Chocolate and Sweets · Rockland, Maine
Bixby Chocolate
Maine's bean-to-bar chocolate maker, working out of a former ice plant.
- Founded by
- Kate McAleer
- Based in
- Rockland, Maine
Their story
Bixby & Co. is the chocolate company founded by Kate McAleer in Rockland, Maine. It is based on Tillson Avenue in the old O'Hara ice plant, where visitors can stop into a tasting room and shop to learn how chocolate is made.
The company bills itself as Maine's first bean-to-bar chocolate factory. McAleer has won several pitch competitions along the way, including a prize from the Tory Burch Foundation.
How it's made
Bixby roasts cacao beans, separates the shells from the nibs in a winnower, then grinds the nibs in a melanger into chocolate liquor, the base for everything it makes. The line includes organic bars, bite-size Bixby Bars, chocolate-covered caramels, clusters, drinking chocolate and the Maine candy known as Needham's.
Why we carry them
We love finding a small chocolate maker that does every step itself. The bite-size bars are perfect for a lunchbox or a stocking.
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