Uganda Snacking Chocolate

Travel through Chocolate

Destination: Kisinga, Uganda

Tasting Notes: Molasses, Fig, Cinnamon Brownie
Flavor Profile: Rich & Fudgy

68% Dark Chocolate

Ingredients: cocoa beans, cane sugar, and a hint of cocoa butter.

Size: 6 oz bag, 2 oz mini bag

Vegan, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free

The cocoa beans for our Uganda Snacking Chocolate come from the Semuliki Forest region in western Uganda, sourced through Latitude Trade Co. The area sits along the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains — an environment rich in volcanic soil, tropical humidity, and year-round warmth. That landscape creates cacao with deep, nostalgic flavor: rich, fudgy, and full of dark-fruit sweetness.

Where chocolate is grown is the first key to the tasting notes naturally found in craft chocolate. Before a chocolate maker ever roasts a bean, there’s the terroir, the farmer, and the harvest. Uganda’s cacao is known for its comforting, dessert-like profile: warm spice, molasses sweetness, and the dense richness of a fresh-baked brownie.

Snack away and travel through chocolate with each bite.

About the Farm

Latitude Trade Co. (Latitude Craft Chocolate) is a vertically integrated social enterprise working with over 5,000 certified organic smallholder farmers across western Uganda. Their mission is simple: build a transparent, sustainable cacao supply chain that improves livelihoods while producing exceptional chocolate.

Their process includes:

• Centralized fermentation
Beans from small family farms are brought to Latitude’s main fermentation center in Kasese. Fermentation is carefully timed and monitored to build those signature notes of cinnamon brownie, fig, and dark sugar.

• Sun-drying on raised racks
Beans dry for six to seven days under the Ugandan sun, allowing the deep, fudgy flavors to concentrate naturally.

• Consistent lot creation
Once dried, beans are sorted and blended to create high-quality, reliable lots that highlight Uganda’s classic flavor profile.

The result is cacao that tastes exactly like the reason many of us fell in love with chocolate in the first place — rich, comforting, familiar, and deeply satisfying.

This origin has become a customer favorite, and it continues to anchor our lineup with its warm, nostalgic flavor.

Why These Ingredients Matter

We don’t pick ingredients just because they taste good, though they absolutely do. We pick them because they tell stories. Because they come from people who care as much about their craft as we do.

Latitude Trade Co. supports thousands of smallholder farmers, creating stable incomes through transparent pricing, organic certification, and reliable buying practices. Their work strengthens rural communities while raising the standard for Ugandan cacao on a global scale.

This origin represents everything we value: thoughtful sourcing, meaningful partnerships, and chocolate that reflects the place and the people behind it. The rich, fudgy flavor you taste is the direct result of skilled farmers, careful fermentation, and a region perfectly suited to cacao.

Every bag of our Uganda Snacking Chocolate supports this network of growers and helps uplift one of the most promising cacao origins in East Africa.