ChocoSol Traders

Amazing chocolate! A true find! As a baker and lover of decadent chocolate, I always use their many varieties of chocolate, especially the 5 Chili Bullet which I’ve used in my Dark chocolate and cranberry granola bars! And what I love best about ChocoSol is their friendly staff. They always are happy to answer any questions and as well are very generous with letting you sample their oh so delicious chocolates! Thank you ChocoSol!!!

Their chocolate bars are good.
The upside is that their chocolate is «safe» for my son who has multiple food allergies & he likes it!

Since trying Chocosol’s eating and drinking chocolates, I’m hooked. Like coconuts, cacao fruits have so much to offer us: cacao nibs, cacao powder, cacao butter. Cacao, in its minimally processed or raw form, is one of the most antioxidant-​rich foods we consume. Raw, stone-​ground chocolate is born from this happy marriage of cacao, its butter and some raw cane sugar. Kudos to Chocosol for using beyond fairly traded beans from Mexican farmers in its bars as well, proving that commercial chocolate doesn’t have to be a product of inequality.
My favourite eating chocolates are their darker ones like Sinfully Raw Vanilla. If you get a chance to try Jaguar, do it and don’t look back. Jaguar bars are made of this heirloom albino cacao bean that has an otherworldly, creamy, nutty flavour whose smoothness is bliss. Drinking chocolates are phenomenal as well; I can’t go back to the powdered mixes now that I’ve had their «xocolatl» (literally «bitter drink» or «water»). Part with your Lindt bar and you will step into a new world and understand why cacao is revered as a food of the Gods.
It gets better because Chocosol is a social enterprise that emphasizes community; they have workshops, tasting tours, are active participants of various farmers’ markets and are environmentally conscious (their packaging is compostable/​biodegradable, something I am 100% behind).
Everything sounds too good to be true, but the proof is in the chocolate. It’s so refreshing to see a local business, whose operative is more than just profit, do well. There is good reason why they have been voted Best Chocolate in TO!

The store front is so inviting with all the chocolate and goodies that you can see through the window. As soon as you walk in the door the staff are so friendly and inviting. They have summer and winter solstice celebrations where you give a donation and can hang out to watch live bands and drink chocolate drinks. I happen to walk in on the evening of the winter solstice. I gave my donation, was given a stamp then waited in line in front of the kitchen to get a melted blended cup of gourmet chocolate.
The products are top notch as they bring them in from Oaxaca, Mexico where they were founded. I myself brought home a bag of direct trade coffee beans which were really good even for a coffee snob like me.
They are also much cheaper than I would have expected on all their products, especially beautifully crafted clay vessels. It’s also important to note that they take cash and credit but no debit for some reason.

I received some of the Chocosol product as a present from a good friend. I have never tried any dark chocolate of this quality; simply amazing! Next time I’m in town I will have to track you down!

This is a cute little store where ChocoSol sells their products. I was hoping for more options since this is also where they make the chocolate but some of the special flavours weren’t available. I do like the fact that we can get a discount if we bring out own container & buy bulk. We got the coffee crunch (hubby’s fave) & the vanilla salt (also delicious). I like the area that the store is in. Mandala Design isn’t far & Café Baristo has some delicious food so we’ll be back again to buy more chocolate in the future.
The lady behind the counter was superfriendly & let us try samples of flavours they had available.

I met the team at their Union Summer Stand and tasted and bought their dark chocolate — being Swiss I am very complicated and tried most of the artisan chocolate here in TO. This is maybe the best dark chocolate I have found (here ;-).
But what blew off my mind was their cold chocolate drink with cinnamon and fresh cacao!
Oh wow, soooo delicious!

A small storefront with a larger space in the back to process the chocolate. The girl who was working was very friendly and seemed as though she was very enthusiastic about the product!
I tried a couple of different types of chocolate that was made there. I’m not a die-​hard chocolate fanatic, so I wasn’t really up to buying a half bar for $ 6 – 7 dollars. Full bars were $ 10 which, as a non-​chocolate person, seems a bit steep. Honestly, I don’t think I would be able to taste a difference between a cheap vs. an expensive bar.
I got a cold cup of drinking chocolate to try for $ 3. The cup was fairly small, but it was enough as it was fairly rich. Plastic cup was compostable, so I appreciated the fact that their mentality extended to their serving containers as well.
Storefront was stuffed up with boxes of storage. I think I would’ve had a better impression if it was cleared up and there was more merchandise on display.

