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Comment by Heather Garza on November 13, 2009 at 1:59pm

Hello, My name is Heather Garza and I am new here. Congrats to Eric on his shop. I would love to find out how you did it. I have been making chocolate creations for years a gifts and am being inundated with requests to buy. I need to get business plan together but cannot seem to find a sample plan out there to help get started. Any help anyone can give would be gratefully accepted. I am in Kansas City, MO and want to... ok need to open a shop (MO laws make it hard to make it at home). Also anyone who can explain laws pertaining to alcohol in truffles would be great as I have amazing recipe but may not be able to sell. Again I love reading all the wonderful information from great people.

Comment by Mike on October 28, 2009 at 5:14pm

hi there, i'm about as new as it gets to chocolate (<1 yr) and even newer to starting a business, so i'm here to learn as much as possible.

Comment by Eric Cayton on October 15, 2009 at 1:20am

Hello to all you chocolate-lifers out there, I just wanted to drop by to post up a photo of some of our chocolates, and see what all was going on in here. My name is Eric Cayton, and I'm the Executive Pastry Chef & Chocolatier for Derry Church Artisan Chocolates. We FINALLY got our website completed and I wanted to post our link in here as well:
http://DerryChurchArtisanChocolates.com (heartfelt thankyou to Clay for allowing us to post our links!) and I wanted to also wish you all the best of luck in your chocolate endeavors........You guys are what this is all about, and there is some KILLER competition out there now!!!

Comment by Danyle Johansson on October 5, 2009 at 4:09pm

Good Afternoon,

My name is Danyle and I have a very (very) small chocolate business in California named Cocoa Danyle. I am still working on the branding of my company and recently needed to find space.
Nice to join the group.

Comment by Greg Sorini on August 31, 2009 at 1:13am

My name is Greg Sorini. I started a small time chocolate business, GS Confections. The name came from a logo I doodled about 8 years ago. I have a preliminary website using Wordpress; http://gsconfections.wordpress.com. I make molded, dipped chocolates and truffles. I'm looking to talk with others who have started a business. The chocolate is easy, the business part, not as much. Looking forward to this group.

Comment by Ezekiel Holliday on August 16, 2009 at 2:56pm

Hello everyone,

My name is Ezekiel. My wife and myself are in the process of planning and starting a small bean to bar chocolate business. We will also be making truffles, brownies, maybe cookies, and other things with our chocolate. Initially we will start with just chocolate bars. Then we will grow into the other stuff.

Comment by MANJU SETHIA on August 12, 2009 at 4:20pm

Hi my name is Manju
and i have just started my chocolate business. have been working with chocolate for the last 10 years now , but baking since my early teens. I am 90 % self taught. Have been teaching cakes and cake decorations since the last 10 yrs or so. Was making very simple chocolates by adding ground almonds to the chocolate and setting them in the polycarbonate moulds just for my friends and family (same old story) but never had confidence to start selling them UNTIL i did the diploma course with Callebaut . I became obsessed. Now with help I have started my chocolate business and i want to make the best in taste and in looks. The one big problem I am having is the condensation problem . Can anyone tell me what is the shelf life of truffle and fruit filled chocolates?
My website is www.manjusethia.com getting it upgraded soon.

Comment by Justin Schaffer on August 11, 2009 at 11:41am

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. We are a family owned chocolate business that i started around 5 years ago. Up until now all our products have been made to order. We supplied wholesale chocolates to hotels and event halls. We also make custom gift. Now we are opening a retail center. The web-site is being updated with all the match the retail center...

Comment by Lee Reizian Holmes on August 10, 2009 at 9:19am

Hi Everyone!

I own a boutique chocolate company called Art By Chocolate. We design and create flowers & leaves. Our niche in the chocolate business is that we can create specific color palettes for our clients. We work with a wide range of clients from Chefs to Brides. We love what we do and we invite you to visit us at www.artbychocolate.com

Comment by Maren Muter on July 17, 2009 at 1:39am

From the first time chocolate was given to me with one simple request from my father, "try this" I was hooked. Making chocolate and enjoying chocolate became a fun past time for me as a child. Most everything I learned was trial and error. I presented my mother the inverted lava cake 30 years ago on her birthday (a messy runny frosting over a very hot chocolate cake) and enjoyed every last bite.

Last weekend however I was asked to give a chocolate presentation at a wine gala - before I went I was playing around in the kitchen and created four quick ganache type sauces. They turned out extraordinary! I brought them with me and 100 out of 100 people who tried it wanted to buy it.

This is the problem I have.... I have not ever jarred a chocolate sauce or cream or ganache of any kind. This whole week I have been seriously over cooking my chocolates in a attempt to jar these sauces. I scortched the heck out them in the pressure cooker, boiled them to death on the double boiler, and am lost - I had originally made them using a tempered (liquid) chocolate and added heated cream and butter. I am just looking for a safe way to process this product and truly, truly appreciate any help.

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