Prizes

The categories judged included flavoured bars, filled chocolates and spreads and are based on yearly feedback from our entrants and in consultation with the fine chocolate industry. All judging is anonymised, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting according to the Grand Jury rules.

Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.

(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)

Flavoured bars

Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gold: DesBarres Chocolate  (Canada) - Black Pepper Cardamom (**)

Silver: Cacao 70  (Canada) - Cacao 70 - Jack Bean 70% (**)

Silver: Qantu  (Canada) - Érable & Fleur sel de Maras (**)

Bronze: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Fleur de Sel (**)

Bronze: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Orange Cardamom (**)

Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gold: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Toffee Nib (**)

Silver: BETA5  (Canada) - Verdant Force

Silver: East Van Roasters  (Canada) - The Queen (**)

Silver: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - PB & Joy (**)

Silver: Palette de Bine  (Canada) - Pérou Marañón 70% "Orange d'Hiver" (**)

Silver: Qantu  (Canada) - Peppers' Dance! (**)

Bronze: CXBO  (Canada) - Raspberry Rose Fennel

Bronze: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker  (Canada) - Honey Lavender (**)

Bronze: The Violet Chocolate Company  (Canada) - Cranberry Pine

Rough ground flavoured dark chocolate bars

Silver: ChocoSol Traders  (Canada) - Jaguar Swirl (**)

Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gold: Cacao 70  (Canada) - Cacao 70 - Chai 45% (**)

Silver: Cacao 70  (Canada) - Cacao 70 - Earl Grey 45% (**)

Silver: The Violet Chocolate Company  (Canada) - Honey Rosemary

Bronze: Hailed Chocolate  (Canada) - Hailed Milk Chocolate

Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gold: BETA5  (Canada) - Raspberry + Licorice

Silver: cōchu chocolatier  (Canada) - 'racha peanut

Silver: Hailed Chocolate  (Canada) - Hailed Milk Chocolate Almonds

Bronze: cōchu chocolatier  (Canada) - Hazelnut

Flavoured white chocolate bars

Gold: Soma Chocolatemaker  (Canada) - Raspberry Bar (**)

Silver: cōchu chocolatier  (Canada) - Gingerbread Bar

Silver: Karat Chocolate  (Canada) - High tea bar

Silver: Soma Chocolatemaker  (Canada) - Mango Thai Chili bar (**)

Silver: The Violet Chocolate Company  (Canada) - Lemon Espresso

Silver: The Violet Chocolate Company  (Canada) - Pomegranate & Turmeric

Bronze: Hailed Chocolate  (Canada) - Hailed White Chocolate Almonds

Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles

Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles

Gold: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Pure Nacional

Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles

Silver: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Herbsaint ganache

Silver: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Lime bonbon

Silver: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Raspberry Noir

Bronze: BETA5  (Canada) - Douglas Fir

Bronze: The Chocolate Lab  (Canada) - Dark Passion

Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles

Silver: Gem Chocolates  (Canada) - Lakrids Hallon

Silver: Moroco Chocolat  (Canada) - Miso Brown Sugar Truffle

Silver: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Passionfruit and St. Germaine Caramel

Bronze: Gem Chocolates  (Canada) - Fika

Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles

Gold: The Chocolate Lab  (Canada) - Orange Dreamsicle

Bronze: cōchu chocolatier  (Canada) - P & S Latte

Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling

Gold: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Teaism

Silver: Seed Confections  (Canada) - Red Wine Cherry

Silver: Soma Chocolatemaker  (Canada) - Strawberry Rhubarb Truffle

Silver: Soma Chocolatemaker  (Canada) - Yuzu Sake Kazu

Silver: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Matcha green tea bonbon

Silver: The Chocolate Lab  (Canada) - Cuppa Joe

Bronze: BETA5  (Canada) - Whisky - Hazelnut

Bronze: Inspiration Chocolates  (Canada) - Raspberry Swirl

Bronze: Inspiration Chocolates  (Canada) - Ube Coconut Extraordinaire

Bronze: The Chocolate Lab  (Canada) - Harry's Day-o

Nuts

Nut based pralines with milk chocolate

Gold: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Almond coconut praline

Silver: BETA5  (Canada) - Sparkling Praline

Milk chocolate gianduiotto or cremino

Gold: Soma Chocolatemaker  (Canada) - Soma Milk Gianduja (**)

Caramels

Dark chocolate enrobed caramels

Gold: cōchu chocolatier  (Canada) - Blood Orange Caramel

Silver: Gem Chocolates  (Canada) - Toasted Black Sesame Seed Caramel

Silver: Moroco Chocolat  (Canada) - Lime Caramel Bon Bon

Silver: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - Salted Butter Caramel

Milk chocolate enrobed caramels

Gold: cōchu chocolatier  (Canada) - Ginger Caramel

Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc

Dark chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée

Gold: Sweet Lollapalooza Fine Chocolates  (Canada) - The Orange Grove

Spreads

Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)

Silver: Allo Simonne  (Canada) - Allo, Simonne!

Silver: Allo Simonne  (Canada) - Allo, Simonne?

Bronze: East Van Roasters  (Canada) - Chocolate Nut Butter (**)

Spreads with milk chocolate

Gold: Allo Simonne  (Canada) - Allo, Simonne?

(*)  Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.

(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.

Triple MMM Special Award

A new prize given by our founding partners, Maricel Presilla, Martin Christy and Monica Meschini. The Triple MMM (or Mmm…) prize represents products chosen by the founders because of a personal appreciation of a product tasted during judging. This prize reflects personal enjoyment and recognition of the product awarded and is not based on the competition scores.

2017 Canadian MMM: Gold: ChocoSol Traders  (Canada) – Jaguar Pure (**)

‘Jaguar Pure’ was recognised for creative and technically skilled use of Theobroma bicolor, a botanical relative of the fruit normally used to make chocolate, Theobroma cacao.