Whimsy’s GiveBack Program

If you like knowing the people behind the food you love, then we have a lot in common. We believe great chocolate is about more than just great taste. It’s about producing sustainable cocoa that helps everyone involved. That is why Whimsy Chocolates is committed to finding ways to give back to the farmers and communities that work to grow, harvest, ferment, and dry cocoa. We should all prosper together!

Our overall commitment: a portion of all chocolate sales are given to the Cocoa Horizons Foundation to help with their sustainable cocoa efforts
Special Project: from now until the end of January 2020 we will donate 1 cocoa seedling to Cocoa Horizons farmers for every 2 boxes of Meltaways sold

We are excited to partner with Cocoa Horizons on their mission to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their communities through the promotion of sustainable, entrepreneurial farming, improved productivity, and community development that protect nature and children

Get to know Cocoa Horizons

Cocoa Horizons is working in farming communities to help lift thousands of farmers out of poverty, making cocoa farming a more profitable and desirable business for generations to come

Conducting Farmer Field Schools sessions throughout the year to train cocoa farmers on Good Agriculture Practices as well as functional literacy, numeracy, and business skills

Cocoa Horizons works together with other nonprofit organizations to help protect children in cocoa farming communities by surveying farmers and community members in high-risk areas, monitoring for instances of child labor and remediating any cases found

With their productive initiatives to help lift farmers out of poverty, they are proactively addressing the primary cause of child labor and deforestation

Cocoa Horizons invests in unlocking opportunities for women in the farming communities, providing training programs that teach women everything from literacy and financial management to good agricultural practices

“I hope to set an example for other women in my village so that they can see that there’s a way for them to have financial independence and to be strong and proud. When I train other women, and I see the effect it has on them and their confidence and independence, it fills me with pride. Every woman should have the opportunity to feel that way.” -Yvonne Amenan Konan Farmer/Farmer Trainer, Cote d’Ivoire

Cocoa Horizons helps to strengthen cocoa farming communities by focusing on community development to increase access to safe drinking water, education, basic sanitation and child protection

The Cocoa Horizons Foundation is committed to a deforestation-free, carbon positive cocoa supply chain

Cocoa Horizons focuses on activities and farmer training that help increase carbon sequestration, reduce carbon emissions, and ensure deforestation free sourcing

Get to know your Chocolate

When you are eating or drinking chocolate, it is easy to forget that the cocoa you are actually consuming is a plant

It takes between 2 and 4 years for a tree to mature and start bearing fruit

It takes 6 months for a pod to be ready for harvest

There are 40-50 beans per pod

Once the cocoa beans have been harvested and the pods emptied by hand, it takes about 7 days to ferment

It takes approximately another 7 days for the beans to dry in the sunshine

The cocoa beans are now ready to be sold