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Unwrapping the Secrets to Crowdfunding: From Bean to Chocolate Venture

Whether you're an entrepreneur seeking funding for your dream business, or a chocolate maker looking to jumpstart your next project, this webinar is for you. Don't miss this opportunity to learn fr...

Regional Ingredient Round table

Join us for a roundtable discussion on the benefits & use of local ingredients.Let's talk about: What unique ingredients from your region do you use Tips on how to incorporate these ingredient...

Packaging Essentials

You invest a lot of yourselves into producing the finest chocolate you can, but how do you get people to buy it? Packaging is an important component of chocolate marketing. It carries your brand i...

Cracking and Winnowing with CocoaTown

Cocoa beans go through different steps before being transformed into chocolate and a couple of them are “cracking and winnowing.” Cracking and winnowing is the process of breaking the cocoa beans a...

Storytelling to Revive Trinidad & Tobago’s Cocoa Sector

"Storytelling has become an increasingly important tool to foster regenerative value for consumers and producers. In an academic research, Denise Speck analysed digital storytelling within the cont...

Special Chocopreneurs Networking Event

Networking can give new perspectives, foster strong connections, build confidence, help you market yourself and give hope and strength through shared experiences. You can also find or become a ment...

Chocolate Making Equipment: What to Know Before You Buy

Acquiring the right chocolate-making equipment for your business is an important decision and big investment whether starting out or looking to grow.How do you identify the best machine for your ne...

Making Healthy Chocolate

How does the food we eat now affect our health? As consumers we can find any, often directly contradictory information on the internet, supporting any buying decision we want to indulge ourselves i...

Keep Chocolate Cool when Shipping in Hot Climates

Keeping chocolate cool when shipping in hot climates can be a challenge even for the most seasoned makers and chocolatiers. Which boxes will best protect your products? How can you ship chocolate i...

Spicing Up Your Cocoa Farm

An authentic tree-to-bar chocolate experience awaits you at Belmont Estate. Not only do they grow, harvest, ferment, and dry some of the finest cocoa beans in the world, they also produce their own...