Every year Jim Lampman would buy his staff fancy chocolates as holiday gifts. One year his pastry chef confessed that those chocolates were pretty mediocre. So Jim dared him to make something better. Together they began making the most amazing, hand-rolled, creamy truffles.

Creativity and craftsmanship combine with fresh, local ingredients and fair trade certified chocolate to create gourmet specialty chocolates that are truly extraordinary. As a family-run company, they seek out partners like themselves — people with years of expertise guiding every stage of the journey, from the farmers who grow the ingredients to the hands that carefully package each piece.

Today, Jim’s son and daughter, Eric and Ellen, are defining the future of Lake Champlain Chocolates by developing award-winning organic products and spearheading sustainable sourcing initiatives.