Zotter Chocolates USA

The invention of chocolate
Zotter produces individual chocolate for individual people who savour each moment. The diversified Zotter assortment is a reference to the biological variety. “The assortment is nothing but a small extract of what the cocoa bean with its countless aromatic components renders possible in terms of biological diversity.”
The inventor Josef Zotter has constantly invested in his products. He has been involved in fair trade since 2004, in 2005 his company converted to organic and in 2006 he opened his own Chocolate Factory. For this reason he is throughout Europe the only manufacturer who produces chocolates starting from the bean (bean-to-bar) exclusively in organic and fair quality!
Josef Zotter has succeeded in transforming the world of chocolates. With the hand-scooped chocolates the creative chocolate maker from Riegersburg has managed to upset our familiar view of the world of chocolate. Bacon Bits in chocolate, Pumpkin Seeds with Marzipan and Apples and Carrots with Ginger surrounded by chocolate. The chocolate revolution started: novel flavour combinations, a new format, art as packaging and the transformation of delicacies into green food. In 2012 the hand-scooped chocolates was celebrating their 20th anniversary. 20 years of chocolate history filled with a tremendous amount of creations, crazy ideas and the rebellion against the mainstream.

History:
In 1987, the 26-year-old Josef Zotter founded the Zotter family business.

1992 Josef Zotter invented “hand-scooped” chocolate, a unique blend of innovation and craftsmanship with layered fillings.

In 1999, Zotter opened the z o t t e r chocolate factory next to his parental farm.

In 2001, Zotter began to travel to the countries of cocoa cultivation and supported the farmers with development aid projects like “Quality instead of poverty“ and “Cocoa instead of cocaine“ and many more.

2007 World of Experience: Zotter created a transparent factory, where visitors can watch the production live and can, at the same time, have tasters at various chocolate tasting stations.

In 2014, Zotter opened up the Choco Shop Theatre in Shanghai, 24000 square meters of a chocolate world of experience with a tasting tour under the management of daughter Julia Zotter, with chocolates that have been produced in Austria.

In 2015, Zotter launched the online shop in the US.