1. Often compared to premium chocolate bars. Choctál single origin chocolate and vanilla ice creams are the only ice creams in the market place that highlight the differences of cacao and vanilla from different regions of the world. The chocolates are intense, distinct, with robust fully rounded flavors. The vanillas in the opinion of many surpass the chocolates with surprising differences. Hundreds have commented, a few seconds after telling us that they were not vanilla fans, that the Madagascar Vanilla "was our best chocolate."

2. We use TWO & HALF to THREE TIMES more chocolate in our ice cream than any other national manufacture so we've been told. As a matter of fact, we use so much cocoa in our ice cream; that the first time our dairy ran our recipe, we broke their pasteurizing equipment!! Needless to say that was the first and only time the dairy ran that recipe. To insure the integrity of our product, we added a process that no other manufacture of ice cream incorporates, that we are aware of. This step adds three hours to each production run!! But this extra step allows Choctál to add considerably more cocoa into our base mix, thus creating, ultra rich, superbly creamy, chocolate ice cream and each of our chocolates profiles are made exactly the same way, the only difference, where the cacao (cocoa) comes from.

3. Choctál uses only 100% PURE DOUBLE FOLD VANILLA EXTRACT, extracted from vanilla beans grown in numerous regions of the world in our ice cream. That means; our vanilla extracts are twice as potent as the vanilla you buy at the your local store. We buy directly from farmers whenever possible and our Costa Rican Vanilla profile is the only vanilla in the world certified by the Rain Forest Alliance, www.rainforest-alliance.org Choctál is also a founding member of the Rainforest Vanilla Conservation Association; based in Costa Rica, visit www.rainforestvanilla.org for more information.

4. All natural cream base, rBST free, GMO free, No growth hormones, No chemical additives or preservatives, no artificial flavors, colors or stabilizers. Gluten free. From happy California cows.

5. Lower Sugar Content - Our ice creams have less sugar than competitive super premium brands, which allows the natural, native flavors of the different chocolates and vanillas to prevail without the sweet masking influences of sugar. 

6. Less Air - In the industry it's called OVER RUN. Some ice creams in your freezer case have a 60-80% over run. More air/ less weight. More weight / less air. Choctál's high density provides a more filling, satisfying, and luxurious experience. 

7. Egg Free - High Butter Fat Content - Provides super-creamy and smooth taste.

8. Expensive? YES and NO... Based on weight, quality of ingredients, pure vanilla, two to three times, the amount of chocolate or vanilla in each pint! Choctál qualifies as being priced competitive, if not under priced. Based on fluid volume, which the industry uses as a price measurement, Choctál is a high priced ice cream.

Serving Suggestion

Our Chocolate ice cream profiles go extremely well with Port's & Madeira's and the Vanilla profiles served with a white dessert wine, such as a Late Harvest Riesling, an Ice Wine from the German Rheingau region or Sauternes from France's famed Bordeaux region will have your taste buds dancing in delight. You'll soon discover after a bit of experimentation your favorite combinations and you'll wonder why you never tried this before!

Great Ice cream like fine wine, should to be served at the right temperature. We suggest taking your ice cream out of the freezer 15 to 20 minutes before consumption (45 to 50 minutes if on dry ice) Let stand till you can feel the softening as you lightly squeeze the side of the container.

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Choctál's name is a derivative of the Mayan/Natal word for cacao/chocolate xocolatl and Tikal the former major Mayan metropolis, located in present day Guatemala. To be true to the 3,000-year-old Meso-American origins of cacao, chocolate and vanilla, the company had a Mayan scholar create a hieroglyph, which reads  "Choctál" prominently featured on packaging just in case you're a time traveler & read hieroglyphics.

Distinctive Chocolate profiles:  Costa Rican, Kalimantan, Ghana, and Dominican; Vanilla profiles:  Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Mexican, and Indonesian

Specialty:  Costa Rican Rainforest Chocolate & Vanilla

Brothers Desserts International in Irvine, California handles Manufacturing and packaging of Choctál ice cream; whose owner is a member of Choctál's management team.

Our products, with the exception of our Rain Forest Blend, are certified kosher by the KOF-K.

Choctál confidential formulas have been consumer tested and the Choctál brand is registered in the United States Patent & Trademark Office (Reg. #3,269,642) and has also been trademarked in Australia.

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