The Cocoa Tree Story | Bethany Thouin | Jim Torino
The Cocoa Tree Story
I have been on quite a journey the last 8 years of my life. Originally, I moved to Nashville to become a songwriter...how original, right?! Through a series of unexpected turns I found myself married, starting a family and starting a chocolate business all in the same couple of years. 

I had never worked with chocolate. I just felt called to it. I felt connected to it as an artistic medium in a way that I had never connected with songwriting. As the chocolate pages turned, I found that I was essentially doing through chocolate what I longed to do through my songwriting.  

I was telling a story of humanity, of life, of heartache and of triumph. I was living through my art, which is the breath of creativity. The chocolate comes alive as I pour my heart into the creations, into the life around me, into my relationship with God - and then it comes right back around, making me come alive as I witness people around me being affected by the story that I am telling.

I can hardly believe that it has been 8 years since I started my journey with chocolate. I have found myself in some unbelievable happenings along this sweet road. I never thought I would find myself walking on a NYC runway behind a high fashion model wearing MY chocolate dress, I never thought I would be a competitor on Food Network Challenge building a 4 ft tall Statue of Liberty out of nothing but chocolate, I never thought that I would be presenting chocolate custom boots to Barbara Mandrel at a Nashville Walk of Fame event – but mostly I never thought that I would create award winning truffles that have inspired an entire region of the country.

I love sharing my remarkable story with all of you; I am honored that you found your way to my website. I hope that my life and my chocolate can offer inspiration to you in your calling, but mostly I hope that through the taste of my chocolate you will find that...

Chocolate is Evidence that God Delights in Our Pleasure!

~ Bethany Thouin, February 14, 2010