Dan's Chocolates is a Burlington, Vermont chocolate maker.
History
It was founded in 1999 by Dan Cunningham, whose title is now Chief Chokolada. It was established as a subsidiary of the BlueMountain.com greeting card site and spun off as an independent venture in 2000.
The company operates both a factory direct boxed chocolates business as well as a business selling all-natural chocolate bars and truffles via retail grocery stores such as Price Chopper and Whole Foods. It produces unique combinations of chocolate and inclusions and names its products with tongue-in-cheek names such as Peppy-r-mint, Trail Hound, and The Caffeinator.
Dan's Chocolates comprises milk, dark, and white varieties. As is currently fashionable among boutique chocolate makers in the United States, its dark products have 60% to 75% cacao content. The Dan's Chocolates boxed chocolates have a Swiss heritage. As such, the truffles have thin shells and are bite sized. The company historically has offered free shipping from Thanksgiving to Christmas Day.
Dan's Chocolates posts a social responsibility scorecard on its site, which includes measures to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste products in manufacturing. Since its founding day, a percentage of each sale has been given to one of the charities which customers designate at checkout.