Oct 10

Oct 10 Bean to bar chocolate available at The Market

Woodberry Chocolates is a small, family-operated company with a love of chocolate. They strive to offer quality bean to bar artisan chocolates and confections handcrafted in Kinston. Their wares are located inside Downstairs at The Market on Herritage Street in Kinston, patrons can sample different types of chocolate made inside the shop.

“Everyone experiences chocolate as a kid and they either love it or hate it. Most people love it. I really started to question where chocolate comes from,” said Anna Brown a native of Kinston and owner.

Owner Jon and Anna Brown currently import their beans from Ecuador and are exploring other varieties of ethically sourced beans from around the cocoa belt. The high-quality cacao bean is preferred by chocolate makers. The Browns pride themselves on their lack of fillers, additives, or artificial flavors.

“We are chocolate makers, not chocolatiers,” said Jon Brown, owner.

Bean-to-bar is a chocolate making process, where the maker controls every step of the from cacao bean to chocolate bar. Chocolatiers source their chocolate from chocolate-makers. The Browns are bean to bar chocolate makers who create artisan handcrafted chocolates.

“As the weather starts to cool down, we hope to go to the Farmer’s Markets and be out to sell our products and hopefully maybe online. We’re starting small but we want to get out in the community with our chocolate,” said Anna Brown.

At this time, Woodberry Chocolates are available at The Market. The Market’s hours are Tuesday-Thursday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

“It’s fun to give people chocolate,” said Anna Brown. “It’s fun to bring joy to people’s lives even for a minute.”

A sampling of the items available for purchase is peanut butter bonbons, coffee bonbons, sea salt caramel in dark chocolate, dark nibby crunch, Martha Washington candies and all of their signature bars.

“All you need is love and chocolate,” the Brown’s said.