Chocolate Hollow is located in Burlington, VT and has a fantastic range of chocolates, their chocolates are vegan but super tasty! Cacao beans arrive at Chocolate Hollow unroasted and The temperature and duration of the roast is selected on a bean-to bean basis, next the husks are removed from the cacao nibs and then the nibs are ground into cacao liquor. This cacao liquor is then placed into a stone-wheel melanger, along with the other ingredients. The melanger runs for 48-72 hours.
Some of the other ingredients they use are lightly toasted organic hazelnuts from an Oregon farm, organic and fairly traded natural cocoa butter, and light blonde organic and fair-trade evaporated cane juice. In typical chocolate making dairy milk powder is used but NOT in Chocolate Hollow! When you are making chocolate from scratch you can use any type of dried milk product. Chocolate Hollow uses a wholesome blend of macadamia and organic soy milk.
Chocolate Hollow was kind enough to send me a sample of their products.
The flavors Chocolate Hollow offers are Bittersweet & Cherries, Peanut Butter Log, Schmilk(Vegan Style Milk Chocolate), Cherry & Almond, Bean To Bar Bittersweet, Hazelnut Crunch, Toffee Crunch and Hazelnut Gianduja Log.
Their prices range from $3.49 to variety packs for $29.99.
Review:
I was so surprised at how creamy Chocolate Hollow Chocolate is! My family loved trying all the different flavors and we were all surprised at how creamy vegan chocolate was! It is also super flavorful and is GREAT for vegans who want to get their chocolate fix!
Chocolate Hollow is aviable in the following stores:
In Vermont:
Onion River City Market in Burlington
Sweet Clover Market in Essex
Natural Provisions in Williston
Evolution Yoga in Burlington
Henderon’s Cafe at UVM in Burlington
Top of the Block Sandwich Shoppe in Burlington
New Moon Cafe in Burlington
Pingala Cafe in Burlington/Winooski
Some Pricechoppers
Across the USA:
Violet Sweet Shoppe in Seattle, WA
Food Fight! Grocery in Portland, OR
Westerly Health Foods in NY, NY
Cambridge Naturals in Cambridge, MA
Follow Your Heart in Canoga Park, CA
Back to Earth in Torrington, CT
Garden of Light in Avon, CT
It’s Only Natural in Middletown, CT
Empire Tea and Coffee in RI
You can also purcahse their chocolates on their online store.