We are a specialty chocolate company located in the beautiful high desert town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our passion is authentic and historic drinking chocolate elixirs. Historic drinking chocolate includes traditional Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Mayan Aztec drinking chocolate; 1600’s European drinking chocolate, Colonial American and Colonial Mexican drinking chocolates. Kakawa Chocolate House chocolate elixirs are representative of these historic recipes and span the time period 1000 BC to the mid 1900’s AD.
Please note that we are a small artisanal chocolate maker. All our chocolate creations are hand made in small batches which takes time. To ensure that our products are of the finest quality they are freshly made.
Please enjoy our website - we have lots of information on chocolate history as well as Kakawa’s schedule of events. And, of course, we make and sell chocolate elixirs, wonderful and exotically flavored chocolate truffles, and dark molded chocolates, and other specialty items.
Thanks for stopping by, and if you are in Santa Fe, come to our new shop!
-Mark Sciscenti
Proprietor, Chocolate Historian & Chocolate Alchemist
Join us for an amazing seven day tour of ancient Zapotec Culture and Cuisine in Oaxaca, Mexico!
This one week tour with eminent Mesoamerican scholars -- including chocolate historian Mark Sciscenti -- will cover over 2500 years of history in the Oaxaca Valley, from the very origins of civilization in Mexico, through the Spanish Conquest, and up into the lasting traditions of modern day Zapotecs. Each day will feature something new - museums, ancient ruins, indigenous markets, cooking classes, natural wonders, and visits to local villages. Evening lectures will further explain the places we visit and compliment the day tours.
Click here for a full description and to sign up.
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