The Ministry of Chocolate is a family-owned and run business producing high quality chocolate made on-site. We supply a number of businesses including luxury hotels, wineries, grocery as well as specialty chocolate and gifting stores.
From humble beginnings at Farmer’s Markets across Melbourne, we found it increasingly difficult to produce at home with two young boys wanting to taste test EVERYTHING! So we took the leap and opened a large-scale kitchen.
Drew’s background as a pastry chef and chocolatier brings a wealth of production experience to the table. Combined with Karin’s retail and hospitality experience, the Ministry of Chocolate understands what kind of products sell and how to make them efficiently with quality presentation.
The Ministry of Chocolate sources ingredients locally wherever possible including chocolate made in Melbourne, freeze dried strawberries and apples from Mornington Peninsula, as well as honey from our own on site bee hives! We are committed to supporting local industry. So you can be assured that you are supporting local as well, every time you purchase.
The Ministry of Chocolate sources ingredients locally wherever possible including freeze dried strawberries and apples from Mornington Peninsula, as well as honey from our own on site bee hives! We are committed to supporting local industry. So you can be assured that you are supporting local as well, every time you purchase.
The Ministry of Chocolate is committed to producing high quality chocolates using the finest couverture chocolate from around the globe, as well as fresh, local and ingredients and innovative flavours. We create everything from delectable pralines and bars, to chocolate coated honeycomb, hot chocolate mix, chocolate stilettos, frogs and more!
We use sustainable and ethically sourced chocolate supplied by Barry Callebaut. They have great programs in place that supports third world growers by building schools and hospitals in country. We have had the privilege to visit these in person and have confidence in the programs and their longevity/sustainability.
We also use Australian grown chocolate which is to Australian standards and supports Australian growers and manufacturers.
Our policy is that all our ingredients contain no palm oil.
Wherever possible we use locally grown ingredients including Murray River Salt Flakes, Almondco almonds and freeze dried strawberries from Mornington Peninsula, as well as local cream and butter.
We have beehives on site and we use some of the honey harvested, in our honeycomb. The rest remains in the hive for our bees, and our residential neighbours enjoy bumper fruit and veggie crops as a side benefit!
Regarding our packaging, we continue to make changes in our range to move towards recyclable and biodegradable. Additionally, always aiming towards removing unnecessary ‘excess’ in packaging. The process for changing over our entire range takes time and at this time it is a work in progress.