Passionate partners in cocoa, Craig & Sophie, are fascinated by the depth and diversity of the cocoa world. They are all about the flavour, and believe that fine cocoa is as complex as fine wine and great coffee.

The Grounded Pleasures range reflects this passion. Grounded Pleasures are totally committed to using quality products which showcase the world’s greatest cocoa growing terroir. They process their beans naturally and minimally with care, in order to reveal their best qualities.

Grounded Pleasures is a family-owned business located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

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Grounded Pleasures

Chilli Infused Drinking Chocolate 1kg

$33.00
The Chilli Infused Drinking Chocolate is influenced by a traditional Mexican drink. Grounded Pleasures subtly blend Their fine Original cocoa with a hint of dried chilli. The chilli adds a delicious complex note of slight heat in the deep smooth cocoa notes. The Chilli Infused Drinking Chocolate is made using most of the cocoa bean. The high cocoa butter content gives the cocoa a remarkable textural mouth feel when it blends with hot milk. This creates an incredibly sumptuous and invigorating hot chocolate experience. The quality cocoa beans together with a minimum of processing, means it has very high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. These are the great “health giving” properties of fine chocolate. Good cocoa is complex (like good wine and coffee).
Grounded Pleasures

Chilli Infused Drinking Chocolate 200g

$11.95

The Chilli Infused Drinking Chocolate is influenced by a traditional Mexican drink. Grounded Pleasures subtly blend Their fine Original cocoa with a hint of dried chilli. The chilli adds a delicious complex note of slight heat in the deep smooth cocoa notes.

The Chilli Infused Drinking Chocolate is made using most of the cocoa bean. The high cocoa butter content gives the cocoa a remarkable textural mouth feel when it blends with hot milk. This creates an incredibly sumptuous and invigorating hot chocolate experience.

The quality cocoa beans together with a minimum of processing, means it has very high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. These are the great “health giving” properties of fine chocolate. Good cocoa is complex (like good wine and coffee).

Grounded Pleasures

Choc Chai Drinking Chocolate 200g

$12.95

Here at Grounded Pleasures, after much thought and many trials, we are thrilled to present a perfect addition to our exquisite range of drinking chocolates.

Our best selling duo – our Original Drinking Chocolate and our Seven Spiced Chai.

We took the finest cocoa and blended it with seven exotic spices, added a sprinkle of tea, then a dash of unrefined jaggery sugar. We mixed with care until it was perfectly balanced, so that when we tasted the hot chocolate, it effortlessly danced across the tongue. We believe that we have created the most superb, chocolatey-chai drinking chocolate around, our very special Grounded Pleasures Choc-Chai.

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Cinnamon Spice Drinking Chocolate 1kg

$33.00

The Cinnamon Spice Drinking Chocolate is made in a northern European style. We subtly blend our fine Original cocoa with freshly cold ground cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cardamon. These work incredibly well together to add zest and spice to the cup.

Our Cinnamon Spice Drinking Chocolate is made using most of the cocoa bean. The high cocoa butter content gives the cocoa a remarkable textural mouth feel when it blends with hot milk. This creates an incredibly sumptuous and invigorating hot chocolate experience.

The quality cocoa beans together with a minimum of processing, means it has very high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. These are the great “health giving” properties of fine chocolate. Good cocoa is complex (like good wine and coffee).

Grounded Pleasures

Cinnamon Spice Drinking Chocolate 200g

$11.95

The Cinnamon Spice Drinking Chocolate is made in a northern European style. We subtly blend our fine Original cocoa with freshly cold ground cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cardamon. These work incredibly well together to add zest and spice to the cup.

Our Cinnamon Spice Drinking Chocolate is made using most of the cocoa bean. The high cocoa butter content gives the cocoa a remarkable textural mouth feel when it blends with hot milk. This creates an incredibly sumptuous and invigorating hot chocolate experience.

The quality cocoa beans together with a minimum of processing, means it has very high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. These are the great “health giving” properties of fine chocolate. Good cocoa is complex (like good wine and coffee).

Grounded Pleasures

French Mint Drinking Chocolate 1kg

$33.00
The French Mint Drinking Chocolate is a delightful classic chocolate-mint pairing. We subtly blend our fine Original cocoa with fresh extracted peppermint oil from a French master. The exquisitely complex, lovely high notes of peppermint marry harmoniously with the deep-toned cocoa. The French Mint Drinking Chocolate is made using most of the cocoa bean. The high cocoa butter content gives the cocoa a remarkable textural mouth feel when it blends with hot milk. This creates an incredibly sumptuous and invigorating hot chocolate experience. The quality cocoa beans together with a minimum of processing, means it has very high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. These are the great “health giving” properties of fine chocolate.
Grounded Pleasures

French Mint Drinking Chocolate 200g

$11.95

The French Mint Drinking Chocolate is a delightful classic chocolate-mint pairing. We subtly blend our fine Original cocoa with fresh extracted peppermint oil from a French master. The exquisitely complex, lovely high notes of peppermint marry harmoniously with the deep-toned cocoa.

The French Mint Drinking Chocolate is made using most of the cocoa bean. The high cocoa butter content gives the cocoa a remarkable textural mouth feel when it blends with hot milk. This creates an incredibly sumptuous and invigorating hot chocolate experience.

The quality cocoa beans together with a minimum of processing, means it has very high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. These are the great “health giving” properties of fine chocolate.

Grounded Pleasures

Marshmallows 140g

$9.95

The divine joy of tasting the sweet, velvety and luscious texture of a melting marshmallow immersed in hot chocolate cannot be surpassed. Hot chocolate and marshmallows are a perfect match and we gladly concede that it is hard to have one without the other.

These exquisite marshmallows are made in the town of Ballarat in regional Victoria, Australia. They are gluten free, preservative free and dairy free with natural colours and flavours. Each box contains two flavours, vanilla bean and raspberry.

Good enough to devour by themselves or toast over the campfire….. but we just love melting them in our hot chocolate!

Grounded Pleasures

Marshmallows 700g

$24.95

The divine joy of tasting the sweet, velvety and luscious texture of a melting marshmallow immersed in hot chocolate cannot be surpassed. Hot chocolate and marshmallows are a perfect match and we gladly concede that it is hard to have one without the other

These marshmallows are made in the town of Ballaarat, in regional Victoria, Australia. They are gluten free, preservative free and dairy free with natural colours and flavours. Each box contains two flavours, vanilla bean and raspberry.

Good enough to devour by themselves or toast over the campfire….. but we just love melting them in our hot chocolate!

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Noir Dark Drinking Chocolate 1kg

$33.00
Grounded Pleasures Noir Drinking Chocolate is for people who desire an intense cocoa experience. It is smooth, complex and nuanced, without bitterness. Sourced from great cocoa growing terroirs, it has incredible depth and diversity in its chocolate flavour profile.
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Noir Dark Drinking Chocolate 200g

$12.95

Grounded Pleasures Noir Drinking Chocolate is for people who desire an intense cocoa experience. It is smooth, complex and nuanced, without bitterness. Sourced from great cocoa growing terroirs, it has incredible depth and diversity in its chocolate flavour profile.

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Organic Panela 1kg

$15.00

The ultimate 100% Organic Panela sugar. High grown, delicious dried sugar cane juice. This sugar retains all its great flavours, molasses and beneficial nutrients and minerals. The Organic Panela is not only a delicious natural sweetener for coffee, but also great for cooking and baking.