Season 1 • Episode 150
LatestDame Chocolate is a 2007 Spanish-language telenovela, which was produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and aired from March 5 until October 5, 2007. This limited-run serial stars Génesis Rodríguez as a sweet, simple girl who leaves rural Mexico for Miami in the US to fulfill her destiny in the chocolate business. Elements of this romantic soap opera resemble Ugly Betty, the Tammy films, The Beverly Hillbillies and No Holds Barred. Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Xenon Pictures released a four-disc DVD set of Dame Chocolate in the US on November 27, 2007. The abridged version runs over 13 hours. It includes English subtitles and carries a TV-PG rating.
Acting
Génesis Rodríguez committing to every unhinged twist.
Costume
2007 Miami fashion that aged like milk and we love it.
Writing
150 episodes of plot. Nothing is too ridiculous.
Carlos Ponce
Bruce Remington
Genesis Rodriguez
Rosa "Rosita" Amado de Remington / Violeta Hurtado
Kristina Lilley
Grace Remington
María Antonieta de las Nieves
Dulce Amado Vda. de Barraza
Karla Monroig
Samantha Porter / Déborah Porter
Mauricio Ochmann
Fabián Duque Del Castillo
Ricardo Chávez
Diosdado Barraza Amado
Khotan Fernández
Ángel Pérez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dame Chocolate rode the mid-2000s wave of US-produced telenovelas targeting bilingual audiences, part of Telemundo's strategy to compete with Univision's dominance.
Génesis Rodríguez would later voice Honey Lemon in Big Hero 6 and star in The Umbrella Academy — from telenovela heroine to superhero franchise, no notes.
US
