Fortunato Chocolate Assorted Chocolate Box

For this chocolate box, we took a Nat King Cole song for our inspiration: I Love You For Sentimental Reasons.

We’ve chosen products that have meant a lot to us over the last two years and are milestones in our continued skill improvement.

Also, we wanted to keep the price affordable, so we’ve limited ourselves to just five products in the collection.

First up is dark chocolate s’mores. This was the first product we ever made in our kitchen.

I came in from handing out flyers in the rain and Javier our chocolatier was alone in the kitchen.

He handed me a dark chocolate s’more and our future flashed before my eyes.

“Wow. Javier can make products. Cool,” I thought.

This is an adult s’more.

Our 68% dark chocolate reels in the sweetness.

We use a vegan, tapioca-based marshmallow that is less sweet and has a nice chewy texture.

The sandwich is comprised of thick, organic, honey graham crackers.  

Next is our sea salt caramel turtles. These are our bestsellers in the shops. It blew my mind that we could up and make caramel.

Javier substitutes honey for corn syrup which gives the caramel a nice soft rather than sticky texture and a unique flavor.

Our 47% dark milk chocolate ties it all together with fresh organic pecans.

Last year during winter, we ran out of these in our shops. We couldn’t make them fast enough.

We’ve included mint patties. We make the filling from scratch using just a few simple ingredients.

Again, it seemed extraordinary to me that we could make mint patties.

The 68% dark chocolate tones down the sweetness of the filling.

We make these nice and minty with peppermint oil.

Lately if I buy something from the shop to take home for myself, it is usually our mint patties.

Our coconut pineapple squares were the first product we put out that gained a true cult following.

It is a very unique product featuring our 36% milk chocolate, drizzled over with our 68% dark chocolate.

Inside are dried coconut and pineapple pieces.

Great chewy texture from the dried fruit.

Rich coconut and our 36% milk chocolate are a beautiful combination in my opinion and the acidity from the pineapple cuts through and provides balance.

So many people come to the shop just for these and it was the first time that Javier showcased his unusual ability for creating unexpected flavor combinations.

Lastly, we’ve included our strawberry and nibs 36% milk chocolate bar.

The acidity of dehydrated strawberries goes so well with the creaminess and sweetness of milk chocolate.

Cacao nibs add crunch and a touch of bitterness to offset sweetness.

This is an excellent showcase of balance. The ingredients are intentionally chosen for a delicious experience that doesn’t blow out your pallet with too much of any one flavor.

We are very proud of this collection and the progress that we’ve made as a company.  

From the jungle of northern Peru to Switzerland, to our small kitchen in Issaquah Washington, to you.

The boxes cost $21.99 for 16 ounces of delicious chocolate.

If you are interested, compare our price per pound to other chocolates on the market.

You will be hard pressed to find products of this quality for a comparable price.

This is possible because of our business model.

No middlemen. No distributors. No retailers.

We buy cacao wet off trees in northern Peru.

We own our cacao through the entire supply chain.

We manufacture our own products, and we sell direct to our customers.

Fair prices for our customers and ten times fair trade premiums paid to our cacao farm partners for their crops.