Nestled in the scenic Santa Cruz Mountains of California, Tiny House Chocolate is a bean-to-bar chocolate company owned and operated by Maiana Lasevicius and Gustavo Hilsdorf, a Brazilian couple who left their corporate careers in São Paulo to pursue their passion for chocolate making. Inspired b... View Post

In 2012, Xocolatl founders Elaine and Matt took their toddler and newborn to the jungles of Costa Rica for an unplugged life and a little adventure. They didn’t know how long they'd stay, but they knew they needed to return to this sleepy town they had backpacked through a decade earlier where th... View Post

Rebecca Hess of Cleveland Chocolate is a professionally trained chef with over 15 years in the hospitality industry who fell in love with chocolate. Growing up on a blueberry farm, she had always juggled her fair share of food hobbies and even beekeeping. While working as a personal chef for a cl... View Post

River-Sea Chocolates was born out of the synergy between cacao, the rainforests that nurture it, and the winding waterways that sustain it. Its commitment to stewardship is unwavering, as it imports cacao directly via wind-powered cargo ships, minimizing its carbon footprint and ensuring traceabi... View Post

Deriving its suffix from the Mayan word “tenango” which means “the place of”, Chocotenango, or “the place of chocolate”, is a labor of love combined with a passion for good food. It has been nearly twenty years since co-owner and chocolatier Abderrahmane ‘Ismael’ Neggaz crafted his delectable cre... View Post

Makenu Chocolate was started in 2019 by Jess Diebel and Tucker Juan who are friends and business partners. They were connected in Jacksonville, Florida, over shared conversations focused on different aspects of chocolate. After changing career paths and moving back to the beach from the mountains... View Post