I got an early Mother’s Day gift yesterday—a sampler box of 10 bars of Divine Chocolate. Divine is the brand name…and how I’d describe the taste. It’s creamy, rich, mmmmm, delectable. The sampler flavors included in the box I got are Hazlenut Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Raspberry, Dark Chocolate Mint and White Chocolate with Strawberry flakes. I’m savoring them square by delicious square. Sharing only when necessary.

But here’s the super cool thing. This is no ordinary chocolate. Divine Chocolate is the first farmer-owned chocolate company in the world. The cocoa beans that make up this chocolate are fairly traded, sustainably farmed, and irresistibly tasty.

Check this out. (it’s short and painless, I promise)

Yesterday I met a woman who is a cocoa farmer in Ghana, where a big percentage of the world’s chocolate is produced, yet which remains one of the world’s poorest countries. She said that before she joined the co-op which contributes to Divine Chocolate products, she was cheated and offered less than market value for her cocoa beans, because she was a woman and because she was poor and had no leverage in the marketplace. Joining a co-op gave her the power to get better prices for her beans, allowing her to help feed her kids and send them to school.

So while I am thoroughly diggin’ this chocolate, it’s actually helping to create a sustainable business and quality of life for a mom in Ghana, Africa?



Tastes good, does good.

Yeah, I’m sold.



Click the pic to go to her story, and the website where you can order the yummy sampler pack of Divine Chocolate as well as other products that help support small businesses and farmers in developing countries.