Honest Chocolate

Honest Chocolate is a small artisanal Bean to Bar chocolate company based in Cape Town, South Africa. We believe in keeping things handcrafted, using old school methods, using quality organically produced ingredients, and making a pure chocolate that has a deliciously distinct feel and taste.

How we work:

Positive chain of production

We produce our chocolate with ‘The Chain of Positivity’ in mind at all times – right through the supply chain. Our goal is to have ethical consideration for people and the environment by sourcing local, organic, and fair.

What handmade means to us

We practise personal accountability in the thoughtful and selective making of our chocolate products, which leads to their fantastic taste.

We’re not afraid of the dark

We want to showcase the uniqueness and origin of every batch of cacao beans, and not compromise it by over-flavouring or over-sugaring.

Everything tempered by humour

We’re inspired by the change in people’s faces as they taste our chocolate for the first time, and the fun, creativity and collaboration put into everything we produce.

How did we get here

It all started from a bit of experimentation with raw cacao. Anthony made a few simple chocolates from raw cacao powder as a healthy treat for himself and friends. When they were polished off in seconds, with demands for more, he knew he was onto something. Over the next few months he taught himself more about the art and science of chocolate making, an endeavour that eventually developed into Honest Chocolate.

Meanwhile Michael was also experimenting with raw chocolate in London, with similar results. So on his return to Cape Town, when the opportunity came to join Anthony on his chocolate adventure, the decision wasn’t all that difficult.

The attraction was the diversity of making chocolate and being involved in something that continually changes, something both fun and rewarding.

And it has been just that ever since. The first years of Honest Chocolate were spent working with raw cacao from Ecuador, but with the Chain of Positivity in mind our slabs are now made with organically produced Tanzanian cacao beans which we roast, grind, and temper in our Woodstock production kitchen. It was a three year process to find and build a relationship with Kokoa Kamili who supply us with our Tanzanian beans, but our efforts to create Bean to Bar ethical chocolate with a smaller footprint on the environment have been well worth it.