Askinosie Chocolate is one of the original American craft chocolate makers, founded in 2005. We're a Father/Daughter family business with less than 30 employees known for making award-winning (75+ and counting!) chocolate and pioneering Direct Trade in the chocolate industry. We make single origin dark, milk and white chocolate bars—plus chocolate covered snacks—with minimal processing and ingredients. We're passionate about regenerative agriculture, sustainability and transparency. Our team of 8 chocolate makers roasts, tempers, molds and packages all of our chocolate by hand in our micro-factory in Springfield, MO. Shawn Askinosie, Founder & CEO, travels to each of our four origins yearly to work with farmers, inspect our next crop of beans and share profits with our farmer partners who we feature on our packaging. We publish our annual transparency report on our website, where we detail how much in total we've paid to our smallholder cocoa farmer partners, including profit shares. Our aim is to make the best-tasting chocolate possible—and that the more you and your customers learn about it, the better you feel about it.