Forum Activity for @Wannabe Chocolatier

Chocolate bars sold at bakery stores?

Posted in: Opinion

I will commence distributing bars to candy stores and my second line option are pastry/bakery shops that targets middle class.

The chocolate bars are 1 onz., 4 flavors all in a single stand with one dozen each. The chocolate is premium quality, they are really great and my focus are the marginal flavors not found at supermarket and already study market as top picks. Regarding package is really bland, just a cellophane with a top sticker. The pretend number are 50 bars per month in each store.

I will like to know how you appreciated this concept and if chocolate at this type of stores is a good idea? Has anyone try this and which has been your experience?

updated by @Wannabe Chocolatier: 04/14/15 01:00:26AM

Chocolatier Bar Maker turns into success, such an inspiring story

Posted in: News & New Product Press

I was looking for ideas to distribute bars and this article pop up.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130506/PC05/130509567

This is a excellent story and reflects many of us who want to initiate or are already in the business.

Read in between the lines and you can get many answers and details.Look at the type of shops he distributes to, mostly gourmet shops. That's really great.

I which in my country their would be more fancy stores like this so I can expand more easily.

I will try to distribute to candy shops, gourmet artesanal candies and fancy bakeries with 1oz. bars.

Is someone has any thoughts or want to share any story your are welcome.

updated by @Wannabe Chocolatier: 04/19/15 04:29:57PM

Chocolate Distributor Business Concept

Posted in: Opinion

Hi everyone! I owe a chocolate store 3 years now and have to close for personal reasons 1 year ago. As mentioned before in this forum people dont know what they are getting into, is a tough business. During my operating time the business was ok, but not as lucrative as I thought. My chocolatier where mostly truffles oriented, people love our chocolates, started to distributing truffles on other stores and find that other sellers didnt take care of our product and customers think it was pricey.

We dont have a culture for fancy chocolate, although people recognize it when they taste product. Now I try to reopen just from a different perspective.

Just bars and distribute, cut all the retail myself as the local demand is not huge I will cut down some costs and place the business as a side income.

Try to come with a competitive product keeping its quality to compete with chemical global manufactures as a local, with the niche flavors.

I will like to hear any advice from you or if any one has initiated distribution, what was your experience?

updated by @Wannabe Chocolatier: 04/10/15 10:47:10PM

Getting a delicious Cherry filling for Cherry Chocolate Bar

Posted in: Recipes

Hi Im making a cherry coconut confection as a filling to dip it in milk chocolate to make a CHOCOLATE CHERRY BAR. I used cherry and coconut, I tried to keep my recipes as natural as possible.

I used maraschino cherries, desiccated coconut and icing sugar. I thought I will be needing some vegetable oil but no need since further grinding of the coconut release all its oil. I end up with a cherry coconut marzipan. I was expecting some difficulty on this recipe because cherry is a very tricky ingredient. I guess nothing beats the whole cherry.

Then I gave some to my best critics (family) and their comments where are following. They are really tough but that helps to only the best product goes to market.

- I dont know what it is

- What is it

- It is coconut or cherry

- It has some chemical to it

- It takes like medicine

- This one was interesting. If I bite a small piece it doesnt even tastes, if I bite a small ball it has flavor.

- It leaves a dry taste in your throat

- From one to ten , a 5

- I leave some aside at is got dry and the cherry flavor got more tasty.

As you see, the comments where as expected from a cherry filling. My question is how do I improved this recipe and keep it stable for chocolate filling. I add some rum and improved flavor , the I cook it and improved texture. I was thinking on natural flavoring . Any suggestions?

updated by @Wannabe Chocolatier: 04/15/15 09:13:06AM

Best sellers

Posted in: Opinion

Truffles , chocolate bars second, but now will try to go to distribute just bars, as I have detected a niche market. What are your expected sales?

Display boxes for chocolate bars

Posted in: Classifieds F/S or Wanted

Hi Meira, i just spot your question , Im currently on the same situation. I will try to implement a kind of gourmet chocolate bar and will try for a second time to distribute ( 1st time truffles) and has always though how to get gourmet branding competing in a candy store. Kind of difficult.

So i came with a solution , buy some acrylic display and made a custom designed for it. I attached the idea .

I will like to know to what type of businness are you distributing currently and how everything is going so far.