Maine Maple Sugar | Dominican Republic 70%

In the Dominican Republic's Cibao Valley, cacao grows on a Bird Friendly® certified farm that provides critical habitat for migratory birds. Each spring, those birds fly north and land in maple groves like the ones on the family farm in Maine where we source our maple sugar. So we made a bar with just the two ingredients that bookend their journey: cacao and maple sugar. It tastes like a Belgian waffle piled with wild berries and warm maple syrup, and supports the important conservation work happening on these farms. We can't get enough. About Smithsonian Bird Friendly®: This bar is made using 100% Bird Friendly certified cocoa. The Bird Friendly certification, developed by Smithsonian scientists, is rooted in decades of ecological research. It guarantees that certified farms are deforestation-free, certified organic, and maintain habitat for birds through either diverse shade trees or protected forest areas. When you buy Bird Friendly chocolate, you are supporting producers who are doing the hard work of conservation in the field and are also supporting the ongoing research and agricultural extension led by the Bird Friendly program. About Audubon Bird-Friendly Maple: Audubon's Bird-Friendly Maple verification means the syrup comes from sugarbushes managed as living forest habitat, where producers keep a diversity of tree species (not just sugar maple), leave standing snags and downed logs, and protect the leaf litter that ground-nesting birds rely on.