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Formosa Chocolates

Chocolate therapy endorsed by Bon Appétit and Michelin guide.

It's true what they say... chocolate is therapy. Kimberly was a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente when, on a fall day back in 2018, she decided to enroll in a chocolate bootcamp at the International Culinary Center in New York. She quickly became obsessed with the art and science of making fine chocolates, and this obsession led to more classes with renowned chocolatiers Melissa Coppel and Martin Diez and then with École Chocolat in Belgium. She eventually decided to leave her job as a psychiatrist to fully focus her attention on chocolate therapy and started Formosa Chocolates. Since then, Bon Appetit has called her chocolates "too pretty to eat" and they've been featured in the Chronicle and the Michelin Guide. Based in Oakland, Kimberly's creations are deeply influenced by her Taiwanese-American heritage, with an emphasis on warm Taiwanese hospitality and gift-giving traditions.

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Taiwanese Tea Flight, 12 pc + 3 tea tasters
We at Formosa Chocolates have always felt that tea and chocolate make the perfect pairing, and are excited to present this new tea and chocolate flight! Partnering with Tsay Tea, these teas are personally curated and sourced from Taiwan, including one from Victoria's family farm. This collection consists of 12 bonbons: 4 pcs made from Frozen Peak Oolong (Dong Ding Oolong), 4 pcs from Iron Goddess Oolong (Tie Guan Yin), 4 pcs from San Xia Canyon Green (Bi Luo Chun), plus 3 tea tasters.
$75.00
Kanosuke Whisky Bonbons, 12 pc.
This exclusive Kanosuke Whisky Collection features three expertly curated pairings. Indulge in the velvety richness of Single Malt paired with creamy peanut butter ganache. Experience the sophisticated balance of Hioki Pot Still complemented by smooth caramel. Finish with the bold intensity of Double Distillery chocolate ganache. The 12 pc collection contains 4 of each flavor.
$60.00
Kanosuke Whisky Bonbons, 6 pc.
This exclusive Kanosuke Whisky Collection features three expertly curated pairings. Indulge in the velvety richness of Single Malt paired with creamy peanut butter ganache. Experience the sophisticated balance of Hioki Pot Still complemented by smooth caramel. Finish with the bold intensity of Double Distillery chocolate ganache. The 6 pc collection contains 2 of each flavor.
$32.00
Taiwanese Frozen Peak Oolong Tea Flight, 6 pc + 1 tea taster
We at Formosa Chocolates have always felt that tea and chocolate make the perfect pairing, and are excited to present this new tea and chocolate flight! Partnering with Tsay Tea, these teas are personally curated and sourced from Taiwan, including one from Victoria's family farm. This collection consists of 6 bonbons: 2 pcs made from Frozen Peak Oolong (Dong Ding Oolong), 2 pcs from Iron Goddess Oolong (Tie Guan Yin), 2 pcs from San Xia Canyon Green (Bi Luo Chun), plus a Frozen Peak Oolong tea taster.
$32.00
Taiwanese San Xia Canyon Green Tea Flight, 6 pc + 1 tea taster
We at Formosa Chocolates have always felt that tea and chocolate make the perfect pairing, and are excited to present this new tea and chocolate flight! Partnering with Tsay Tea, these teas are personally curated and sourced from Taiwan, including one from Victoria's family farm. This collection consists of 6 bonbons: 2 pcs made from Frozen Peak Oolong (Dong Ding Oolong), 2 pcs from Iron Goddess Oolong (Tie Guan Yin), 2 pcs from San Xia Canyon Green (Bi Luo Chun), plus a San Xia Canyon Green tea taster.
$32.00
Taiwanese Iron Goddess Oolong Tea Flight, 6 pc + 1 tea taster
We at Formosa Chocolates have always felt that tea and chocolate make the perfect pairing, and are excited to present this new tea and chocolate flight! Partnering with Tsay Tea, these teas are personally curated and sourced from Taiwan, including one from Victoria's family farm. This collection consists of 6 bonbons: 2 pcs made from Frozen Peak Oolong (Dong Ding Oolong), 2 pcs from Iron Goddess Oolong (Tie Guan Yin), 2 pcs from San Xia Canyon Green (Bi Luo Chun), plus an Iron Goddess Oolong tea taster.
$32.00
Chocolate-Covered Gummy Bears, 200 g (7.1 oz)
We like to consider ourselves experts on gummy candies here at Formosa Chocolates, and after careful consideration of the field of gummies (the things we do for love), we found what we consider the very best gummies. 12 juicy fruit flavors, always soft, QQ, and toothsome. Each one is only made better with a layer of dark chocolate!

200 g (7.1 oz) approx 39-40 gummies

gluten-free
$17.50
Kalamansi Cheesecake Bar - 2 pack, 2.4 oz Total Wt.
It's back and available in bigger packs! Citrusy floral kalamansi pâte de fruits jelly, cheesecake ganache, and almond graham cracker crust in a dark chocolate shell. Contains dairy, gluten, tree nuts, soy. ~34 g each (1.2 oz)
$20.00
Hojicha Milk Tea Bar, 50 g (1.75 oz)
From the Formosa Chocolates Research and Development Lab, we present our second bar, Hojicha Milk 7.5%

Hojicha is a roasted green tea from Japan, which blends beautifully with cocoa butter and milk. This edition is slightly less sweet than the first iteration. The bar itself is decorated with a beautiful ocean motif, a nod to our island heritage.

