Are those flavor fireworks in your mouth, or are you just a member of Kiki's Cocoa Club? This month, you don't have to choose! Your favorite German confectioner has whipped up some all-American chocolate, like honey salted caramels and Betwixt bars.
We also wanted to give a shout-out to our Canadian neighbors and give them our condolences on still being part of the Commonwealth. As a consolation prize, we've included maple ganache and peanut butter hockey pucks.
Mi chiamo "Kiki"
Salve, chocolateers!
The calendar may say summer is just around the corner, but we know — it's already here. And there's no better summer than in Italy, so get ready to say "ciao" to some sunny chocolate. This month's collection is filled with olive oil chocolates, red wine ganache, and crunchy gianduja. You'll also find two coffee barks: caffè and moka. Buon appetito!
Join the Chocolate Revolution!
Last month the Kiki's Cocoa crew went to Havana, and we brought back more than cigars – our bags were stuffed with ingredients to fuel the cacao uprising! Call us a couple of Che-colate Guevaras. Now it's time to feed our loyal flavor fighters.
This month's collection is all about the tastes of Cuba: aged rum truffles with coconut shavings, dipped Banana Chips, and a trio of ganaches including mojito and cafe con leche. ¡Degustar es vivir!
Save the World, Have a Chocolate
After a year filled with different flavors of characters and confections, we have arrived at the last chapter: the Heroine.
The Heroine is bold and intrepid, mindful of her humble origins but always looking forward. Her actions are not for herself, but for the people. Most importantly, she has mastered a notion to which we all aspire: leaving the world a better place than she found it.
With this in mind, we're celebrating with chocolates inspired by peasant's feasts! Our everyman treats include maple ganache with honeycomb brittle, hazelnut crunch, a bark of pumpkin seeds and pistachio bark, and more. We couldn't imagine a sweeter way to charge forth into the next phase of Kiki's Cocoa Club with you.
What makes chocolate wise?
Welcome back for another edition of Kiki's Cocoa Club. This month's theme celebrates justice and wisdom with our archetype, The Sage. She is strong in her convictions, considered, and sees connections between elements where others may not.
You'll find the same perspective behind this collection's confection flavors: force noir, rock-salt caramels, chili picante, and of course, raspberry-sage truffles. We're also including a healthy bundle of coffee bark, to keep you woke.
'Tis the season — chocolate season.
February is here, which means an endless supply of chubby cupids and gestures laden withchocolates. Kiki's Cocoa has you covered, of course. This week is your last chance to take advantage of our special Valentine's Day offer! You'll get a bonus bundle of berry bark when you give someone a 3-month subscription, or get an entire month's collection for free when you give someone a year of chocolate.
Last time, we met the rebel. Rebelling can be exhausting, so this month we're practicing self-care with the Healer. Her whole presence bursts with fragrances both calming and invigorating. You'll find them represented by a trio of ganaches in jasmine, lavender, and lemon verbena. We're also welcoming back Berry Bark, and saying hello to the brand-new raspberry dusted dark chocolate bark.
Rebellious
Welcome back for another year of adventures in chocolate. We're continuing our flavor archetypes with the Rebel: non-nonsense, full-bodied, confident flavors. We'd be breaking the rules (if we hadn't broken them already). This month's collection packs a wide variety of ganaches, including St. George's Coffee liqueur, Kentucky bourbon, and Cara Cara orange. You'll also find burnt caramels and chai truffles for that extra kick in the rear.
The darkest day - and chocolate - of the year
We like it dark, which is what makes December such a lovely month. More time for hot cocoa, cozy confections, and daytime napping — which leads us our archetype for this month's collection, The Dreamer.
This is a chance to let go and follow wherever the flavors take you. Like a dream, how these flavors fit together may not be immediately clear, but they work. The trick is savoring without overthinking. We're furnishing you with coffee ganache, champagne truffles, salted caramels, holiday spice bark, and betwixt bars (or as Kiki calls them, "verflixt nochmal").
A strange love potion...
After a stop at the Magician's workshop, we are back on our grand adventure -- with gifts in hand. Specifically, a love potion, whose effects bestow warmth and happiness no matter how dire a mood its drinker may be in.
This month's archetype, the lover, is not someone we meet, but someone we become. Of course, sometimes that can take a bit of prompting... so this month's collection is full of velvety tastes and sensational spices: red wine blush ganache, cardamom ganache, nutty toffees and hazelnut crunch.
Dark chocolates, bright magic
The days are shorter, and our time n the Empress' court has reached its sunset. On the edge of the capital shines a strange bright light: the arcane beacon of the Magician. Step inside his parlor – but do not trust our senses, for here things are often not as they appear.
To celebrate the master of arcana, this month's Club collection is filled with whiz-bang flavors and confections that are innocuous on the outside, but pack a flavorful punch. Fresh raspberry truffles, porter nib caramels, gin and tonic ganache, and dark chocolate Moonrock! These aren't your everyday abra-kadabras.
