Christina has been working for big companies for nearly her whole adult life. She's been in the chocolate business for about 10 years now, and she has ideas. Lots of ideas. After some serious soul-searching, she left her desk job in marketing and struck out on her own. Fortunately, she knows lots of chocolate and confection experts from her time in the industry. She approached her neighbor and friend, Anina, for help and advice. Anina agreed to develop prototypes. Recipe development took months of work (but we finally got there)!

We wanted something a little bit different, but not wacky. We wanted to use really good chocolate, but we didn't want to settle for whatever already exists. We set out to develop a signature chocolate recipe. Anina brought in her baking skills and continues to develop recipes for interesting and new centers to test and trial. Everything we make is something you may already eat with chocolate, just in a new context or form.

Christina also approached her friends, Bob and Gary, for advice on chocolate manufacturing and handling. Bob and Gary have collectively over 50 years of experience at Mars in the R&D department (they're retired now). You could say they know something about chocolate. They've been incredibly supportive but have not shied away from being critical when needed.

With all this experience in producing chocolate, Christina and Anina are all set to go to market. We're starting out here on Etsy. Hope you enjoy!