Comments on: Fair Trade Chocolates

By: Maura

Maura — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:05:03 +0000

Theo’s single origin bars are all vegan, though only some are Fair Trade. They also offer some very esoteric flavors; chai tea, bread and butter, and coconut curry, (The curry one pretty much changed my whole life) which are all Fair Trade, though only one or two flavors appear to be vegan. http://www.theochocolate.com

By: AS

AS — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:21 +0000

The Equal Exchange mint chocolate bar is AMAZING!!

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:51:39 +0000

Check out great Fair Trade, 100% natural “Jungle Chocolate” from Ecuador (www.oneworldprojects.com - search “chocolate”). It’s not like normal chocolate in a bar, it’s more like little chips of chocoloate but NOT bitter! There are four flavors from espresso/macadamia to raisin/coconut. One of the best parts is that it won’t melt, making it perfect in trail mix or chcolate chip cookies for a crunchy, sweet taste. And proceeds go to preserving the rainforest in Ecuador - no chocolate guilt :)

By: Marleigh

Marleigh — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:33:35 +0000

I don’t know if this is true all over the country, but I know you can buy Green & Black’s chocolate at nearly all the Whole Foods stores in Los Angeles, and I’ve seen them at at least two Gelson’s. I’m afraid I’m not much of a chocolate person, otherwise I’d probably have more sightings.

By: MilesHarri

MilesHarri — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:12:14 +0000

I am learning about Fairtrade chocolate at school an wish to learn if any main chocolate groups such as Caburys etc are trying to get involved in Fairtrade. Thank You.XxX

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i love galaxy

By: Suebob

Suebob — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:38:27 +0000

Good on you for spreading the news about Fair Trade. And vegetarianism too! It’s all good.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:27:01 +0000

Anth… we at Ithaca Fine Chocolates love the idea of assisting in your work around FT Chocolate. Obviously the makers of Art Bars are always committed to supporting the arts… what an interesting marriage.

email me at michael@ithacafinechocolates.com.

Peace

By: Anth

Anth — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:49:53 +0000

Hi there i am a GCSE Drama student in the UK and i am currently devising a peice revloving around Fair Trade Chocolate and how many of our favoraite names eg Mars, Nestle etc. sometimes use slave labor in their chocolate production and i just wanted to say that i personally thing that people need to know about whats happening in the world today and i just want to say that FAIR TRADE ROCKS!! and everyone who participates in ANYTHING to do with it is one of the BEST people in the world!!! i love you ALL!!!!!!!! please e-mail me if you have ANY information on where i could get some samples of fair trade chocolate to aid our message to the world! thanks again!!!!!

By: Rodney North

Rodney North — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:50:23 +0000

As a newcomer to the Fair Trade chocolate scene (my worker co-op, Equal Exchange, just brought out 3 such chocolate bars - including 2 dairy-free choices) I’m glad to see folks looking for, and enjoying, Fair Trade chocolate.

I just wanted to add a few bits of information:

- Some other Fair Trade chocolates you can find out there include: Art Bar (from Ithace Fine Chocolates), and Divine (1/3 owned by a co-op of Ghanian cocoa farmers).

- there are also some organic Fair Trade cocoa powders, and hot cocoa mixes available: From Equal Exchange, Dagoba, and Lake Champlain chocolates.

- Be sure to look twice at product labels. If an item doesn’t have the black & white Fair Trade seal, than it wasn’t made with Fair Trade cocoa (even if other products from that company do carry the seal). This is because the seal applies to the product, not the company.

- I highly recommend the new book on chocolate called, of course “Chocolate” by Mort Rosenblum. I disagree with his take on the child labor issue, but besides that its a great look inside the industry, from farm to store shelf.

~ Rodney North, Cambridge, MA

By: Hejira

Hejira — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 05:51:08 +0000

those endangered species bars ARE amazing, and i’m not even a big chocolate fan.

(my boyfriend has been on a fair-trade chocolate kick lately as well and just handed me a piece of a rainforest bar… mmmm)

By: lady marmite

lady marmite — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 18:24:29 +0000

rapunzel make a really good, 70% cocoa, fair trade bittersweet chocolate bar. you can buy them at wholefoods and indy health food stores, and at veganessentials.com. the best dark chocolate this fan has ever had.

green and black’s maya gold bar was the first ever official fairtrade chocolate.

By: Viren

Viren — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:38:05 +0000

Jon,
You can buy Green & Black’s thru chocosphere.com, along with a whole host of other interesting ones.

Jenny,
I’ll investigate the frozen hot chocolate bit. It should be easy enough to make — and I’ll get Mr. Vegblog to do a vegan version, once I have a good recipe.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:10:37 +0000

I heard recently about frozen hot chocolate which seems to be an ice cream float made out of chilled hot chocolate. It sounds like it should be fairly easy to veganize, though still really bad for you. I would love it if your co-worker could explore this on their blog.

By: jon

jon — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:45:17 +0000

You should try Green and Black’s Organic chocolate. I believe they are fair trade, but I don’t know where you get them in the US.