Congratulations to all of the finalists!
CHOCOLATE
- Areté Fine Chocolate – Camino Verde 75% Dark Chocolate, California
- Brasstown Chocolate – Ecuador 75% & Belize 70%, North Carolina
- Charm School Chocolate – 70% Dark Belize, Maryland
- Creo Chocolate – Purely Dark, Oregon
- Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate – 70% Bolivia, Alto Beni, California
- Escazu Artisan Chocolates – 70% Piura Blanco, Peru, North Carolina
- Fruition Chocolate – Bolivian Wild Harvest 74% & Nacional Dark Milk 68%, New York
- Just Good Chocolate – Madagascar 70%, Michigan
- Lonohana Estate Chocolate – Kanahiku 70% Dark, Hawaii
- Nathan Miller Chocolate – Gingerbread Bar, Pennsylvania
- Patric Chocolate – Triple Ginger & Browned Butter Bar & Red Coconut Curry, Missouri
- Ritual Chocolate – Mid Mountain Blend & Belize 75%, Utah
- Rogue Chocolatier – Jamaica & Tranquilidad, Massachusetts
- SPAGnVOLA – 70% Single- Estate Dominican Republic & 75% Single Estate Dominican Republic, Maryland
CONFECTIONS
- American Spoon – Chocolate Fudge Sauce, Michigan
- Amy E's Bakery – Peanut Brittle, Oregon
- Ashby Confections – Fresh Orange Sour Strips & Salty Desert Heat, California
- Askinosie Chocolate – Hey, Hey Chocolate Hazelnut Spread, Missouri
- Batch PDX – Batch Bar & Twicks Bar, Oregon
- Bees & Beans – Honey Bar Reserve, Oregon
- Bixby & Co. – Nutty For You, Maine
- Black Dinah Chocolatiers – Maine Mint Truffle, Maine
- Ethereal Confections – Blood Orange and Vanilla Bean Meltaway, Illinois
- Farm Chocolate – Panforte in Dark, California
- Fat Toad Farm – Fat Toad Farm Original Goat's Milk Caramel Sauce, Vermont
- French Broad Chocolates – Hazelnut & Almond Dragee, North Carolina
- JJ's Sweets Cocomels – Palm Sugar Cocomel, Colorado
- Katherine Anne Confections – Cucumber Cooler Caramel, Illinois
- Lake Champlain Chocolates – Apple Cider Caramels, Vermont
- Little Apple Treats – Rose and Cocoa nib Caramels, California
- McCrea's Candies – Black Lava Sea Salt Caramels, Massachusetts
- Neo Cocoa – Toffee Nib Brittle, California
- Nosh This – Lavender Crack, California
- Sapore della Vita – Caramel Sauce & Torrone & Totally Fudged- Chocolate Fudge Sauce, Florida
- Serendipity Confections – Chocolate Covered Butter Caramels with Fleur de Sel, Wyoming
- St. Croix Chocolate Co. – Wild Grape and Peanut Butter Bar, Minnesota
- Videri Chocolate Factory – Sugarplum Ganache Bonbon, North Carolina
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