One of the first Spanish phrases I learned here in Costa Rica was: “Que Rico!” This means “that’s delicious!” It’s no surprise I hear this sentence a lot, because Costa Rican food is really delicious. Costa Rica is famous for a lot of delicacies and one of them is chocolate.

There is a big variety of kinds of chocolates made in Costa Rica, such as “Sibu chocolates.” These chocolates are handmade from Costa Rican-grown cacao and come in flavors such as spice, ginger, caramel, black pepper, vanilla and espresso. Another category of chocolate found here is “organic chocolate.” These are made of organic cacao and organic sugar. Organic chocolates also come in a wide variety of tastes: ginger, macadamia, cinnamon, as well as dark chocolate.

You can find great chocolate shops all over Costa Rica. Among our favorite chocolate shops is Giacomin gourmet chocolate shops. They can be found in downtown San Jose and online.

La Chocolateria (sells 5 kinds of gourmet chocolate) is located in Escazu and in Curridabat. The Amazilia women’s cooperative sells chocolate from a farm in the Carribean-slope town of Guapiles. And then there is the association of indigenous women in Talamanca, who sell organic chocolates in Puerto Viejo de Limon.