| 'It's wonderful to have sinfully delicious yet healthy treats with the heavenly taste of deep dark raw cacao.' |
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| --Cari, Sequim, WA |
News and Events
10/15/11We're supporting the label GMO campaign, you should too!
7/27/11 Curious about the Coracao Confections experience? See us in action in our latest Youtube video, "For the Love of Chocolate":
4/8/11 OK Berkeley, its official! We've been given a permanent spot at the Downtown Saturday Farmers Market!! Come visit us this Saturday from 10am-3pm on Center St. @ Martin Luther King.
4/5/11 Thank you for voting us best chocolatier in the Bay Area! We so appreciate all your love, devotion & support!
3/8/11 We will be at this amazing event tonight: Speak To Me: An evening of stimulating thought and discussion,
swapping stories and experiences, and enjoying the sense of community we share in this great place we call home.
Happy Women's Day to all, but especially to all the women who relentlessly support us- we couldn't be doing this without you.
2/18/11 Thank you, Ecofabulous.com for including our Six-Piece Collection Tin in The Seven Best Organic Chocolate Gifts!
2/10/11 Come check out Berkeley Whole Food Market's Chocolate Fair this Sunday, 2/13!
Get FREE samples of our chocolate, check out our live-action chocolate strawberry dipping station and enter a raffle for a $50 gift card and FREE chocolate gift pack.
2/1/11 Join Matthew, Daniel and Diana Stobo at Stellar Spa next Monday, February 7th for a Valentines themed event benefiting Beyond Hunger. Enjoy mini spa treatments from Stellar Spa, discover your sexy inner power with the S Factor, meet and greet raw foods expert and author of Get Naked Fast & Naked Bliss, Diana Stobo, and learn how to enhance your love life, whether you are single or in a relationship, with love and relationship expert and coach Maryanne Comaroto. And, of course, enjoy a variety of our tasty raw chocolates, just in time to get you in the mood for Valentine's Day.
1/21/11 Listen to the brand new interview with Matthew and Daniel talking about how we got started, the ingredients we use, a little about our business and our favorite chocolates. Interviewed by the Amazing Joy Houston from The Delicious Revolution. Its our first ever online interview, please leave us a comment on the accompanying article and and let us know what you thought about it!
11/3/10 We're happy to announce our new (truly raw) local almond grower is: Riverdog Farm!
They are one of our all time favorite farms and sell lots of produce at the Berkeley Tuesday & Saturday farmers markets. You can now enjoy their
delicious almonds in our Live Almond Hearts and our quarter pound Live Almond Papa Bars.
8/8/10 Coracao turns 2 today! She's been a sweet girl, please share some birthday love with her and review her on Yelp!
2/10/10 Aloha chocolate lovers! Please join Daniel Vitalis, Jaya Love, and Matthew Rogers of Coracao in a wonderful night of next-level health information and sound activation! Daniel's engaging and invigorating teaching style gently crumbles old health paradigms! Check out Daniel's site for other February events during Daniel's Cali tour to enjoy Coracao Confections and learn from this expert in shamanic nutrition, alchemy, and the spring water revolution!
12/5/09 Check out this great article about the history of Chocolate & Coracao Confections in the December 2009 issue of Edible Magazine by Roxanne Klein.
11/21/09 We just got our very own organic Kaffir lime trees for our tropical kaffir lime infused caramel!
7/5/09 Farmers Market Success!
We are going strong in two farmers markets now- Fairfax and Mill Valley. We are currently working on getting into more markets around the bay area so
keep your eyes peeled for us at a market near you. Thanks to Marin County for loving our chocolate so much! Here are some market pictures of our favorite
customers- the kids!
5/6/09 Our First Farmer's Market!
We participated in our first Farmer's Market today in Fairfax, CA.
This is a really great market with different musical acts every week and is loads of fun for the kids! The location is in a beautiful little
corner-park filled with redwood trees. Here we have our entire array of confections out, including all the new stuff we create on a regular basis and some
fantastic Farmers-Market-only buys! It's thrilling to finally be able to sell our chocolates directly to the people, and especially to all the little kids!
Thank you to the lovely town of Fairfax for making our first Farmer's Market venture a complete success!
3/18/09 Curious about the craft that goes into making Coracao Confections?
Watch this new Youtube video of Matthew making raw chocolate as he
explains the history and artistry involved:
3/18/09 Coracao Confections featured in the East Bay Express
Have you checked out the latest issue of the East Bay
Express? Read all about us when we hit newstands on March 18th.
2/20/09 Check out our recent online reviews at ecofabulous.com and SFBayStyle.com and tell us what you think!
1/23/09 Coracao comes to Potrero Hill and Mill Valley Whole Foods Markets!
Coracao chocolates are now at the Mill Valley and Potrero Hill locations, making them available at a total of 7
Whole Foods Markets in the Bay Area! Visit our custom candy case in the bakery department, or maybe catch the two of us
at your neighborhood Whole Foods Market where we will be offering sampling demos throughout the month of February.
Coracao Confections donated chocolates for the launch party of the new nonprofit, Bay Area Allergy Advisory Board (BAAAB), at SF's latest hot spot, Le Club, last month. A selection of our nut-free decadent confections were enjoyed at the party for this new organization which promotes awareness of food allergies.
12/23/08 The chocolates hit Berkeley and Oakland Whole Foods Markets!
We are so excited to finally offer our chocolates at these East Bay locations. Look for the Coracao candy case in the bakery
department of the Berkeley location. In Oakland, the chocolates are on the top shelf of the chocolate case in the bakery
department.
12/12/08 Coracao now in San Rafael & SF (Franklin/California) Whole Foods Markets
Operation “Let them eat chocolate” begins! Our beautiful Coracao candy cases hit the San Rafael and Franklin/California
locations Dec. 12th. Look for the case in the bakery department.
Watch out Bay Area: Soon we will be in every Whole Foods Market around! Stay updated here on the news & events page to
find out when we have landed at a Whole Foods near you!
11/5/08 Roseville Whole Foods Grand Opening
Coracao Confections debut in Whole Foods Market at their brand new, gorgeous location in Roseville, CA (near Sacramento).
The chocolates are on the top shelf of their chocolate case in the bakery department. We were honored to be a part of the celebration,
and joined in the festivities by handing out hundreds of chocolates.
Whole Foods also included us in the inauguration
ceremony and presented us with a huge oversized check for 20K! We are part of their Local Producer Loan Program and are
thrilled to announce that we are the 1st start-up company they have ever loaned money to!
Thanks for believing in us Whole Foods! For information, check out our Whole Foods Profile Here
9/25/08 Our Kaffir Lime Caramel Tower Debut at Saks Fifth Avenue
Coracao Confections debuted a refreshing take on our Caramel Tower at the Jo Malone Beauty event at Saks Fifth Avenue last month.
To compliment the unveiling of the fragrance company's Sweet Lime and Cedar cologne, we created a caramel delight bursting with
kaffir lime and enrobed in dark chocolate. It was a multi-sense sensation!
8/22-24/08 Backstage at the San Francisco Outside Lands Festival
Coracao Confections kept the likes of Radiohead, Manu Chao, Cake, Devendra Banhart, and Wilco energized and satiated backstage at
San Francisco's three-day outdoor music festival. We had the good fortune of being invited by Whole Foods Market to share our creations with these, and
and many other, inspiring musical artists.