Artisan Chocolate & Confections

Artisan chocolatiers produce handcrafted chocolates, truffles, and confections using quality ingredients and artistic techniques.

With premium chocolate valued and gifting popular, chocolate making generates revenue of $120,000-$400,000 with 60-75% margins through retail, online, and corporate.

The business requires chocolate tempering and molding expertise, commercial kitchen with tempering equipment, sourcing quality couverture chocolate, artistic presentation, and seasonal production capability.

Products include truffles and bonbons, chocolate bars with unique flavors, seasonal and holiday collections, corporate gifts and custom orders, chocolate-covered items (fruits, nuts), and wedding and event favors.

Revenue through retail, online, corporate, and wholesale.

Success factors include chocolate craftsmanship and technique, unique flavor combinations and fillings, beautiful presentation and packaging, seasonal collections (Valentine's, holidays), and corporate and wedding clientele.

Marketing focuses on gift buyers, corporate clients, weddings, and chocolate lovers.

With artisan chocolate premium and gifting strong in 2025, chocolate making offers sweet craft opportunities serving premium chocolate with technique and presentation as differentiators.