The Royal Invitation
Together we've spent all summer adventuring, and meeting new people – and it seems we've caught the attention of somebody important. She's elegant, exotic, and powerful. She is the Empress.
In her royal court the senses are gilded and delicacy reigns supreme. We suggest you not refuse the invitation, gustatory adventurer.
So join the Empress this month with a collection of refined yet powerful confections. Inside your September box you'll find rose caramels, bing cherry bark, and ginger, lavender, and pink peppercorn with anise ganaches. Enjoy your stay!
Cacao, Cacao, the Mischievous Fruit
It's been several weeks since our last adventure, and with August in swing, we meet someone new: the Jester. Oh don't act so surprised - you know we keep a few tricks up our chef's coats.
The Kiki's Cocoa Jester is a mischievous sort. A trickster. A puckish character that lures you in with an air of simplicity but ends up running circles around you (and your taste-buds). In this spirit, we've gathered a handful of Fey-inspired flavors: a trio of orange, mint, and honey-milk ganache, as well as ample festive crackle bark.
If you want to harness your own inner Jester, play the tastiest trick and fool a friend into some chocolate! All this summer we're giving a free box of Kiki's Cocoa to anyone who refers a three-month new club member.
Cacao isolate
We've made it past the summersolstice, AKA the shortest melting time of the year. With our spice racks still recovering from the last collection, where to next?
Last month we adventured through the heat, exploring exotic and enticing flavors. Now as we continue our flavor journey, we've encountered a new character: The Hermit. The hermit is a curious figure, alone in the woods, hoarding his curios and foraging among what nature provides. Were he to make chocolates (and who are we to say he doesn't?) you may find mushroom truffles, absinthe ganache, hazelnut crunch and berry bark.
Since it can get a little lonely being a hermit, we're running a summer promotion all about bringing friends into the fold! Refer a friend and you'll get a free box of Kiki's Cocoa if they sign up for 3 months!
Adventure, away!
Cup your hand to your ears. Do you hear that? That's right, it's the sound of excitement.
Continuing our theme of character archetypes, this month's collection is all about the Adventurer. Like our chocolates themselves, the adventurer can be daring, brave, and a little roguish. Take your taste buds on a journey of self discovery with a menu of brand new flavors from across the globe: pink Himalayan sea salt caramels, cardamom ganache, sesame nougat ganache, and chai truffles.
Chocolates with Character
We've always liked to think that our confections have a little extra personality. Now we're going to take chocolates and character to a whole new level!
Kiki's Cocoa Club is embarking on an entire year of archetype-themed collections. Each month our emails will feature a persona, and your shipment will contain its matching flavor profiles!
Our debut May collection is "The Innocent." Many stories begin with a protagonist who has much to learn (whether they know it or not!). They're ambitious, simple, and maybe even a little naive. But along the way, they find something new! And this month,you'll find pure, approachable flavors like vanilla and orange ganaches, force noir with salt, and a few shards of toffee bark.
Sundaes for Sun Days
Chocolates and people aren't so different in the summer - after an hour in the heat, even the prettiest ones have turned sticky and gross. So how does one get their chocolate fix in the middle of July? We've got you covered.
This month's collection features a new addition to the Kiki's Cocoa roster: ice cream toppings! These homemade chocolate sauce and caramel sauce are perfect for ice cream.
Pralinés and Planter Boxes
We rang in summer with a variety of garden-flavored chocolates that were anything but garden variety. Featuring fruit-flavored ganaches and rosemary-lemon toffee, the June collection featured the best of backyard blooms.
Go Nosh Ganache
We showed off all the stamps on our culinary passport this month as we showcased a chocolate world tour. Ganaches filled with British earl gray, Chinese jasmine, and Brazilian coffees left taste buds happy, if not a little jetlagged.
Cocoa A-Go-Go
For our April collection, we teamed up again with Çiğdem "Chi" Michalski of ChiChiLand to dress up our collection of fan-favorite chocolates. Under the glam were gianduja, caramels, truffles, coffee ganache, and berry bark. Our chocolate has never looked so good!
Welcome to Kiki's Custard
There is nothing we love more than to tickle your taste buds' fancy with delicious confections – or so we thought.
Over the past few months, the San Francisco homemade chocolate landscape has transformed from a grassroots movement of ethical craftsmanship to a self-congratulatory festival of tempered pretension. While we've done our best to distance ourselves from this attitude, it's become exhausting work constantly saying we're not like other boutique chocolatiers. But instead of running away from the problem, we're addressing it head-on by focusing on a whole new culinary field worthy of the same dedication.
Welcome to Kiki's Custard!
Unlike cheap, off-the-shelf American custards, Kiki's Custard is a throwback to the traditional Bavarian style, made with all-natural ewe's milk sourced from local sheep dairies. To start off our new venture, we're carrying over everyone's favorite feature: Kiki's Custard Club. Sign up to become a Kiki's Custardian and you'll get a monthly collection of flavorful custard delivered to you in our signature linen sacks.
We hope you're as excited as we are for this whole new chapter in our quest for delightful taste experiences. Whisk on over sometime for a bowl!