Dan's Chocolates makes all natural chocolate bars and truffle bars by blending the finest chocolates and funky inclusions. With names like Peppy-R-Mint, The Caffeinator, and Trail Hound, we try not to take ourselves too seriously. Our dark chocolates range from 64% to 75% cacao content.

Our chocolate is currently supplied by chocolate makers who are members of the World Cocoa Foundation, which is a group that works in Central and South America to teach sustainable cocoa farming and raise farmers' incomes. By having its own employees on site, and committing to a long term approach, the World Cocoa Foundation has been effective in raising the standard of living of farmers with whom they work. To learn more visit worldcocoafoundation.org.

Dan's Chocolates has worked hard to develop chocolate creations that are both unique and affordable, and at the same time build a company that respects the planet on which we live. With that objective, we have implemented major energy and materials reduction policies. These programs will only be improved in the future, they are never going away. We have:

• Reduced our cardboard packaging on our external shipping cartons by 35% by changing the design shape.
• Moved our shipping operations next to our factory to reduce fuel and overhead in trucking (50% reduction in fuel and trucking achieved).
• Changed packaging suppliers to be near our factory, to reduce fuel and overhead in transportation.
• Moved our chocolate sources to a larger share of U.S. gourmet producers to reduce fuel and transportation overhead. This has created more U.S. jobs as well.
• Initiated service with Fedex Ground in addition to Fedex Express. Ground shipments consume less fuel.
• Implemented a "no paper office" internally, where we have reduced our office paper and supplies use by 90% by doing everything digitally. (The last 10%, we admit, is very hard to achieve!)
• Installed computer monitor sleep software, fluorescent bulbs, and timed thermostats in our offices to cut down on energy usage of computers and lights.
• Over half of office and sales employees now work from home to reduce transportation fuel.
• We are currently looking at replacing inefficient motors in our production machines to save energy.
• We are currently looking into methods to buy or produce wind energy.

Unlike almost all of our major competitors, Dan's Chocolates is an independent chocolate maker, and is not a subsidiary or division of a major corporation. We intend to keep it this way, as this gives us the flexibility to invest in long term projects that are in line with our mission.

Dan Cunningham
Founder and self-diagnosed chocoholic

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