Story
Our Journey To Cacao
“We believe that chocolate, an ancient sign of abundance and good fortune, is the perfect vehicle for changing the world and living our greatest dreams.
Our chocolate is imbued with a love and passion that is palpable. All of us; the farmers, the dreamers and innovators involved in creating this chocolate are pouring our love and inspiration into each bar.
From Bean to Bliss, From Our Heart to Yours.”
How It Began
“20 years ago, my backcountry expedition almost ran out of food after a month in the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. Luckily, we found a lost packet of brownie mix…”
How It Began
“20 years ago, my backcountry expedition almost ran out of food after a month in the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. Luckily, we found a lost packet of brownie mix…”
Read Rob's Story of becoming an "expert chocolatier"
Why Sacred Chocolate?
Ethically Sourced
We choose ethically-sourced chocolate, adaptogens, and wild-crafted superherbs – unlike any other chocolate maker. Our cacao farmers know and love this plant and honor its power and potency.
Indigenous communities have used this sacred plant for millennia, allowing it to speak through them. Today, cacao helps thousands of farmers around the world earn a livelihood (not on plantations, but in community-owned and small farmer holdings).
Alchemically Formulated
We take our formulations seriously so you get the most nutritious chocolate on the planet.
We use both ancient remedies and modern research to blend our cacao with herbs and adaptogens in ratios that deliver potent benefits.
Our formulas use ingredients that work together to create something greater than the sum of the parts; maximizing bioavailability and flavor for your health!
Stone Ground & Handcrafted
Our bars are slowly stone ground with no heat to maximize bioavailability and absorption of their precious ingredients.
Particles are ground to 10 micron or less in size and suspended in the natural cacao fats to prevent degeneration and oxidation.
Your body uses less energy to digest and absorb these nutrients and compounds, meaning more net energy and nutrition for you
Nourishing
We put in ingredients that nourish your body.
The theobromine in cacao helps dilate blood vessels and activates the cardiac system (unlike caffeine, which constrict the blood vessels and activates the nervous system). The adaptogens help balance this energy and provide stress-adapting benefits unseen in other chocolates.
We leave out trash.
No soy, no dairy, no blood-sugar spiking processed sugars, no gluten.
I’m in awe of cacao’s abundance.
Indigenous communities have used this sacred plant for millennia, allowing it to speak through them. Today, cacao helps thousands of farmers around the world earn a livelihood (not on plantations, but in community-owned and small farmer holdings).
Our Wilderness HQ & Wildcraftory
Mandala Springs is 65 acres of forest, boulders, cliffs and streams surrounded by Pisgah National forest in western North Carolina.
Besides being home to our beloved Wildcraftory, Mandala Springs is being mindfully crafted into a Human Empowerment & Ecological Retreat Center, Biodiversity Conservation Reserve and Educational Forest Farm where we nurture wild plants that we use in our chocolate.
Mandala Springs in certified organic and is a paradise to behold.
Read Rob's Story of becoming an "expert chocolatier"
Our Wilderness HQ & Wildcraftory
Mandala Springs is 65 acres of forest, boulders, cliffs and streams surrounded by Pisgah National forest in western North Carolina.
Besides being home to our beloved Wildcraftory, Mandala Springs is being mindfully crafted into a Human Empowerment & Ecological Retreat Center, Biodiversity Conservation Reserve and Educational Forest Farm where we nurture wild plants that we use in our chocolate.
Mandala Springs in certified organic and is a paradise to behold.
Read Rob's Story of becoming an "expert chocolatier"