About Us
Hi Foodies,
Welcome to the fresh new world of The Remarkable Chocolate Co. We started out in the farmer's markets and can now be found scattered throughout New Zealand on the shelves of good food and gift stores, and online. We make award-winning, high-quality, artisan chocolate right here in New Zealand. We use beautiful, sustainable, delicious ingredients, and we buy and use local whenever possible.
We are true foodies, and our passion is matching high-quality chocolate with real ingredients in delicious combinations for every season and occasion.
Did you know we have been freshly re-awarded three Outstanding Food Producer Award's in 2022?
Our chocolate also looks Remarkable and is wrapped in gorgeous quality packaging. This means we deliver you a chocolate that lives up to its "Remarkable name". We have a range and flavours that suit all dietary requirements and are made in small batches, so our chocolate is fresh from our factory to you.
We are sustainable!
There is no Planet B! We need to look after this one.
Sustainability is a large and complex challenge. So, in as many ways as possible, The Remarkable Chocolate Co. want to be part of the solution to reduce harm and leave things better than we found.
Here’s what we are doing:
- Origin
Our organic chocolate is crafted from single-origin cacao beans grown by cacao farmers in Peru and the Dominican Republic.
- Sustainable
Our organic chocolate has gained an independent organic certification. This means that the cacao beans are grown and harvested using sustainable farming practices. No pesticides or insecticides are used.
- Fairly traded
Our farmers are paid a fair trade premium for their beans. Men and women are also paid equally for their labour, which is how it should be. There is no forced child labour, a practice that is disturbingly common in other cacao-growing regions. Additionally, as part of a development initiative, the farmers are paid in advance for their crops for the next season.
- Packaging
All the cardboard packaging around our chocolates is recyclable, and our Organic Bar Range is home compostable. In making our packaging beautiful, we actively choose options for finishes and printing processes that do not compromise the recyclability of the packaging. In some cases, this isn’t possible. But our long-term goal is to minimise our impact on the planet. We also print locally in New Zealand where we can.
Home Compostable Packaging
- Natural
We strive for the least ingredients possible to deliver the deliciousness that is Remarkable. We use natural and whole ingredients wherever possible and choose local wherever this is viable. Check out our raspberries and hazelnuts, which are all locally grown!
We are beautiful!
Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, Smell. It all matters to us, which is why we focus on making our chocolates look as good as they taste. We also believe in supporting local talent; therefore, we only hire locally.
Our designs feature bold colours to differentiate our recipes. We overlay repeating geometric patterns, which change for each recipe and add a sense of occasion to our chocolates. Our innovations in design bagged us a gold prize award in print for our packaging designs in 2017 (Thanks printing guys!).
We hope you, too, enjoy the visual impact of our designs.
We are delicious!
- Small Batch
We make our chocolates in small batches. Freshly tempered chocolate has a better snap and melts quickly in your mouth. It also means our ingredients are fresher, adding to a simply superior taste.
- Natural Ingredients
Small batch also means we use more natural ingredients and fewer preservatives. More of the good stuff, less of the bad stuff, where we can. We also strive for the least number of ingredients possible to deliver our Remarkable deliciousness in each recipe – so it's easy to see and read from our labels what you are eating.
- Allergy Aware
This is very important to us as we have allergy issues in our own family. We know all about Anaphylaxis, Coeliac Disease and Type 1 Diabetes.
Therefore, we have created something in our range for everyone. We can cater to GF/NF/DF/SF/Vegan and RSF dietary requirements.
- 14 x Awarded in NZ National Chocolate Awards and Outstanding Food Producer Awards
In 2017, 2018 and again in 2020, 2021 and 2022, we threw our chocolate at the mercy of food and chocolate aficionados to be judged against NZ’s finest producers and chocolates. And we have won an award each year we have entered.
Ready to taste the Remarkableness?