I’m so excited to announce Potomac’s new packaging and bar molds! The new molds are a custom design–a Potomac Chocolate first–incorporating a school of the Potomac fish: The new packaging is a heat-sealed and zipper-resealable, foil-lined pouch. This heavy pouch maintains freshness and aroma far better than even my previous heat-sealed cellophane bags did. When […]
Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I am currently running a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to do a few very cool things with Potomac Chocolate. My goals include the following: Purchase a larger grinder that will help me produce more chocolate than ever. Get new, better, and larger molds for my […]
I’m excited to announce two new bars from Potomac Chocolate, and sad to say that one of my bars is about to be gone. The New Bars First up is my new 70% DARK + SPICE bar. I’ve actually been selling this one at in-person events and markets for the past several months, but am […]
Following up on last week’s Academy of Chocolate Award, I’m excited to announce that Potomac has been awarded four (!) International Chocolate Awards in this year’s Americas Competition and USA National Competition! The winning bars are: Duarte, Dominican Republic 70% Dark: Silvers in both the USA National and overall Americas Competitions, ‘Plain/origin dark chocolate bars’ […]
The 2017 Academy of Chocolate Awards were announced yesterday, and I was excited to learn that my Duarte, DR 70% bar was awarded a Bronze! I haven’t entered any awards for a while and it’s really nice to be recognized. Congrats to all the other winners! There’s a lot of great chocolate on the list. […]
There’s still time to order chocolate for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa! If you’ve been putting off ordering chocolate for those chocolate lovers on your list, don’t fret! There’s still time! I ship everything by USPS priority mail, which takes 2 days to most of the country. If you’re in a more remote location, it can take […]
It’s that time of year! Time to start thinking about holiday gift-giving. And what’s better than the gift of chocolate? Nothing. Nothing is better than the gift of chocolate. 🙂 While you can always order chocolate online through the Potomac Chocolate Shop, I’m also taking part in holiday markets every weekend from now until Christmas. […]
It’s that time again! The Peppermint bar is back! For a limited time each year starting in late fall and going through January, I offer my 70% DARK + PEPPERMINT limited edition holiday bar. This year, I’m making it with my newest single-origin chocolate: Duarte, Dominican Republic 70%. The deep cocoa and subtle fruit notes […]
On a cold day, there’s nothing better than to curl up with a hot mug of drinking chocolate. And now, you can do that with three varieties of decadently thick and rich drinking chocolate from Potomac Chocolate. Single-origin Duarte, Dominican Republic The first variety is a single-origin drinking chocolate using cacao from Duarte, DR. It’s […]
After six years in existence, I am excited to announce Potomac’s first-ever milk chocolate bar, the new single-origin San Martín, Peru 65% DARK MILK! I’ve been working on (fighting with, really) a dark milk bar for over a year. In that time, I’ve tried different cacao origins, milk types and sources, as well as several […]