About

I’m Suzanne Forman, founder of Tangle Chocolate. I was a long-time bodymind therapist when I first tasted bean-to-bar chocolate. The rich, complex flavor flooded my senses and woke me up. This wasn’t a sugar rush, this was a full-body mindfulness experience that brought me into the present moment and took me to an exotic destination simultaneously!

I entered the chocolate industry for that joy, dove in deeply when I learned that it touches on my most beloved social justice issues, and dedicated myself to learning how to create the highest-quality chocolate experience so that I could invite others to share the joy with me.

My search for the most flavorful and ethically-sourced cacao brought me first to Guatemala, and then to Belize, Bolivia, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Peru...the countries where the cacao tree originated and which still are home to what I think are the best varietals of cacao in the world. 

Now, I have a wonderful team working with me who share my mission. We happily pay far above the Fair Trade price for this delicious cacao so that our farmer partners can actually make a living, and we know that our customers support that decision. We do our best to buy cacao that is grown as an understory crop, meaning no rainforest is cleared for monocrop farming. We're committed to doing our small part to make the chocolate industry a sustainable one so that our children, and our children's children, will enjoy this "food of the gods" as much as we do!