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- Lake Champlain Chocolates - Organic Unsweetend Cocoa - 10 oz. (283 g) Lake Champlain Chocolates Organic Unsweetened Cocoa is the perfect organic, fair trade ingredient to your next kitchen masterpiece! Ideal for baking brownies and cakes, cooking up molés, and concocting delicious hot chocolate. Your new favorite sugar-free cocoa powder is “Dutch-processed” for optimal baking — which simply means its acidity has been reduced so it can impart nothing but serious, full-chocolate flavor and color. Named best Dutch-process cocoa by Real Simple! 100% Fair Trade Ingredients All Contents Vegan Sugar Free About Lake Champlain Chocolates It started on a dare in 1983 . . . In the kitchen of the Ice House Restaurant, in Burlington, Vermont. At the holidays, Jim Lampman would buy fancy chocolates to give out to his staff. Until one Christmas, when his pastry chef confessed what he really thought of those chocolates. “All right, then you do better!” Jim replied. The result was a batch of hand-rolled truffles so smooth and creamy, so deep in pure chocolate flavor — after just one bite, Jim knew they were onto something. Within a year the restaurant was sold, Lake Champlain Chocolates was born, and a new era in American chocolate had begun. That’s where Lake Champlain always starts the story. Though maybe it began back in 1965, when 15-year-old Jim landed a summer job at Country Kettle Fudge, on the Jersey Shore. Visitors to the shop discovered a magical experience there, and a feast for the senses. This was thanks to the vision of owner John Maschal, who would become a mentor to Jim over the next four years — a model for bringing passion to all you do. Then again, perhaps it all started one morning in 1959, in Danville, Illinois, when Jim’s Grandma Tusca served him chocolate cake for breakfast. As Tusca saw it, your taste buds were freshest in the morning, so chocolate tasted better — plus, you had all day to work it off! This made sense to Jim, who learned that morning to do things his own way (like Grandma Tusca). And to eat chocolate any time. However it began, their story continues . . . At the start, the idea was to sell their truffles wholesale to just a few specialty stores. Tucked away in a tiny alley behind Floyd’s lawnmower service, they weren’t too easy to find. And yet, there came a constant knocking at their door — chocolate lovers who had tracked them down in search of truffles! It was clear Lake Champlain had to grow — and in 1998 they did, moving to a 24,000-square-foot facility at 750 Pine Street, where they still make all their chocolates today. You can now find their products in 2,000 specialty stores across the U.S., as well as in their three Vermont retail stores. Mail order and online sales represent their fastest-growing segment, shipping directly to consumers in all 50 states. From small beginnings come great things. It’s amazing to think it began with a handful of employees willing to “work for chocolate”! Today, they're close to 180 people at peak season, and what began with truffles has expanded to include Chocolates of Vermont, Five Star Bars, sea salt caramels, hot chocolate, organic chocolate, and their popular Chocolate of the Month Club. LCC’s chocolates have won regional and national awards, as well as accolades from the New York Times, Good Housekeeping, the Wall Street Journal, Travel + Leisure, WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Living, and others. Sure, they're proud of those — but what they're most proud of is their commitment to the people who make their products possible. A chocolate company you can believe in. In March 2013, Lake Champlain Chocolates earned Fair for Life - Social & Fair Trade Certification — a third-party certification for social accountability and fair trade. And as of June 2013, 86% of the chocolate they use is fair trade certified by FLO-CERT of Fair Trade International. In addition, they're supporting a World Cocoa Foundation scholarship, expanding direct trade with cocoa farmers, and d
- UPC # 769933004041
- Size/Form 10 oz.
Suggested Use: Easy to Prepare- Just add any hot milk Stove Top: Place 8 ounces of milk in a saucepan. Heat while stirring until piping hot (not boiling). Add 2 tablespoons of hot chocolate mix and stir until thoroughly dissolved. Microwaves: Fill mug with 8 ounces of milk. Cook on high until piping hot (approx 2 minutes). Add 2 tablespoons of hot chocolate mix and stir until thoroughly dissolved. Baking Chocolate Substitution: 1 oz (square baking chocolate= 3 tbsp (level) organic unsweetened cocoa + 1 tbso shortening or oil. INGREDIENTS Lake Champlain Chocolates - Organic Unsweetened Cocoa for Baking & Drinking- 16 oz. Supplement Facts Serving Size: 1 Tablespoons (7 g) Servings Per Container: 16 Amount Per Serving %DV Calories 20 Calories fat Fat 5 Total Fat 1 g 2 % Saturated Fat 0 g 0 % Trans Fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0 % Sodium 0 mg 0 % Total Carbohydrates 3 g 1 % Dietary Fiber 2 g 8 % Sugars 0 g Protein 2 g Vitamin A 0 % Vitamin C 0 % Calcium 0 % Iron 10 % *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Other Ingredients: *†Cocoa, processed with alkali * Organic † Fair Trade WARNINGS contents may settle.