50 g (1.75 oz)

Contains dairy, soy
$16.00
Chocolate Bars
Rose Lychee Bar
Sweet and floral dried lychee slivers on dark chocolate. We finished this bar with fragrant dried rose petals and crunchy roasted cacao nibs. Suitable for vegans.

~3.2oz
$15.50
Iyokan Bar
Iyokan is one of our delightful culinary discoveries this year. It is a Japanese citrus that is wonderfully fragrant. The peels in our bars are candied with beet sugar and millet jelly, and are not too sweet. We found that this pairs beautifully with our house 70% dark chocolate, and a cup of oolong tea.
$15.50
GABA Oolong Bar 2026
Last year's GABA Oolong bar collaboration with Sam Tilney, of BANGtea, was such a hit, we had to repeat it for the Year of the Horse. This remarkable GABA oolong was sourced from Alishan, Taiwan.

About the Bar This exclusive bar is crafted with 11% tea leaves by weight, blended with cocoa butter, dark chocolate, and sugar. It is packaged in a limited-edition red envelope to welcome the New Year.

Tasting Notes: Dried persimmon, brown sugar, bread

Ingredients: Dark chocolate, cocoa butter, GABA oolong tea, sugar, and soy lecithin.

Net Wt: 50 g (1.76 oz)

About the Tea "This distinctive oolong is a consistent bestseller for good reason. The 2025 GABA delivers a full-bodied, thick broth with complex flavors that reminded me of slowly dried Japanese persimmons (hoshigaki) and fresh brown bread. It’s fitting that like the traditional art of making hoshigaki, this oolong’s exceptional character is developed through patient, meticulous processing that transforms simple leaves into something delicious.

It has undergone an extended 3-day anaerobic fermentation and a 4-hour roast. This harvest achieved a high concentration of 193mg/100g leaves, surpassing the minimum threshold for GABA content."
$17.00
Earl Grey Lavender Bar
Our Earl Grey Lavender bar starts with blending our house dark milk chocolate with fragrant Earl Grey tea and a dash of bergamot oil, grinding in our melanger for a full day until it is silky smooth. This exquisite chocolate is then finished with dried culinary lavender buds for a sophisticated and luxurious treat.
$15.50
Passionfruit Cocoa Nib Bar
Tangy passionfruit chocolate on one side, dark chocolate studded with toasted cocoa nibs and pretty burgundy chocolate chips on the other. A perfect pairing!

Contains dairy and soy

~2.8 oz
$15.50
Bonbons
Signature 12 pc Bonbon Box
A delicious 12-piece box of our best sellers in a beautiful presentation box! current flavors can be found here https://www.formosachocolates.com/pages/current-menu
$56.00
Signature 6 pc Bonbon Box
6 of our classic bonbon flavors, including salted caramel, passionfruit, Formosa coffee, Pingtung (dark chocolate ganache), cherry caramel, and yuzu yogurt

store for up to 2 weeks at room temp, or visit our site for instructions on how to freeze for up to 6 months
$28.00
Balsamic Vinegar Caramel and Strawberry Hearts, 6 pc
Aged balsamic vinegar caramel atop strawberry creme, shelled in dark chocolate anatomically-correct hearts. Contains dairy. Gluten-free and alcohol-free.
$28.00
Balsamic Vinegar Caramel and Strawberry Hearts, 2 pc
Aged balsamic vinegar caramel atop strawberry creme, shelled in dark chocolate anatomically-correct hearts. Contains dairy. Gluten-free and alcohol-free.

2pc
$12.00
And More!
Chocolate Candied Orange
10 soft candied orange peels dipped in our house dark chocolate. Vegan, gluten-free, alcohol-free.
$12.00
Chocolate Green Mango
Dried Taiwanese young green mango enrobed in 60% dark chocolate. Featuring green mango from our friends at Yunhai .

From Yunhai:

Made from unripe baby Tu Mangoes 土芒果 (the original Taiwan mango), these are nature's sour gummy: chewy, bright, sweet with an electric tang, an old school Taiwanese treat.

We source our green mangoes from family farms in 玉井, who harvest their mango by hand. In order to get big, sweet mangoes at harvest time, the farmers must prune much of the developing fruit on the tree, so the tree directs its resources to the fruit still on the branches.

The baby mangoes that are cut from the tree when pruning are then used to make all manner of green mango snacks—candied, pickled, frozen, and of course, this sugared and salted dried version. As usual, we don't add any additives or artificial preservatives, and dry them naturally.

Dietary Information Vegan Gluten-free Alcohol-free Contains: Soy net wt 50 g (1.8 oz)
$12.00
Chocolate Covered Mango, 200 g (7 oz.)
We stumbled upon this dried mango recently, and loved how it was less sweet than most dried mango on the market. Good mangos are already plenty sweet, and these unsulphered mangos have less sugar added to them, and we think, are the best-tasting that we have found. The rich combination of flavors make this the perfect snacking treat with a cup of afternoon tea!

We enrobe them in 65% dark chocolate, and hand-pack them in 200g (7 oz). There are 13- 22 pcs per box, depending on the size of each mango slice.
$22.00
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