Raglan Chocolate is a two person business, since 2017.

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We make Bean-to-Bar Chocolate for the love of creating unique chocolate

with simple machines and the secrets of the Chocolate Maker.  

Believing that good Chocolate is made by craftspeople,

not the sugary confectionary made in large corporations.​​

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Mike learned to make chocolate many years

ago in a mainstream business, but

always believed there was a better way.

There was something about the

Bean-to-Bar ethos.

The doing-it-yourself with fairness

and authenticity and the connections that

were possible right back to the Cacao Growers, felt right…

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It was the move to the west coast of the North Island,

in New Zealand, to the ocean-loving town of Raglan / Whāingaroa

years later, that the chocolate dream became a reality.

We had found our foody community!

Mike left the 9-5 job, started working on his chocolate magic

and Simone did a few years after.

Then opportunities to go visit with Pacific cacao growers came up.

And a Pacific Cacao show was taken part in and new friends were made.

This exploded the enthusiasm! Then it was all go.

Full-time crafting chocolate, market stalls and educating

the public about how and where your chocolate comes from.

About why it costs more than big company confectionary.  

And we now had a voice to introduce

the amazing cacao Growing communities

that are at the start of everything ! 

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Collaboration in chocolate is important too.

It's fun for Mike to use his food techy brain to help bring

another person's idea for their business - to life!

All the while bringing Pacific Cacao/chocolate into the spotlight.

 

We also like to encourage folks to dig deep for authenticity

when choosing to support a Chocolate Company

as not all Bars are created equal.

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Raglan Chocolate is sold around New Zealand, in our local shops and of course online.