I Chocolate Blog

The Lake Champlain Chocolates blog, where you’ll discover the latest news from the factory, tutorials, and all things chocolate!

Voluntary Product Recall | Lake Champlain Chocolates View Product Image

January 15, 2021

Voluntary Product Recall

Lake Champlain Chocolates is issuing a voluntary recall for select milk chocolate products because of a potential foreign object contamination.

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Advantages of Fair Trade Chocolate | Lake Champlain Chocolates View Product Image

October 15, 2020

The Impact of Fair Trade Chocolate

Not all chocolate bars are created equal. It’s easy to make a chocolate bar with a beautiful label, but it’s harder to produce chocolate with a purpose. The grim reality of the chocolate industry is that cocoa farmers have been plagued with a long history of extreme poverty, child labor, and even slave labor. Despite good intentions by the chocolate industry, these issues are still prevalent.

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Stop Hate for Profit | Lake Champlain Chocolates View Product Image

September 24, 2020

Join us to stop hate, racism, and social injustice

In July we took a step against hate, racism, and social injustice and joined the Stop Hate for Profit movement. For one month, along with hundreds of other brands, we paused all paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The money that we would’ve spent on advertising was donated to two non-profit organizations selected by our employees.

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Baking with chocolate bars | Lake Champlain Chocolates View Product Image

September 4, 2020

5 Reasons You Should Be Baking with Chocolate Bars

Fall brings the arrival of comfy wool sweaters, soul-soothing pumpkin spice snacks, and chilly nights cozied up by the fireplace. But most of all, it’s finally cool enough to turn the oven on and enjoy baking again! However you choose to indulge, take your chocolate recipes to the next level, and bake with chocolate bars instead of chocolate chips.

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Planting Trees for Clean Water | Lake Champlain Chocolates View Product Image

August 20, 2020

Planting Trees for Clean Water

Lake Champlain is an essential part of who we are. Last July, our team was lucky enough to volunteer at the Intervale Center on a tree-planting project help to restore and repair the quality and integrity of our local waterways.

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Indulge. Restore. Repeat. | Lake Champlain Chocolates View Product Image

June 15, 2020

Indulge. Restore. Repeat.

What if a chocolate bar not only restored you but could also restore your happy place? Our new Restorative Moments Collection™ sets out to do just that with six extra-dark chocolate flavors crafted from only the best organic and fair trade certified ingredients. For this new collection, we are proud to be partnering with the Intervale Center’s Conservation Nursery to help restore the quality and integrity of our waterways, like our namesake, Lake Champlain.

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