About Maureen

“I take it seriously. I have a passion for it and I want to be the best that I can be at it, as anyone would really at their trade” 

Inspired by a mom's buying club on Facebook, I started making custom made vegan marshmallows, artisan marshmallows and vegan Easter eggs. Starting out without formal training a few years ago, learning the practical ropes from fellow chocoaltier Artisanne (Anne Boulley), I pursued formal education from various institutions including Ecole Chocolat, Canada and Atelier Melissa Coppel, Las Vegas. I now make speciality handcrafted chocolates.

I have always been focused on sweets, candy and sugar, which has always been my passion. I take utmost pride in what I do and as with any trade, much of my time is spent in polishing and maintaining my tools. That is what, I believe, my work stand out.

Though I mostly start from powdered cocoa and cocoa butter, I also do bean to bar chocolates for friends and family and upon special request. Being a chocolatier and a chocolate maker are two different domains and I am happy to be on both sides of the fence.

Two of my most priced creations are the Chocolate healing stones and Hazel, the Hot Chocolate Hippo.

I truly believe that when I make and give chocolate there I an exchange of energy. When you eat chocolate, when you get some chocolate, when you give someone chocolate, its just not the chocolate that is being given, but also energy, this, combined with a total stranger admiring my creations during my very first class, calling them "stones and rocks" gave way to my Chocolate Healing Stones.

Until, I was an adult, I did not know that hot chocolate came out of a packet or that not everyone made it in a pot. That is because my grandmother, Hazel, taught me how to make hot chocolates. Chocolates and hippos share the same origin, Africa. Hence, Hazel is a hippo, made of chocolate with marshmallows in her belly. When she melts down in a warm glass, the marshmallows from her belly pop, and she is meant to be shared :) My firm belief is "Nobody should mourn the loss of sweets or chocolates due to food restrictions. Just because you cant have dairy.