About Zotter Chocolates

The very first hand-scooped chocolates were created in 1992, and at the time, this way of manufacturing chocolate was completely new. Without any molds, we spread chocolate and fillings on long tracks, layer by layer, in order to develop new flavors, combine existing ones and create the odd flavor explosion. The 70-gram shape was also new, as were Andreas H. Gratze’s designs for the chocolate wrappers. Those little pieces of art always stand out with their humor and their stylistic virtuosity. None of this has changed since, making our hand-scooped chocolates as unique as they are. Hand-scooped chocolates are in focus this season. Josef and Julia Zotter, again created many new hand-scooped flavors: classics like Conac Chocolate + Salted Caramel. We love developing new chocolates and are dedicated to constant research – that’s our passion. In our bean-to-bar factory, we produce each chocolate from the cacao bean to the finished chocolate bar, and we also insist on fair traded, organic cacao of the highest quality. We regularly travel to the cacao-growing regions in order to meet our cacao producers. Julia has just recently been to the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic and also – for the first time – to some west African nations of Ghana, Togo...