Drinking chocolate from the Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective: cacao growers who make their own.

The Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective is a movement of cacao growers in Africa and the Caribbean who make their own chocolate. Chocolate Rebellion is its US arm, based in New York City.

Coming soon Our story

Cocoa is labour, chocolate is luxury.

For as long as cocoa has been grown as a commercial crop, there has been a divide between those who grow the cocoa and those who make the chocolate.

We’re rewriting that narrative, and decolonizing the market bean by bean.

Launching soon

Drinking chocolate

Three cacao percentages: 70, 85 and 100. The more cacao, the darker the label.

  • Chocolate Rebellion 70% drinking chocolate canister, with the cacao percentage sticker and a St. Lucia origin seal (draft mockup) Draft mockup

    70% Drinking chocolate

    Cacao nibs, cacao butter and cane sugar.

    Details
  • Chocolate Rebellion 85% drinking chocolate canister, with the cacao percentage sticker and a St. Lucia origin seal (draft mockup) Draft mockup

    85% Drinking chocolate

    Cacao nibs, cacao butter and cane sugar.

    Details
  • Chocolate Rebellion 100% drinking chocolate canister, with the cacao percentage sticker and a St. Lucia origin seal (draft mockup) Draft mockup

    100% Drinking chocolate

    Two ingredients: cacao nibs and cacao butter.

    Details
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How the collective works

Grow it. Make it. Sell it.

The collective’s model lets members take cacao all the way to chocolate, sharing information, skills and support along the way.

  1. Cultivate the fruit

    It starts with the growers and the cacao fruit.

  2. Process the beans

    The beans are processed where they’re grown, instead of leaving as a raw material.

  3. Temper the couverture

    Members make the chocolate themselves, right through to tempering.

  4. Sell our own chocolate

    Members sell their own chocolate, so more of the value stays in the community.

Our origins

Five origins, both sides of the Atlantic

For launch we’re featuring five origins in the Caribbean and Africa, each one home to members of the collective.

  • St. LuciaCaribbean
  • Trinidad and TobagoCaribbean
  • Côte d’IvoireAfrica
  • CameroonAfrica
  • GhanaAfrica

The wider collective spans 13 countries across Africa, the Caribbean and North America.

Meet the collective

Made by the same hands that planted the seeds and harvested the beans.

The Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective

Events

Nothing on the calendar yet

When we host events in New York, you’ll find them here first, and newsletter subscribers hear before anyone.

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Wholesale

Stock the rebellion

Cafés, grocers and shops: tell us you’d like to carry Chocolate Rebellion and we’ll be in touch when wholesale opens.

Wholesale enquiries