Monsoon Chocolate Cafe + Market
Cafe · Tucson ·
Bean-to-bar craft chocolate, inventive Sonoran-inspired bonbons, coffee
Bean-to-bar craft chocolate, inventive Sonoran-inspired bonbons, coffee
"A Tucson maker that assembles bonbon boxes reflecting southwestern influence, with flavors such as chiltepín pepper, prickly pear caramel, and Sonoran sea salt dark chocolate; a collection infused with Whiskey Del Bac Dorado yields a slightly smokey, sultry campfire character." - Monica Burton
"A box of filled chocolates inspired by Sonoran Desert flavors, featuring inventive fillings like prickly-pear caramel and cocoa-nib horchata alongside classics such as sea-salt dark chocolate, all crafted into attractive shapes meant for both display and tasting." - Jaya Saxena
"Their bon bons are almost too pretty to eat, but it also be a waste not to. The shelves feature a variety of take-home confectionaries such as the addictive dark chocolate-covered cashew brittle with flakes of Maldon, but the cafe also highlights pastries, ice cream, and more." - Jackie Tran
"In Tucson, Monsoon Chocolate puts together boxes of bonbons." - Monica Burton
"A bean-to-bar chocolate factory that also makes bonbons, has an ambitious drink and coffee program, an in-house pastry program, and serves breakfast and lunch? Oh, and it sells housemade choco tacos too? Yeah, it’s impressive as hell. Go toMonsoon Chocolatesfor breakfast—it’s quiet and the savory oat bowl with winter greens, pickled daikon, buckwheat groats, and a ramen egg is perfectly salted. Order the seasonal hot chocolate, especially if it contains tahini and honey. And, if you’re with someone else, also get the not-too-sweet-but-just-about cacao nib horchata because it’s refreshing. Then, to take home, get a salvadoreña, a gluten-free cheesecake-meets-poundcake made with rice flour and cotija cheese, and the 75 percent dark chocolate Esmeraldas chocolate bar with notes of dark red fruits and coffee. I wish I brought home more." - ByCarey Polis
