By Elaine Wherry From left: Lucy, Melissa, Agnes, Elaine, and Solo at our 16th Street factory. Cocoa is one of the Solomon Islands’ most important exports. While it’s rarely eaten locally, families grow it alongside crops like coconuts, sweet potatoes, island cabbage,...
By: Jecca Berta A chef pipes individual circles of chocolate onto parchment paper. Our very first factory tours and chocolate-tasting classes took place on Valencia Street. Since opening on 16th Street, we’ve grown our education curriculum quite a bit, and leading...
By Jecca Berta After a flight, two trains, an overnight bus, and a motorcycle ride, Jody smells freshly plucked tea leaves in a village on Nannuo Mountain, Menghai County, Yunnan Province, China. Jody Beavers of Tap Twice Tea was one of our original tea partners when...
By Jecca Berta Trevor (left) and Ron tasting profile development samples and discussing which variables to tweak for the next round of testing. Each of our bar labels shows, among other details, the chocolate’s cocoa origin and tasting notes. Picking up a 70% Tumaco,...
By Jecca Berta From left: Nancy, Denise, and Luis prepare drinks and serve guests at our café in The Venetian. When The Venetian reached out to us in 2019 with the idea of opening a Dandelion Chocolate in their hotel on the Strip, it wasn’t something we’d previously...
By Stephen Durfee I’ve been feeling nostalgic over the past few weeks … I think it all started as I was packing away some cherished items, which led to discovering a favorite sweater that I hadn't worn in years, and then thumbing through a box full of old photographs....
Seiji (center, with his signature round glasses) and Dandelion Chocolate team members at our Ise location. The Tokyo neighborhood of Kuramae blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary life. When cherry blossoms bloom, visitors flock to a shrine dating back to...
OUR PIE-THEMED MATH CHALLENGE RETURNS *PLEASE NOTE: The winner of this year's math challenge drawing has been selected and notified. Last year’s pi(e)-themed math challenge was so popular that we’ve decided to come up with another. Submit your answer...
Local Papuans tending to cacao tree seedlings in Ransiki, Indonesia. The new 70% Ransiki, Indonesia bar is our first to be crafted with Indonesian cocoa beans, and those beans come from a cooperative that’s empowering the local community through cocoa production. The...