Hot Hot Hot Chocolate (and Music)

Calling all spicy chocolate fans!

Join us October 3rd for a day of spicy chocolate and music at the Chile Pepper Fiesta in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. verē will be sampling our unique Cayenne + Cacao Nibs bars alongside the spicy chocolate confections of several other NYC artisanal chocolatiers. Hope to see you there!

Date: Saturday October 3rd
Time: Noon to 6:30 PM


For more info visit: www.bbg.org/vis2/2009/chilepepperfiesta/

Sample Alert!

We will be sampling our verē delicious organic chocolate bars tomorrow (Saturday June 20) at the Conran Shop in NYC between the hours of 3-5 PM. The Conran Shop has partnered with Edible Manhattan for this event in an effort to feature local food suppliers in their store for their customers' enjoyment. Also featured at the event will be Grom Gelato, and Tamra Davis who will be signing copies of her book, Make Me Something Good To Eat. We hope to see you there!

The Conran Shop
407 East 59th St.
(under the 59th St. bridge)
212 755 9083
closest subway 59th St./Lex station N W R 4 5 6

Unlimited Booze & Brownies Recap

In our last post, we announced our plans to relocate and invited the public to our Farewell to Factory Days event. When we said unlimited chocolate, we assumed there would be leftovers (this being a chocolate factory and all) but there were few... the evening turned into unlimited chocolate and unlimited wine with guests surprising me with their never-ending appetite for chocolate and booze! By the end of the night, there was practically nothing left...just a couple of lonely bite size walnut brownies, and a few squares of our Cayenne + Cacao Nibs Bar (perhaps too spicy for some!) Below are some photos from the event. We had far too much Champagne before taking these photos so forgive us for the "quality." Hey, we're chocolate people not photographers.

Bite-size Peanut Butter Brownies

Guests wandered around the factory finding chocolate at every turn

Bringing out more of our popular Salted + Cacao Nibs Caramels

Guests mingling while taking a short break from chocolate consumption

Our tiniest guest came exclusively for the unlimited chocolate

Our friend Bert (left) from the deliciously popular New York Chocolate Tours stopped by

Kathy (founder and owner of verē) deep in conversation with some guests

Peeking through the plexiglass walls...

One guest gets an early start shopping for chocolates at the event

We had such a great time sipping wine, eating chocolate, and chatting with old (and new) friends who attended our event. We figured most people would be all chocolate-ed (I know that's not a real word) out by the end of the evening, and not need to buy any of the products we had for sale, but people were stocking up! As usual, the ridiculously addictive Pump'dcorn and delicious-any-time-of-the-day-especially-breakfast Almond Clusters sold out first. There were just a few brownie boxes left by the end of the night (we took those with us to enjoy later with more wine at home.) We'll be hosting more fantastic chocolate + wine events in the fall...see you soon!

ps: Many thanks to our lovely friend Nalini (pouring Champagne in the 1st photo) for all your help that evening.

Farewell to Factory Days!

verē is on the move (we’re relocating!) If you've never visited our lovely factory in Manhattan, this is your last chance!

Join us for a bittersweet farewell to our beloved Factory Days. Sip wine, eat chocolate, mingle with other verē chocolate fans, enjoy the lovely view of the Empire State Building + get 10% off all purchases throughout the evening!

We have an exciting new venture in the works! Look out for your favorite chocolates + exciting new products at a brand new NYC location coming late Spring/early Summer. We would never deprive anyone of chocolate, so in the meantime be sure to get your daily dose of verē dark chocolate at these retail locations.

A visit from Serious Eats

Last month in a pre-Valentine's Day stop, Ed Levine of Serious Eats visited the verē factory and loved our Purist Caramels and vere Crunchy Stuff.

This week Kathy of Serious Eats visited our factory and snapped some exquisite photographs of the chocolates. Her photos made me covet the Pump'dcorn Mix and Pink Peppercorn Wafers and I have access to them every...single...day. When you see the lusciousness conveyed in her photos of the chocolates, you'll agree that Kathy is a very talented lady. I totally agree with her pairing recommendation for the Pump'dcorn Mix - so many ways to eat it, so little time. This may not be PC, but so many people call our Pump'dcorn Mix "crack." Well...they always come back for more...

Traceability + Local Chocolates

We haven't updated our blog since creating it...we've been really busy with the chocolate! verē has been in the press a lot recently, which is amazing considering we don't do any PR. So many people are discovering our chocolate and we've had such amazing feedback. Check out fantastic food writing in the articles below.


Traceability - Ethical Sweets from gorgeous local food magazine Edible Manhattan.

Pure. Smart. Delicious. from The French Culinary Institute's deliciously informative Pastryscoop.com



+ Drool worthy features in local NYC Magazines:

Cocoa Locals from New York Magazine features local chocolatiers including the spicy/nutty goodness that is our Ginger + Sesame Chocolate Caramel

The Flavor of Love from Time Out New York features local artisan chocolates categorizing them according to what your taste buds enjoy. The taste buds over at Time Out enjoyed the spicy cult favorite Pink Peppercorn Wafers (pictured above).

The multiple personalities of chocolate

Welcome to our blog!

We are dedicated to celebrating chocolate as food, not candy! By now we all know that dark chocolate is good for you, but we are talking about more than just antioxidants. Find out more about how progressive chocolate can be when it is all-natural, artisanal, healthy, organic, vegan, diabetic-friendly, beautifully packaged, ultra-fresh, conscious, sustainable, eco-friendly, pure, smart, and delicious!