Among your friends, you're known as the ultimate host. Pretty party details and delicious food are where you excel. But lately, your environmental conscience is tugging at your party-planner soul. As a New Year's resolution, we suggest you start “greening” your parties with dessert first (the sweet stuff should always be top priority). How about pairing delicious “green” chocolate with second hand (ie. re-purposed) serving dishes at your next party? Your guests will be asking you how you thought of such a darling and earth-friendly combination. We tracked down the owners of some of the best in green chocolate and asked them to pick out serving dishes that would be most befitting of their treats. Now go ahead and steal some of their delicious ideas.
Fine & Raw Chocolates
Daniel Sklaar has a varied past: financial analyst, DJ and then chef. After all of these career moves, he finally decided that he wanted to contribute to his local community with ideas and concepts that interested him. Since he happened to be particularly keen on both chocolate (aren't we all?) and sustainability, he decided to combine the two into Fine & Raw chocolate, some of the creamiest, smoothest chocolate we have ever tasted. What does raw chocolate mean, you ask? It means that the chocolate is not only free of sugar, dairy, and additives, but it is also crafted at incredibly low temperatures to keep the flavor, nutrients, and vitality abuzz on your tongue. The lack of these carbon-intensive ingredients and the low energy usage earns big points for Fine & Raw on the sustainability score board. But the company doesn't stop there. It also uses recycled paper for wrapping, non-toxic inks for printing and eco-friendly products in the kitchen and office. Everything from the chocolate production to the gift boxes is handmade. Whenever possible, Fine & Raw also tries to transport all local deliveries by bicycle.
Sklaar's serving piece pick: Vintage Dansk Teak Cheese Board and Slicer (sold for $85; above, right) “I love the natural wood aesthetic. Using wood in a sensible and stylish way can be beautiful and sustainable. I love this boards. With chocolate on top, it's a delicious endeavor!"
Sweet Riot Chocolates
Armed with a background in product launches, an interest in social entrepreneurship, and a very interesting childhood spent on a small farming township, Sarah Endline had the fuel she needed to create her own fair trade chocolate company, Sweet Riot. She started with the simplest ingredient, cacao, the bean that chocolate comes from, and turned it into absolutely divine bite-sized chocolate-covered cacao nibs, dark chocolate bars and crunchy nibs. Working directy with a team of cacao farmers who are based in South America, Endline makes sure that Sweet Riot is good for the earth and your body: The final product is all-natural, gluten free, dairy free, kosher and grown without pesticides. As a socially responsible company, Sweet Riot makes sure to positively impact the hundreds of farmers and their families it works with. The company also uses recycled packaging and has teemed up with a carbon fund to offer customers the opportunity to offset carbon emitted by delivery vehicles.
Endline's serving piece pick: Vintage Stoner Candy Vending Machine (buy it now price, $600) We couldn’t resist! Taking an old concept like a vintage candy or cigarette vending machine and spinning it into something all-natural, fun and healthy just seems too good to be true!
NuNu Chocolates
Justine Pringle wanted to help out her then boyfriend’s (now husband's) band by selling something unexpected at his concerts. She came up with chocolate, and shortly after her first sale, decided to leave her career in environmental waste management to take care of her suddently-booming natural, socially responsible chocolate company. Calling her company NuNu, after the affectionate children’s nickname used in her home country of South Africa, Pringle is committed to using natural ingredients. She sources cocoa from a family-owned company in Columbia that uses sustainable practices and works side by side with farmers to create equitable, fairly-grown chocolate. She recently opened up a storefront in Brooklyn, where customers can sit at tables made of reclaimed wood and experience delicious wine and chocolate pairings.
Pringle's serving piece pick: Rounded Square Asian-Style Plate (buy it now price, $9) I love this plate. It shows strength and elegance and would look perfect with some NuNu’s on top!
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