By Jecca Berta Guests are seated around a table at the factory for one of our Summer Series brunches. For the third consecutive summer, we’re turning our 16th Street factory into a sundae-filled movie theater, a storytelling stage, and home to some lively...
By Jecca Berta Each of the five bonbon varieties in the Hanami Collection has a distinctive pattern on top. We introduced our Hanami Collection in the spring of 2022. Our very first seasonal bonbon set, it was inspired by the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)...
By Jecca Berta Emily with cacao growers in the village of San Jose in Southern Belize’s Toledo district. Photo credit: Zotter Chocolate Maya Mountain Cacao is one of our oldest partners. We’ve been buying beans from them since...
By Jecca Berta Elaine and Todd at Bloom, our 16th Street chocolate salon. As we head into a new year, we sat down with Todd at our 16th Street factory to discuss all things craft chocolate. We talked about how things are going at Dandelion, what’s new and exciting,...
By Jecca Berta A chocolate-forward Thanksgiving feast featuring a Gâteau Basque, single-origin chocolate, toffee, pralinés, figs, and more. With Thanksgiving arriving later this month, we asked Dandelions what they’ll be sharing with family and friends around the...
By Jecca Berta One of Lina’s test compositions for the box cover of the Advent Calendar. This year’s Advent Calendar features spiced caramels, fruity bonbons, nutty pralinés, and other chocolate-covered surprises. And each of those confections sits in an ornament-box...
By Jecca Berta Stephen commuting by bicycle, his preferred mode of transport. Director Colt Bradley of Graphite Productions just released Tempered, a short documentary spotlighting our Director of Curriculum, Stephen Durfee. In it, Stephen commutes to our 16th Street...
By Jecca Berta The village of Takyikrom, in southern Ghana. Ghana is the second largest cocoa-producing country in the world. Over the last few years, it has experienced decreased productivity due to climate change, black pod disease, and older trees. Leslie...
By Jecca Berta Ice cream takes on many forms. Here, a Cacao-Fruit Paleta is made of tangy cacao pulp blended with rich cream, brightened with lime juice. If you happen to subscribe to our Dandelion Japan newsletter, you may have read about an ice cream topping that’s...