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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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Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year 6 pc box
Celebrate the Year of the Horse with our exclusive Lunar New Year bonbons, a curated selection that honors tradition, while embracing innovation. Beloved favorites, Miso Caramel and Black Sesame, make a return, alongside exciting new flavors like Hojicha Buckwheat and Jasmine Oolong. Experience the perfect fusion of heritage and discovery in every bite.

Whether you're hosting an intimate dinner or a grand celebration, this elegant collection transforms any occasion into a memorable experience. Give your guests a gift they'll truly savor.

Jasmine Oolong jasmine tea ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Miso Caramel rich miso caramel in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Black Sesame black sesame and almond praliné in white chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (almond), sesame, soy Hojicha Buckwheat hojicha caramel and puffed buckwheat with hazelnut praliné in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (hazelnut) soy

6 pc box. 2 each Miso Caramel and Black Sesame, 1 each Jasmine Oolong and Hojicha Buckwheat
$28.00
Lunar New Year 24 pc box
Celebrate the Year of the Horse with our exclusive Lunar New Year bonbons, a curated selection that honors tradition, while embracing innovation. Beloved favorites, Miso Caramel and Black Sesame, make a return, alongside exciting new flavors like Hojicha Buckwheat and Jasmine Oolong. Experience the perfect fusion of heritage and discovery in every bite.

Whether you're hosting an intimate dinner or a grand celebration, this elegant collection transforms any occasion into a memorable experience. Give your guests a gift they'll truly savor.

Jasmine Oolong jasmine tea ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Miso Caramel rich miso caramel in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Black Sesame black sesame and almond praliné in white chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (almond), sesame, soy Hojicha Buckwheat hojicha caramel and puffed buckwheat with hazelnut praliné in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (hazelnut) soy

24 pc box. 6 each Miso Caramel, Black Sesame, Jasmine Oolong, and Hojicha Buckwheat
$108.00
Lunar New Year 12 pc box
Celebrate the Year of the Horse with our exclusive Lunar New Year bonbons, a curated selection that honors tradition, while embracing innovation. Beloved favorites, Miso Caramel and Black Sesame, make a return, alongside exciting new flavors like Hojicha Buckwheat and Jasmine Oolong. Experience the perfect fusion of heritage and discovery in every bite.

Whether you're hosting an intimate dinner or a grand celebration, this elegant collection transforms any occasion into a memorable experience. Give your guests a gift they'll truly savor.

Jasmine Oolong jasmine tea ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Miso Caramel rich miso caramel in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Black Sesame black sesame and almond praliné in white chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (almond), sesame, soy Hojicha Buckwheat hojicha caramel and puffed buckwheat with hazelnut praliné in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (hazelnut) soy

12 pc box. 3 each Miso Caramel, Black Sesame, Jasmine Oolong, and Hojicha Buckwheat
$56.00
Valentine's day
Valentines 12 pc box
Spoil your loved ones with our Valentine's Day chocolates!

Marc de Champagne champagne pâte de fruit and marc de champagne ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, alcohol, soy Rose Saffron Pistachio rose saffron ganache, pistachio feuilletine in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (pistachio), wheat, soy Passionfruit tangy passionfruit ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Salted Caramel classic French salted caramel in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy

Box B: 12 pc box. 3 each Marc de Champagne, Rose Saffron Pistachio, Passionfruit, and Salted Caramel
$56.00
Valentines 24 pc
Spoil your loved ones with our Valentine's Day chocolates!

Marc de Champagne champagne pâte de fruit and marc de champagne ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, alcohol, soy Rose Saffron Pistachio rose saffron ganache, pistachio feuilletine in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (pistachio), wheat, soy Passionfruit tangy passionfruit ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Salted Caramel classic French salted caramel in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy

6 pc box. 2 each Marc de Champagne and Passionfruit, 1 each Rose Saffron Pistachio and Salted Caramel

24 pc box. 6 each Marc de Champagne, Rose Saffron Pistachio, Passionfruit, and Salted Caramel
$108.00
Valentines 6 pc
Spoil your loved ones with our Valentine's Day chocolates!

Marc de Champagne champagne pâte de fruit and marc de champagne ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, alcohol, soy Rose Saffron Pistachio rose saffron ganache, pistachio feuilletine in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, tree nuts (pistachio), wheat, soy Passionfruit tangy passionfruit ganache in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy Salted Caramel classic French salted caramel in dark chocolate. Contains dairy, soy

6 pc box. 2 each Marc de Champagne and Passionfruit, 1 each Rose Saffron Pistachio and Salted Caramel

Box B: 12 pc box. 3 each Marc de Champagne, Rose Saffron Pistachio, Passionfruit, and Salted Caramel

Box C: 24 pc box. 6 each Marc de Champagne, Rose Saffron Pistachio, Passionfruit, and Salted Caramel
$28.00
Seasonal Menu
Balsamic Caramel and Strawberry Hearts
Aged balsamic vinegar caramel atop strawberry creme, shelled in dark chocolate anatomically-correct hearts. Contains dairy. Gluten-free and alcohol-free.
$10.00
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."
$16.00
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.
$15.00
Earl Grey Lavender
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.
$14.50
Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears
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
$17.40
6 classic bonbon set
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
$26.00
Chocolate Covered Pearl Guava
Dried Taiwanese pearl guava enrobed in 60% dark chocolate. Featuring pearl guava from our friends at Yunhai

From Yunhai:

Pearl Guava is the most perfumey and vegetal of fruits. Taste the entire universe in a single bite. This fruit has so little sugar that we need to add a touch to ensure it’s properly preserved. Delicious with a cup of oolong tea.

This product is part of a line of dried fruit that we created via crowdfunding on Kickstarter to support Taiwanese farmers that are vulnerable to trade volatility between Taiwan and China. We started this project in March of 2021, when China banned imports of Taiwan pineapples nearly overnight, wiping out 90% of Taiwan's export market and leaving farmers scrambling to find buyers. Wax Apple were banned as recently as September 2021. We work directly with farmers and farmer-owned coops to source, purchase, and package the fruit, with the intent to ease at least some of the dependency on trade with China.

Vegan, gluten-free, alcohol-free. contains SOY
$12.00
10pc Chocolate Covered Orange Peels
10 soft candied orange peels dipped in our house dark chocolate. Vegan, gluten-free, alcohol-free.
$12.00
Kalamansi Cheesecake Bar
1.2 oz - Citrusy floral kalamansi pâte de fruits jelly, cheesecake ganache, and almond graham cracker crust in a dark chocolate shell. Perfect for sharing. Or not!
$10.00
Chocolate Covered Mango
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
Hojicha Milk Bar
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
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
$15.00
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
$15.00
12 pc Bonbon Set, Classic Menu
12 bonbons - 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
And More!
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
Mint Blossoms
Our artisan Mint Blossoms combine the velvety sweetness of white chocolate with cool peppermint oil and peppermint chip. Your box arrives with 12 exquisitely designed pieces, making it the perfect indulgence for yourself or an impressive gift for chocolate lovers who appreciate refined taste and elegant presentation.
$30.00
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