Our Chocolate & Caramels
All of Sleepy Jean’s offerings start with one of its 5 types of chocolates or its freshly made caramel. The chocolate is made with roasted cacao beans (organic and/or Fair Trade when available) and organic and Fair Trade sugars and cocoa butter. Types of chocolate include:
- 71% Dark Chocolate
- This is our darkest chocolate and our newest creation. It is wonderful with a port wine and is absolutely fabulous in our Fado (port-style) wine fusion.
- 68% Dark Chocolate
- This is our most popular selection plain or with our various selections such as Kenya AA, with roasted cacao nibs, with our chocolate covered caramels, espresso beans and many other items that we create. It also goes exceptionally well with red wines.
- 42% Mid Dark Chocolate
- This is a sweeter dark chocolate and is the chocolate that we use most for unique chocolates containing spices. Our mid-dark cayenne chocolate is one of our top sellers and goes very well with both red and white wines.
- 42% Milk Chocolate
- This is not your ordinary milk chocolate! Not only does it contain a significant amount of cocoa solids in comparison to other nationally sold milk chocolates, but we make our milk chocolate with all natural buttermilk. This combination has endeared our milk chocolate to many individuals that would previously only eat dark chocolate. It is definitely worth a try! We use it quite a bit with our caramel creations and truffles. It goes wonderfully with white wine as well.
- White Chocolate
- Our truffles would be nowhere without this necessary ingredient! It has become a mainstay in most of our truffles and is the primary ingredient in our best selling cheesecake truffle! We have also started using with our Espresso Beans for a really special coffee treat!
- Freshly Made Original Caramel
- Oh, what at treat. This was the first commercially available product sold by Sleepy Jean’s Confections. Our early customers know us almost better for our freshly made caramel than our chocolates! But the combination of our 68% dark chocolate and caramel has won those early purchaser’s hearts and tummies!
- Freshly Made Honey Caramels
- Our honey caramels are a great treat for any occasion, especially for those honey loving customers. We also make honey chipotle caramels and chocolate covered honey caramels as well.
* The percentages listed indicate the amount of cocoa liquor and cocoa butter in the chocolate.