The Story…
My involvement with chocolate began as a child while visiting Mexico.
I never liked “candy” but upon tasting pure real chocolate
while in Mexico, I discovered a food like no other!
I worked in
the high tech industry in Houston and often traveled to Europe,
South and Central America and Asia. On those trips, I visited small,
out of the way chocolate shops where amazing chocolate products were
available. “Candy” stores
are all over the US but it is very difficult to find real chocolate
shops…where
passion drives the products that are offered.
In 2001 I began in earnest a journey of understanding chocolate, learning
from the “experts” around the world and developing products that
would delight discriminating consumers with adventurous palates. And
so, now arrives RainDrop Chocolate Company! I hope you enjoy our chocolate
products.
Don Burke
Founder, RainDrop Chocolate Company
What is RainDrop Chocolate?
It's about chocolate!
It's about chocolate, herbs and spices!
It's about chocolate and natural oils!
It's about chocolate and natural fruit
flavors!
It's about chocolate, the unexpected combinations of natural ingredients
and the wonderful results for you to enjoy!
All of our ingredients are natural;
selected only to enhance the true experience of the chocolate!
Building on a Tradition
From its earliest beginning
in South and Central America, the native peoples complimented chocolate
with other flavors. The Olmecs, Aztecs, and Mayans are known to have
consumed great quantities of a chocolate drink spiced with pepper.
They called it tchocolatl, the source for today’s word “chocolate”.
Today in Central and South America, street vendors offer homemade chocolates
with fruity and spicy flavors.
We at RainDrop Chocolate have set out to
build on this tradition by searching
the world for natural ingredients that when combined with fine chocolate
will surprise and delight you.
Exciting Flavors
Much like fine wines, fine chocolate has hundreds of underlying flavor
notes that depend on the type of cacao bean, where it was grown, and
the seasonal growing conditions. Our goal is to compliment the
nuances of our chocolate with interesting flavors from around the world.
So what do we offer you?
We offer superb chocolate products enhanced
with herbs, peppers, nuts, citrus and other fruits, spices, teas, liquors,
coffees, and other unexpected flavors. And yes, we offer excellent pure
chocolate products!
We are confident our chocolate flavors will capture your imagination and
completely satisfy you.
Our RDC kitchen is constantly developing new
natural flavors combination and welcome any and all suggestions.
Hand-Crafted
All RainDrop Chocolate products are made in small batches. They are hand
formed and hand finished. Even our unique bite-size TOT’s™ (Take
Out Truffles) are all hand formed and dipped.
Because we
do small batches, we can ensure our product is extremely fresh and

has
the richest flavor possible. Our product is produced daily in our own “chocolate
kitchen” in Houston, Texas.
Premium Blended and Single Bean Chocolate
Our base chocolates are some of the richest and finest blended and single
bean chocolates in the world. They come from carefully selected beans
that are carefully processed to develop their unique flavor profiles. Only
in that way can we deliver a product that meets our exacting standards
and those of truly discriminating chocolate lovers.
So now
it's up to you. Someone once said, “Nine out of ten people love
chocolate. And the tenth one is a liar!” We invite you to enjoy RainDrop
Chocolate products! We invite you to enjoy the best! RainDrop Chocolate---It’s
about chocolate!