sweet spot BY SARAH SUKSIRI PHOTOS BY KELLEY JORDAN HENEVELD
Edible Indy takes you on a tour through the Endangered Species Chocolate factory on Indy’s west side, a place where the smell of chocolate greets you at the door. This may not be Willy Wonka’s place, but Endangered Species is still doing unbelievable things. The company supports fair trade and gives 10% of their net profits to global wildlife conservation and humanitarian efforts. Endangered Species makes dozens of varieties—most of them dark chocolate with 70% or higher cocao content and some of them organic—flecked with espresso beans, goji berry, hazelnut toffee and more. Edible Indy dropped in on a day when two chocolates were being made: bars of dark chocolate with mint, and individually wrapped squares of dark chocolate with peppermint crunch, a holiday specialty. Here’s an inside look inside Endangered Species and how its chocolate is made.
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