Hijita make small-batch Mexican chocolate rooted in ancestral wisdom, guided by wellness & equity, and inspired by our favorite childhood drink. Their cacao is sourced directly from family farms & co-ops in southern México that are passionate about cultivating heirloom cacao through agroforestry systems. The first ingredient is always regenerative Mexican cacao, delicately sweetened, and enhanced with thoughtfully sourced botanicals.
Original Drinking Chocolate: 60% Cacao with Cinnamon: Signature blend of single-origin unfermented cacao, cinnamon, vanilla bean, and piloncillo.
Cardamomo Drinking Chocolate: 60% Cacao with Cardamom: A delicious and nourishing blend of unfermented cacao (60%), cardamom, vanilla bean and piloncillo.
Toasty Horchata, 70% Almond Butter-Filled Dark Chocolate: 70% soconusco, chiapas filled with almond butter infused with toasted rice and horchata spices. Our OG truffle bar flavor, the Toasty Horchata bar isn't meant to make you feel like you're drinking horchata, but rather it's meant to be a combination of flavors that evokes both familiarity and wonder.
Meet Ashley of Nikita
Born and raised between borders, from Laredo, Texas to her mother's childhood home in Mexico, Ashley grew up surrounded by her family's rich cultura and traditions.
As a chocolate lover from day one, Ashley's favorite tradition was sipping on traditional Mexican hot chocolate while making tamales with her family.
She attributes her vision for Hijita to the strong matriarchs in her life, most inspired by her mother, her abuelitas, and older sister.
Prior to founding Hijita, Ashley was head chocolatier at Dandelion Chocolate, a world-renown bean-to-bar chocolate company based in San Francisco, where she co-spearheaded the launch of their award-winning confections program.
Hijita make small-batch Mexican chocolate rooted in ancestral wisdom, guided by wellness & equity, and inspired by our favorite childhood drink. Their cacao is sourced directly from family farms & co-ops in southern México that are passionate about cultivating heirloom cacao through agroforestry systems. The first ingredient is always regenerative Mexican cacao, delicately sweetened, and enhanced with thoughtfully sourced botanicals.
Original Drinking Chocolate: 60% Cacao with Cinnamon: Signature blend of single-origin unfermented cacao, cinnamon, vanilla bean, and piloncillo.
Cardamomo Drinking Chocolate: 60% Cacao with Cardamom: A delicious and nourishing blend of unfermented cacao (60%), cardamom, vanilla bean and piloncillo.
Toasty Horchata, 70% Almond Butter-Filled Dark Chocolate: 70% soconusco, chiapas filled with almond butter infused with toasted rice and horchata spices. Our OG truffle bar flavor, the Toasty Horchata bar isn't meant to make you feel like you're drinking horchata, but rather it's meant to be a combination of flavors that evokes both familiarity and wonder.
Meet Ashley of Nikita
Born and raised between borders, from Laredo, Texas to her mother's childhood home in Mexico, Ashley grew up surrounded by her family's rich cultura and traditions.
As a chocolate lover from day one, Ashley's favorite tradition was sipping on traditional Mexican hot chocolate while making tamales with her family.
She attributes her vision for Hijita to the strong matriarchs in her life, most inspired by her mother, her abuelitas, and older sister.
Prior to founding Hijita, Ashley was head chocolatier at Dandelion Chocolate, a world-renown bean-to-bar chocolate company based in San Francisco, where she co-spearheaded the launch of their award-winning confections program.
