Who is Planet Cocoa?
Started by Melbourne pastry chef, Jeanette Macko, Planet Cocoa is an online small-batch chocolate and artisan goods shop based in West Melbourne.
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We make delicious stone ground goods from scratch.
And yes, this means we craft our chocolate from scratch: starting from the cocoa bean and making blocks, hot chocolate mixes and praline paste.
Since we are small batch, we can focus on making sure each bite is memorable.
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All of our chocolate blocks are shipped via Couriers Please or Australia Post.
Please allow up to 3 business days to make/pack your order and despatch.
How long does shipping take?
It’s best to head to Couriers Please or Australia Post for an estimated time window as each city is different or reach out to us for a current guide.How much is shipping?
Melbourne Metro 8.00
Other Metro 10.00
Regional 15.00 -
Our chocolate is made from scratch. This means we start with the cocoa bean and process it into the smooth chocolate that we know and love.
How is chocolate made?
There is a long process that we undergo to get to our final product and here’s a brief outline of this craft process.
Sorting and roasting the beans
Crushing the cocoa beans
Winnowing the husk away from the cocoa nibs*
Stone grinding for up to 36 hours
Temper and mould the chocolate into blocks OR use it for our cakes
*We save the husk waste for distilleries and other projects as we want to be low waste!
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The beans that we currently source are from:
Savai’i, Samoa
Hacienda Macondo, Ecuador
Living Koko is one of our current suppliers of ethically sourced cocoa beans. We love Living Koko as they are committed to slave free trading, food sovereignty and support over 400 Samoan plot farmers through their fair trade.
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The cocoa industry has been running rampant to keep up with the high global demand for chocolate. In order to maintain the supply to meet our demand, it has made cost-cuts elsewhere; in this case at the expense of lives, communities, and the environment. It has caused child slavery, child labour, exploitation, deforestation, poisoning due to hazardous chemical use, to name a few.
But we don’t want to put a bad taste in your mouth… It’s not all bad news. Artisan chocolate crafters, like us, are passionate about sourcing cocoa from suppliers who can provide transparency into the trade and the impacts on their community.
Ethical and sustainable trade is paramount for our craft as without cocoa communities continuing their farming, fermenting and drying, there is no chocolate: no Planet Cocoa.
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As a small business, we feel we have a responsibility in what packaging we choose and our impact on the environment and resources.
Our chocolates are wrapped in kerbside recyclable materials and our shipping boxes are all recyclable or reusable!
In the process of crafting chocolate from the cocoa bean, we incur 20% husk waste from seperating the inner nib from the outer husk. We are collaborating with local businesses and research labs to reduce our waste impact.
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Planet Cocoa products are all made in Australia by a female founded team from locally and ethically sourced ingredients.
We research our ingredients and prefer to use locally Australian grown ingredients where possible. See the following list of our current suppliers!
Ethically and Sustainably sourced Vanilla Bean Paste by Common Sense
Hazelnuts from High Country Victoria, Carboor Harvest
Organic Oats from Blue Lake Milling, South Australia
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Murrnong Farm, Violet Town Victoria
Australian Red Gum Smoked Salt from Olssons
Australian grown Sugar
Ethical Samoan cocoa beans from Living Koko
Ethically traded Cocoa butter and cocoa powder grown in Kamuri, Papua New Guinea
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Behind the Scenes at Planet Cocoa…