Arete Fine Chocolate

01/01/2020

To celebrate the New Year, all shipping from our online store is FREE for cool weather shipping! Take advantage today and share the news!

11/10/2019

We can’t believe it’s been a year since we saw everyone at the Northwest Chocolate Festival!

We hope to make a splash again next year!

11/05/2019

We have an announcement! The 2020 Good Food Finalists have been announced, and we are finalists for our Cafe Mocha Crunch Dark Milk Bar and single origin Vietnam Ben Tre 73% Bar!

Check it out here - https://goodfoodfdn.org/awards/finalists/

Order the bars here - https://www.aretefinechocolate.com/shop

Selected from 1,835 entries to the ninth annual Good Food Awards, these 403 products represent 307 states and have passed vetting for category-specific sustainability standards.

10/18/2019

OMG it’s here!!!

For a limited time only, celebrate fall with our Pumpkin Spice Dark Milk bar today!

This is our first ever seasonal bar — we’ll offer this one until Christmas this year, then it’s gone until next Fall…get ‘em while they’re here!!! : )

10/13/2019

Thanks to your support, we're ready to grow!

Send us a private message of your favorite local shop where we would be a fit, and we will try to make it happen for you!

10/12/2019

We have killer news! Team Areté has huddled up to give you the first of many 'flights' which will on our online shop! Treat yourself and buy a selection of our finest core holdings - all at a package discount - today!

Five of our favorite origins — origins that we will offer as long as beans continue to be available. Fiji Matasawalevu 70%, Viet Nam Tien Giang 73%, Viet Nam Ben Tre 73%, Belize Maya Mountain 70%, and India Idukki 70%. This flight is a $68 value if purchased as individual bars, but is being offere...

10/03/2019

Our Next Tasting and Factory Tour -- 19 October from 2:30 to 4:00 pm (although we almost always run over...sometimes WAY over...)

Make sure to sign up on our website at https://www.aretefinechocolate.com/shop/arete-fine-chocolate-factory-tour-and-tasting-19-oct-2019
The price is $35 per person and includes a bar of your choice to take home.
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19 October 2019 2:30pm to 4 pm WHERE: Arete Fine Chocolate 172 College Street Spencer, TN 38585 We’ll start with a brief stroll through the fascinating history of chocolate starting from its first known use over 5000 years ago up to the present day. From there we’ll take a tour of the chocola

10/03/2019

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10/02/2019

It was one year ago today that we got our permit to start making chocolate in our 'new' 113 year old factory here in Spencer, TN. What an incredible year it's been!

Here's to many, many more! We ♥️ Spencer!!!

09/29/2019

09/29/2019

You've seen a few of these bars already in a recent post, but perhaps not all. Meet the first Areté Flavored Bars graduating class!

09/23/2019

Amen. And there IS a chocolate connection to boot...

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