Have only tried them at the Brickworks, and enjoy their chocolates, service and ethos. A business well worth supporting.

I eat this chocolate all the time! Hands down the best chocolate on the planet. Chocosol takes their craft very seriously and you can tell in the quality and flavour of their chocolate. I believe the owner is doing his doctorate in Cacao and is a world renowned expert on the topic. What more can you ask for? Try it, your going to LOVE it!

I recently went to the new Chocosol store front for a private birthday party, and I was blown away by them! We were there for a chocosol workshop, and we got so much more, including: wine, a delicious dinner and dessert, tons of chocolates, hot chocolate (or mocha, espresso or coffee if you wished), and we got to make our own corn tortillas and chocolates! That’s my brief summary, now I’ll break down the entire experience for you.
The Food and Drinks: Absolutely yummy!
*Chocolates: I tried 6 kinds, including coconut, 65% chocolate, coffee bean, vanilla, unsweetened, and chili (I may not have the correct names). They were all delicious! My favorite was a tie between the coconut and the chili. The coconut chocolate is a bit creamy, and the chili chocolate had just enough spice to have the right amount of kick. All of the chocolates were also vegan!
*Dinner: We got to make our own corn tortillas (see workshop below), which was so much fun! The corn tortillas were used to make little tacos (I don’t know that they were tacos, but I am not sure what else to call them. They were more like mini burritos) with a variety of tasty fillings, and these were all vegetarian. They also made us some vegan versions (no cheese)!
*Dessert: For dessert, they melted chocolate into the corn tortillas. This was SO SO GOOD!
*Hot beverages: They primarily made us a rich and decadent hot chocolate, which is unlike any traditional North American (American and Canadian to be more specific) hot chocolate. It was rich and not very sweet, but you could add sweetener if you wished. There were other options as well, like coffee, espresso or mochas. I didn’t have these drinks, but I hear they were also really good! I was also told that if we had brought some beer we could have made chocolate beer floats, and that the hot chocolate is also really good chilled and makes a great sauce.
Workshop: We got to make 2 things, corn tortillas and chocolates. Learning how the corn tortillas were made was a lot of fun. We started with how the corn is ground and got to see it all getting ground up, then we made the dough, then the tortillas. While I helped make tortillas, one of the staff members (Matt I believe) told me a bit about how the left over corn meal could be used and is used in the jungle in Mexico. The corn tortillas we made were used for our dinner and dessert! We also had a chocolate making workshop. I missed some of that because I was too busy in the front eating delicious food, drinking wine and chatting with friends, but I did have a chance to go to the back and mould some chocolates!
Staff: There were 2 staff and a volunteer working during our event. They were all very friendly, and they were happy to share their knowledge with us. I certainly learned a lot from them during our visit, and I appreciate their enthusiasm for the ChocoSol products.
Store Front: Perhaps my only (slightly) negative review is the location, but that’s for selfish reasons. I wish that it was located closer to ME! The store itself is quite lovely and is decorated with fantastic informative posters, ChocoSol products and items of Mexican culture. If you didn’t feel like chatting with anyone for a bit, there was plenty of interesting items to check out! The store was spotless, and they required that we wear hair nets and aprons while in the kitchen to ensure no stray hairs got into any of the food items. I really want to commend them for their posters. I am quite picky about both the accuracy and validity of information shared by a number of well-​meaning companies, and I am happy to report that ChocoSol presents the science, environment and health related facts of their products and company expertly and in an engaging manner.
All in all ChocoSol is the full package, and you would be giving yourself a real treat by visiting them. I know I will be purchasing lots of gifts from ChocoSol in the future! Although, I will probably make most of my future ChocoSol purchases at stores and farmer’s markets that are a bit closer to me.