Kailua-Kona · Island of Hawaiʻi

One taste will transform you.

Single-origin Hawaiian cacao, spun silky with pure Big Island honey — never cane sugar — then kissed with Hawaiian vanilla bean and Kona sea salt. Organic, fair-trade, and crafted in small batches the way the Maya intended.

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Sweetened only with honey Organic & Fair Trade Woman-owned 100% compostable wrap
The Collection

Five bars. Five intentions.

Every bar begins the same way — 75% single-origin Hawaiian cacao and raw Big Island honey — then follows its own path. 50 g each · dairy-free · gluten-free · paleo · cane-sugar-free.

The Island Pantry

Kona coffee, coconut mana, and a few gifts straight from the farm.

A Balance bar styled with cinnamon, vanilla bean and Kona coffee on a wooden board
Our Story

The magic that happens when love guides the heart's intentions

Elissa Verdillo has been making chocolate for more than twenty years, learning her craft in Central America and southern Mexico — steeped in the traditions of the original chocolatiers, the Maya.

There she rediscovered one of their oldest combinations: cacao and honey. Long before cane sugar, the Maya sweetened sacred cacao with honey from the native stingless Melipona bee. Cacao Cocoon brings that ancient pairing back — with raw honey from the Big Island's queen beekeepers, ground Hawaiian vanilla bean, and a whisper of Kona sea salt.

"When my daughter Solstice was six months wise, her first word was 'cacao.' I knew then it was destined — we are all messengers, if we just listen closely."

Every batch is spun slowly in a 100% renewable-energy-powered chocolate kitchen in Kailua-Kona, then wrapped in fully compostable packaging. Give yourself the best — you deserve it — then give your best to the world.

Aloha ʻĀina

Good for you, good for the islands.

Chocolate should leave the world sweeter than it found it. Here's how we walk that talk.

Queen Beekeepers

Our raw Hawaiian honey comes from the Big Island's queen beekeepers — every bar you enjoy supports their hives.

Single-Origin & Fair Trade

Organic heirloom cacao from a family-run Hawaiian farm — grown, fermented, and crafted with care at every step.

Renewable-Powered Kitchen

Every bar is made in a chocolate kitchen running on 100% renewable energy.

Zero-Waste Wrap

Compostable inner and outer wrappers, boxes of 100% recycled paper, printed with vegetable-based inks.

Find Us in the Wild

On shelves from Kona to the coast.

Prefer to pick up a bar in person? You'll find Cacao Cocoon at these fine shops.

Hawaiʻi — Big Island

  • Island Naturals · Hilo & Kona
  • Abundant Life · Hilo
  • Big Island Bottle Shop · Kona

Humboldt County, CA

  • North Coast Co-op · Arcata & Eureka
  • Wildberries Marketplace · Arcata
  • Eureka Natural Foods · Eureka & McKinleyville
  • Murphy's Markets · Sunny Brae, Glendale, Trinidad, Arcata & Cutten
  • The Humboldt Mercantile · Eureka
  • NorthTown Coffee · Arcata
  • Kneeland Glen Farmstand · Freshwater
  • Golden Gate Mercantile · Ferndale
  • Soul to Soul Spa · Eureka & Arcata
  • Bella Baskets · Eureka
  • Papa Wheelies · McKinleyville
  • Humboldt Outfitters · Arcata
  • Campus Store · Eureka

Northern California

  • Chautauqua Natural Foods · Garberville
  • RiverSong Natural Foods · Willow Creek
  • Mountain Marketplace · Weaverville
  • Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op · Ukiah
  • Andy's Produce · Sebastopol

East Coast & Beyond

  • DogRose Farm · Lee, NH
  • Common Roots Market · Rye, NH
  • On the Vine · Exeter, NH
  • The Eureka Market · Eureka Springs, AR
Carry Cacao Cocoon in your shop? Wholesale cases of ten ship anywhere in the U.S. — get in touch.
Say Aloha

Eat, talk, build & walk with us.

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