Lauren & Preston Opens Up About How They Started Markham & Fitz Lauren Blanco and Preston Stewart jumped in to the bean-to-bar business in 2014 with the desire to make amazing chocolate and celebrate people in the process. Lauren spent five years working in the non-profit sector facilit... View Post

Elisia and Yohanes Reveal the Origins of Raphio Chocolate's Name   Elisia of Raphio Chocolate was born and raised in Indonesia. She pursued higher education in the US at the age of 17 when she attended Fresno State. She received two degrees in Business Management and Interior Design. After fi... View Post

PipeVine Chocolate: A Combination of Experience and Knowledge After a year of research and development, chocolate maker Rusty Bogart founded PipeVine Chocolate in September 2016. Rusty combined his experience as a scientist and the remarkable shared knowledge of the craft chocolate community to... View Post

Altus Chocolate: A Journey of Love Altus Chocolate first began as a journey of love and life with a young couple, Carl & Mary. Searching for a love-enriching marital hobby, Mary stumbled upon the movie ‘Chocolat’ at a girls’ night out. Inspired by the whimsical film and the idea of making c... View Post

Ned and Debi Russell's retirement plan: Cello Chocolate For some, retirement means winding down and relaxing. For Ned and Debi Russell, retirement has been a time to focus on their passions and interests. The result is Cello Chocolate, a handcrafted bean-to-bar chocolate company that they founde... View Post

Flavorful Chocolate Bars by DAR Chocolate Husband-and-wife team Joel and Gila Dar of DAR Chocolate create chocolate bars that highlight the true and surprising flavors of cacao. Their aim is to keep their recipes simple, clean and healthy, with a range of surprising flavored bars. They both wo... View Post