Chef-made chocolate, from bean to bar.
Organic cacao, roasted and crafted by hand in Sonoma County by two chefs who believe chocolate is food, not candy.
Celebrating ten delicious yearsNine bars, made from whole cacao beans
all made from scratchDeeply roasted and balanced, with local ingredients like Clover dairy, Wolf Coffee and Meyer lemons from our own trees.
Here for the holidays
only while they lastThree limited-run bars, made in small batches for the season.
Internationally award-winning
“10 of the best bean-to-bar craft chocolate makers in the country.”
USA Today 10Best
2022
Academy of Chocolate GoldLondon
2020
Academy of Chocolate GoldLondon
2020
Academy of Chocolate SilverLondon
2021–22
International Chocolate Awards SilverAmericas
2022
Academy of Chocolate BronzeMeyer Lemon & Olive Oil
2019
Academy of Chocolate BronzeLondon
2024
Slow Food Snail of ApprovalGood, clean and fair food
USA Today
10BestTop bean-to-bar makers in the U.S.
Chocolate is food, not candy.
Susan and Jeff are trained chefs. They fell in love with Mexican chocolate while running a resort kitchen in Baja, came home to Sonoma County and started VOLO in 2016. They make chocolate the way they cook: from scratch, with the finest ingredients they can find.
— Susan & JeffRead our story
Great chocolate starts with great cacao.
We buy ultra-premium organic beans through Uncommon Cacao, from farmers' associations in Guatemala's Lachua region and Haiti. Their Transparent Trade model goes a step beyond Fair Trade. We also source from Chiapas, Mexico and the Philippines.
organic, alwaysFrom whole bean to finished bar
Every batch is made the way we cook: by hand, from scratch, with the finest ingredients we can find.
Like coffee, each origin is roasted to its own time and temperature to bring out its flavor.
Nibs, organic cane sugar and cocoa butter are ground and conched for two days until silky.
Every bar is tempered, molded, topped and wrapped by hand.
Every bar is wrapped in art.
Each wrapper is a photograph of a hand-dyed quilt by Cathy Shanahan, a renowned textile artist and Jeff's aunt. Each bar has its own distinctive design.
by Aunt Cathy
Don't take our word for it
thank you, chocolate lovers!Quite literally the best chocolate I've ever had in my entire life.Nathalie A.
Lush creaminess, clean taste, and the orange peel bits were just amazing!Irma G.
Simply the absolute best chocolate I have ever tasted!Melissa Z.
Real homegrown chocolate makers. The finest chocolate makers in Sonoma County.Jeffry B.
The chocolate has layers of taste that ignite different parts of the palate!Katherine A.
I love their selection of chocolate and their idea of pairing cheese and chocolate.S.B.
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