Hand Crafted with fair trade chocolate,

local ingredients and earth friendly packaging

Fair Trade

Using fairly traded chocolate is very important to Chocolats Latour. The culture and harvest of Theobroma Cacao (the cacao tree) has had a dark side throughout history. To this day reports of slave labor and child slave labor from cocoa producing countries abound. We believe that a food as divine as chocolate should be good for everyone involved. Fair trade organizations ensure that no slave labor is used in the production of cocoa beans and that farmers are paid a fair wage.

In my chocolate I use chocolates from Equal Exchange, a wonderful company that works directly with farmers, and the only fair trade chocolate produced by the Callebaut Corporation. Callebaut is a producer of high quality chocolate and I am proud to encourage them in their fair trade venture.

Local Ingredients

I use as many local ingredients as we can find. This ensures freshness and reduces the pollution associated with transport of goods. Some ingredients are as local as my garden, where I am constantly increasing my supply of herbs. My “Eau De Vie Cerise” chocolate for exemple features tart cherries from my own cherry bushes. I always appreciate new suggestion of local food suppliers.

Earth friendly packaging

I use boxes made of recycled craft paper, cellophane bags are compostable so they will not sit Land fill for year. I am still looking for recycled candy cups and cannot currently find any. I am committed to continually look for new friendlier to the alternatives.