Better-for-You Chocolates

Best of Nature, Best of Chocolate® was our original motto when we set out to make the world’s finest chocolate cherries over 35 years ago.

We believe that the use of simple ingredients like heart-healthy cherries and antioxidant-rich, high quality chocolate offers near guilt-free indulgence, and even some health benefits!

Here are five reasons our premium chocolate cherries and nuts are better for you than the average chocolate:

1. Our chocolate cherries are crafted with tree-ripened, locally grown Northwest cherries chosen for their size and quality. We use fresh Rainier, Bing, and Montmorency tart cherries grown by trusted farmers.

Nuts, such as those used in our beloved Honey Pecans, are sourced domestically, mostly from California and Oregon.

2. Loaded with nutrients such as Vitamin C and potassium, sweet cherries have been shown to help with gout, reduce inflammation, and promote heart health. They are rich in fiber and have potent anti-oxidants. Plus, cherries boast a lower glycemic index than almost any other fruit! They release glucose slowly and evenly. The melatonin naturally present in cherries can even help regulate your sleep.

We use lightly roasted pecans, almonds, and hazelnuts in our chocolates, all of which offer healthy monounsaturated fats and are shown to reduce inflammation related to heart disease and also improve cholesterol levels.

3. Delivered fresh from local orchards to our facility in Eastern Washington, ripe cherries are immediately sorted, pitted, washed, and dried. The cherries are then put into our custom-built air tunnels where they are dried slowly and naturally with little loss of nutrient quality.

Unlike most dried cherries available in grocery stores, our dried cherries are made with no sugar added.  Natural sugars in our tree-ripened cherries preserve the fruit and capture the flavor of summer.

Our dried cherries are free of preservatives, artificial colors, and anything artificial.

4. Healthy, all-natural dried cherries take a trip to our on-site Chocolate Room where they are layered with antioxidant-rich, premium chocolate from an acclaimed chocolatier. As with our dried cherries, our chocolate cherries are held to high standards of clean ingredients according to our creed: "No Preservatives, Nothing Artificial."

5. Finally, our just-in-time manufacturing allows chocolate cherries to be made fresh and shipped fast. Not only is freshness important when it comes to preservative-free, unsulphured cherries, but it contributes to optimal flavor and quality.

We ship directly from our headquarters in Prosser, WA: the same place where our dried cherries and chocolate cherries are lovingly crafted.