# Dan's Chocolates

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Chocolate maker in Vermont, United States

**Dan's Chocolates** is a [Burlington, Vermont](/source/Burlington%2C_Vermont) [chocolate](/source/Chocolate) maker.

## History

The company was founded in 1999 by Dan Cunningham.[1] It was established as a [subsidiary](/source/Subsidiary) of the BlueMountain.com greeting card site and spun off as an independent venture in 2000.[2]

The company operates both a [factory direct](/source/Factory_direct) boxed [chocolates](/source/Chocolates) business as well as a business selling all-natural [chocolate](/source/Chocolate) bars and [truffles](/source/Truffles) through retail grocery stores.

Dan's Chocolates comprises milk, dark, and white varieties.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Dan's Chocolates posts a [social responsibility](/source/Social_responsibility) scorecard on its site, which includes measures to reduce energy use, [greenhouse gas emissions](/source/Greenhouse_gas_emissions), and waste products in manufacturing. Since its founding day, a percentage of each sale has been given to one of the charities which customers designate at checkout.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Dan's Chocolates became part of Hauser Foods in 2017.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Chocolate Explosion"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232347/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/0007/tr000731.htm). *[Business Week](/source/Business_Week)*. July 31, 2000. Archived from [the original](http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/0007/tr000731.htm) on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-02-02. The twentysomething Vermont native's title is chief chokolada (no joke), and he's the founder of online gourmet chocolate purveyor Dan's Chocolates.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Homemade Apps Make Life Sweet"](https://books.google.com/books?id=uDgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Dan%27s+Chocolates&pg=PA40). *[InfoWorld](/source/InfoWorld)*. February 12, 2001. p. 40. Retrieved 2015-02-02. When Dan Cunningham, CEO of Dan's Chocolates, launched the online gourmet chocolate e-tail site, he made technology decisions based on the fact that the online business was part of a larger company

## External links

- [Dan's Chocolates](http://www.danschocolates.com/)

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