on all NZ orders over $40.

Lovely surprise to make The Spinoff s Christmas gifting guide. Thank you for the mention!

The annual Spinoff guilt-free (and goat-free) ethical Christmas guide

Wow! The NZ Chocolate Awards results are out.

We are feeling so honoured to have achieved amazing results in the NZ Chocolate Awards 2022. We’ve been awarded a total of 14 medals, including 8 Golds and a Category Win.

🍫We have a massive amount of thanks and gratitude for the farmers, growers and fermenters who make the amazing fine cacao (beans) that we use possible. Without their skilled and dedicated work the flavour notes in our two ingredient bean-to-bar chocolate would just not be achievable.

🍫Thanks also to the 16 judges who assessed more than 150 chocolate products.

🍫It’s been somewhat of a crazy two years since the last awards, and we’d like to thank our online customers and retailers who have helped get us through! To our customers - thank you so much for your continued support, we love getting your messages, photos, emails, and seeing you at events again.
A shout out to our retailers for their support over the last two years also:
The Chocolate Bar, Farro Fresh, Moore Wilson's, Ballantynes Department Store, Bean Bar You, Fiamma Life, The Chocolate Project, Ooooby and Onemata Restaurant

🍫We have exciting plans for our little Foundry over the next year - we’ll be doubling down on craft, nuance and all-round geekery.😉

🍫🥇Anamalai Estate, India 70%
🍫🥇Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico 70%
🍫🥇Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 70%
🍫🥇Kulkul, Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea 70%
🍫🥇Kilombero Valley, Tanzania 70%

Gold medals for all of our single origin drinking chocolates and the Category Win for Pinalum, Vanuatu!
☕️🥇🏆Pinalum, Malekula Island, Vanuatu
☕️🥇Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
☕️🥇Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

🍫🥈Kilombero Valley, Tanzania 100%
🍫🥈Semuliki Forest, Uganda 70%
🍫🥈Kulkul, Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea 90%

🍫🥉Ucayali River, Peru 70%
🍫🥉Semuliki Forest, Uganda 90%

Everything is available online on our website www.foundrychocolate.co.nz

Congrats to all the other winners, especially Johnty from Lucid Chocolatier who took out the Supreme Award this year, we are so stoked for you!

It’s here! 🍫🥃
Foundry Ucayali River Peru x Thomson South Island Peat Single Malt has officially released.🎉

🍫We are very proud to finally be releasing our 2022 limited edition bar – the culmination of many months of testing and many months of chocolate making – Peru x Thomson South Island Peat.
Working with Thomson Whisky New Zealand on this bar had been a pleasure, they are an amazing colab partner and we are honoured they trusted us with their spirits again this year.

🍫We began with cacao beans sourced from family-owned farms alongside the Ucayali River in Peru. David then drenched these exquisite nibs in a heady ocean of Thomson South Island Peat Whisky, then set to work in our little chocolate factory. The result is a sensorial sensation – together this dynamic duo erupt in a rock opera of boisterous berry notes and melodious smoke, building to a spectacular crescendo of exuberant spices.

🍫It’s only once a year we release our special edition whisky infused delights, this is a strictly limited edition available from our website and a handful of retailers, once they’re gone they’re gone.

🍫We hope you enjoy it as much as we are. This year we are definitely keeping some bars back for ourselves!











Our thanks to:
Ucayali River Cacao and Meridian Cacao Company for the cacao beans
Thomson Whisky New Zealand for their support and ongoing encouragement.
for his pack wordsmithing
for always ensuring beautiful printing.

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Releasing THIS Thursday 20 October, 3pm (NZ Time).

🍫There’s whisky in the bar.🍫


🍫When two huge personalities meet, you can expect fireworks. We’ve introduced our Ucayali River, Peru single origin to Thomson South Island Peat Single Malt Whisky and the result is a sensorial sensation. Together this dynamic duo erupts in a rock opera of boisterous berry notes and melodious smoke, building to a spectacular crescendo of exuberant spices.

🍫This limited-edition 70% bean to bar chocolate began with cacao beans from family-owned farms alongside the Ucayali River, Peru. David then drenched these exquisite cacao nibs in a heady ocean of New Zealand’s own Thomson South Island Peat Whisky, then set to work in our little chocolate factory to create a bar absolutely bursting with bravado.

🎨Janelle designed the limited edition packaging with swirls of melodious smoke silhouettes threading through bold rivers of pink and red hues, that represent the berry notes of Ucayali River’s cacao.

🎉It’s only once a year we release our limited special edition whisky infused delights, with each bar and micro-batch numbered by hand, this is a strictly limited edition available from ourselves and a handful of retailers. And once they’re gone, they’re gone.





Thomson Whisky New Zealand



Meridian Cacao Company Ucayali River Cacao

Just once a year we throw caution to the wind to create something wildly different in our little foundry in Mahurangi, New Zealand.

For 11 months of the year we are firmly committed to the purity of making single origin craft chocolate using only two ingredients, but David loves to tinker, and so for no other reason than a love of flavour and creating… a sensorial sensation is releasing soon.

🍫Got a foodie to celebrate this Father’s Day?

Our range of utterly delicious and exquisitely wrapped craft chocolate gift collections each feature a selection of our single origin, bean-to-bar award winners.
 
🍫Each collection highlights just how strikingly different our single origins are. Every microbatch is made by us from scratch, with tasting notes ranging from silky caramel, stone fruit or citrus tang, to layers of warm spice. And all from only two ingredients: cacao beans and organic sugar.
 
🍫The Gift Collections available are:
👉The Foundry Gift Collection - Seven Single Origins
👉Five Origin Gift Pack - Gold Winners
👉Five Origin Gift Pack - NZ Chocolate Awards 2020 Gold Winning 70's
👉Four Origin Gift Pack - Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards - Medal Winners
👉Three Origin Gift Pack - Gold Winners
 
🍫They're all beautifully fit for a Father's Day tasting flight. We’ll gift-wrap them, include a Foundry gift card (in which we can write your message) and will courier them anywhere in NZ.
 
📦🗓Delivery timings: we recommend having orders in by 10am, Wednesday 31 August for all NZ deliveries.
 
If your gift is being sent to a different address to your own, we'll label it with an "Open on Sunday 4th Sept" sticker so it can safely arrive early.

Double Pass up for grabs! Come and see us at the The Chocolate and Coffee Festival

The 3 week countdown is on! We’re busy preparing for The Chocolate and Coffee Festival on the 10th & 11th September at Auckland’s The Cloud.

Along with guided tasting flights of our seven 70% Single Origin bars and our Seriously Dark high percentage bars, we’ll also have our full range of Single Origin Drinking Chocolates with us, and one of them (we haven’t decided which) on tap for purchase. ☕️🍫☕️🍫

We’d love to see you there, come along and talk bean-to-bar craft chocolate! Tickets are available via the The Chocolate and Coffee Festival website, or if you’d like a chance to win a Double Pass, read below👇

🎟🎟To Enter:
We have a two double passes to the festival to give away.
👉To be in to win tickets, just drop a comment or a 🍫 below. No need to tag anyone else, but make sure you’re following us.

Good luck!

The small print-
Entries close at 8pm Tuesday 23 August 2022.

Competition running across Facebook, Instagram & our email subscribers - two double passes between all.

Only available to those that can get themselves to The Cloud, Queens Wharf, Auckland for the show. No accommodation or transport included.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Facebook.