Best chocolate artisan in Honokaa, Hawaii (HI) 2024

Although the chocolate is delicious and Mike is well informed and dedicated to what he does, this tour is certainly not worth $80 per person ($91 with tax). The tour consists of walking into the cocoa field and learning about cocoa. It was very interesting, but please note that depending on the season you tour, you may not get to see ripe pods and have them opened for you (as I saw others experience in reviews). Of course this is not Mike’s fault but is something to note. You do not get to see any equipment, although Mike will tell you about some equipment he owns. He let us know that we were welcome to go into the shop to purchase more chocolate but did not invite us to see the equipment or outline that as part of the tour. For our tasting we received five small chocolates (I have a picture of them after sampled.). You also get to try cocoa tea, which is neat. We also each got 1 “complimentary” chocolate bar. Overall, a neat way to spend a few hours but I personally feel that $80 plus tax is WAY too expensive for the tour. I would maybe pay $40. Just 15 minutes away you can tour a vanilla farm for $75 and receive a full lunch. *Please see Bethany G’s review for an extremely accurate account of exactly what the tour involves (I didn’t want to just copy and paste). ~Celina