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Dancing Lion Chocolate
@dancinglion.us
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We source rare and Heirloom cacao to create Chocolate As Art--trufflles, bonbons, bars, and confections. We work with some of the rarest beans in the world, and we know our farmers.

https://dancinglion.us Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
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Closing at 3pm on Saturday
Roger has an evening event and Rich is in Costa Rica. We'll re-open normal hours next week.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Promoting Cacao Biodiversity
Why we support HCP… Dancing Lion Chocolate donates $5USD from each Heirloom chocolate bar sold to support Heirloom Cacao Preservation (HCP).
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May 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Mint Again (But Different)
AGAIN MINT – Ricardo’s garden mint white chocolate ganache, this time in Mexico Soconusco dark. Mint cuts sharp. Cool across the tongue. A sweet edge. #chocolatier #
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May 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Garden Mint
DISSOLUTION – Rich’s garden mint white chocolate ganache cast in Puerto Rico dark and capped with Bolivia Tranquilidad Heirloom #2 dark. The day is hot. Afternoon rain, Clouds. A cool evening.
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May 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Peanut Butter Cup
Technically, it's peanut gianduja. IT'S A PEANUT BUTTER CUP. Yeah ma, it's a peanut butter cup, dontcha know. With really good peanuts and really good chocolate. It is what it...
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May 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Maple Caramel, Mango Caramel
DOUBLE DOWN - brown sugar maple cloud caramel over mango cloud caramel, cast in Mexico Almendra Blanca milk chocolate. Doubled down is better than doubled up!Doubled on the caramel: caramel...
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May 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Brown Sugar Maple Bourbon Caramel
THE EDGE OF CLASS – Brown sugar maple bourbon cloud caramel with Phil’s Maple Syrup and Puerto Rico dark milk chocolate cast in Mexico Almendra Blanca 45% milk. A gangly collection but good students…
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May 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Boxes for Mother’s Day
YES, we have Bonbon Boxes and yet more on the way– just in time for Mother’s Day. I’ve painted chocolate bars with irises and art It’s rainy on Elm Street so best to start with a warm bowl of drinking…
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May 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Alphonso Mango
MUTUALITY – Alphonso mango cloud caramel with Puerto Rico 52% dark milk chocolate cast in Puerto Rico 70% dark. Mango trees shade cacao. Cacao trees nourish mango. Fruit drops, feeds tiny midges that…
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May 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Montagne Bleue Tea Truffle
A LITTLE SUBTLETY – Fragrant Montagne Bleue black tea and intense fruity Peru Ucayali River dark chocolate truffle dusted with cocoa and powdered baobab. Just kidding. There’s nothing subtle about…
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May 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Cinnamon & Aji Amarillo Chiles
AFLOAT – stick cinnamon, Venezuela 70% dark chocolate, Xocolco Mexico vanilla, aji amarillo chiles, and a splash of Barr Hill Gin, finished in Mexico Almendra Blanca milk chocolate. Afoot.
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May 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Sweetgrass
RECOPRICITY – sweetgrass and Belize BFREE Pure Criollo Heirloom chocolate truffle finished in dark and milk chocolates. Thank you sweetgrass, for giving your flavor and fragrance . Thank you cacao…
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May 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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New Hours
CLOSED ON TUESDAYS. Friends. Dancing Lion Chocolate has been successful beyond my wildest imaginings. More folks seek more bonbons and more bars and more boxes and with our tiny staff in our tiny shop…
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May 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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A Customer & (now) Friend
Thank you, Rich!!
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May 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Mango & Rose
CON-SOL-IDATED – Fragrant and floral India mango pate de fruit finished with crushed rose petals and a blend of dark milk chocolates. Taste the sun . . . Photons to photosynthesis to flavor.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Halvah Candy Bar
A HOUSE DIVIDED – sesame tahini halvah candy bar with cassia, cinnamon, and spectacular Mauritius vanilla dipped in a blend of dark milk chocolates and finished with powdered strawberry.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Sweet Plum & Mezcal
UNLIKELY HEROES – sweet plum and tiny-batch Durango mezcal fondant cast in Ghana blueberry oat dark chocolate and then Mexico white. Funny, Comedic, really. But deadly serious.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Blood orange paté de fruit
3 LINES – blood orange paté de fruit enrobed in Puerto Rico dark milk chocolate, finished with a dry leaf of Alishan Formosa wulong tea. Ruby noon sunlight Reflects brilliant chocolate.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Mezcal Mace Caramel
SPELLING IT OUT – Mezcal mace cloud caramel in Bolivia Tranquilidad Heirloom dark milk chocolate. I put a spell on you. Hexes and 8s– Give me a hand, Lend a little credence.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Inca Path, Places
Dried pineapple, macadamia nuts, and imperial Sichuan peppercorn embedded in Puerto Rico dark milk chocolate. Mountain trail Step to step Ridge to ridge Flavor to flavor On the path to Machu Picchu.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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CLOSED WEDNESDAY, April 23
while Rich is in Washington D.C. meeting with the USDA, a few Central American ambassadors, speaking on a panel about Heirloom chocolate, and announcing the newest Heirloom Designees.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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The Final Croissant Day
And they’re the best we’ve made. My final scheduled croissant day. I’m dedicating this batch to a few folks who were instrumental in making them this good. SAVOURY CHEF JEFF, one of the finest chefs I’…
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April 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Blood Orange Infused Levain
Our own starter and preferment with a lot of shredded blood orange zest and a nice scent of chocolate. We made a dozen. Available today and tomorrow until we sell out.
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April 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Filaments Bar
they flipped the switch on the incandescent light bulb 124 years ago and it's still on.white chocolate surrounds filaments of sweet candied blood orange rind.To light an incandescent bulb is...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Taking Liberties (Take a Number) Bar
“Writing is Guerrilla warfare.” –Harlan Ellison Each of these bars is unique, intense, and if I did it right, a little disturbing. The chocolate is Bolivia Paredes Farm Heirloom #1 100% dark…
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April 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM