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What is lecithin doing in my food?
When it comes to food, quality starts with what’s inside. As a company built around keeping food clean, we encourage our customers to learn about and even question what’s on the label. We know that great taste doesn’t need to be complicated, which is why we use simple, high-quality, organic ingredients to allow the chocolate […]

How A Designer Traveled 780 mi to Make Her Own Chocolate Flavor
For the past three years, Sjaak’s Organic Chocolates has held an annual event for our internal team, the Great Sjaakolate Competition, where team members from all over California come together and submit an original flavor idea. I asked Ellyza about her experience making chocolate for the first time.

The Earth Day 2022 Theme is Invest in Our Planet. What Will You Do?
Earth Day, A Brief History 1900-1960s | In the years leading up to the first Earth Day, anthropogenic pollution was at an all-time high during the zenith of industrialization. Americans consumed leaded gas for wildly inefficient vehicles. More factories were popping up across the country and emitted massive plumes of smoke and sludge. Cities across […]

How Humboldt Inspired Our Newest Plant-Based Chocolate Bars
The Humboldt Bars at Sjaak’s Organic Chocolates are inspired by the natural beauty surrounding our factory in Blue Lake.

Pet parents share their pet children's costumes
Some of our favorite Halloween costumes from the Sjaak’s team Here at Sjaak’s, we pride ourselves on making a quality product that is made from responsibly sourced ingredients and recyclable packaging that helps to reduce our carbon footprint not only for ourselves, but for the environment at large. For many of us, we are encouraged […]

How to make a vegan and organic chocolate espresso martini
Are you also someone who would appreciate a drink in hand while handing out candy this year? Whether you’re cautiously easing into, fully leaning into or skipping trick-or-treating this year–making a drink at home is something we all can do to celebrate spooky season. This Halloween, the Sjaak’s team linked up with Humboldt Distillery to […]