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This is one of them — done right.
The 45% Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate bar from French Broad Chocolate takes the classic pairing of chocolate and peanut butter and elevates it with craft ingredients and genuine artisan partnership. Made in collaboration with Big Spoon Roasters in Hillsborough, North Carolina — founded by Mark and Megan Overbay, who have built one of the most respected sustainable nut butter operations in the South, sourcing directly from family farms and roasting in small batches.
The result is a bar that delivers on every level: the sweet, salty, perfectly peanut buttery flavor you crave, with the depth and quality of true bean-to-bar craft chocolate underneath.
Part of French Broad’s Carolina Crafted Collection — a series of bars made in partnership with local Asheville and NC artisans. The philosophy is simple: great makers make each other better.
Smooth and creamy 45% milk chocolate with a rich, roasted peanut butter core. Sweet and salty in perfect balance, with a clean, satisfying finish. The kind of bar that makes you wonder why you ever settled for anything less.
Every bar you choose supports the farming families who grow it and honors the traditional methods that make it extraordinary.
This is chocolate with purpose — sourced with intention, crafted with care, and curated for those who believe that true luxury and ethical responsibility can coexist beautifully.
❤️ Impact: A portion of proceeds supports Survivor-Led Solutions, a nonprofit dedicated to restoring dignity and hope to survivors of human trafficking.
French Broad Chocolate didn't start in a factory — it started on a cacao plantation in Costa Rica. Founders Dan Rattigan and Jael Skeffington left graduate school, converted a school bus to run on vegetable oil, and drove south to Puerto Viejo de Limón, where they bought an abandoned cacao farm and opened a café called Bread & Chocolate. That first chapter gave them something most chocolate makers never have: a lived understanding of cacao at the source.
Their journey eventually brought them to Asheville, North Carolina, where French Broad Chocolate was born — first out of a home kitchen, then at farmers markets, then a beloved chocolate lounge, and finally a 14,000-square-foot bean-to-bar factory near UNC Asheville capable of producing nearly 50 tons of chocolate a year.
What hasn't changed is their philosophy. French Broad defines terroir not just as soil and climate, but as a sense of place — the culture, the community, the relationships that shape what gets made and how. They source cacao from trusted farmers, share importation with fellow regional makers, and fold local Appalachian ingredients into their bars whenever possible. Cacao shell mulch goes to local gardeners. Compostables are diverted from landfill. Strawberries come from a neighboring holler; pumpkins from a local market stand.
We carry French Broad because they treat chocolate as a craft with a conscience — one that honors the land, the farmers, and the communities at every point in the chain. Every bar is a reflection of that commitment.
French Broad works directly with cacao farmers, ensuring fair relationships and exceptional raw ingredients.
From fermentation to finish, every step is deliberate — resulting in bars that are consistently extraordinary.
Every bar captures the soil, climate, and culture of its origin — flavor you can trace back to the source.