Hand-scooped Chocolates • Created Layer by Layer

When Josef Zotter started to create chocolate, he looked for a word to describe his vision of chocolate production: It was a mixture of inventive flair and manual labor covered by layers and chocolate coatings. Zotter was the first chocolatier to introduce the term “hand-scooped” in order to make a distinction between his and conventionally poured chocolates. The word “scoop” also represents the innovation and creativity inherent in Hand-scooped Chocolate bars. A masterly combination of ingredients produces a wide variety of singularly original chocolates.

It all starts with our homemade bean-to-bar chocolate

It all starts with our homemade bean-to-bar chocolate

The chocolate is rolled out on 15 m long tracks

The chocolate is rolled out on 15 m long tracks
A thin chocolate layer is brushed onto the entire track

A thin chocolate layer is brushed onto the entire track
The thin chocolate layer is topped with the filling

The thin chocolate layer is topped with the filling
And the second filling ...

And the second filling ...
Layer by layer

Layer by layer
One flavour requires the application of up to 6 layers

One flavour requires the application of up to 6 layers

Sprinkling fruit and nuts

Sprinkling fruit and nuts
All the individual flavours are created by Julia and Josef Zotter

All the individual flavours are created by Julia and Josef Zotter
Each filling is prepared from scratch, like our delicious caramel

Each filling is prepared from scratch, like our delicious caramel
At the same time, on a different track ...

At the same time, on a different track ...
... a fine pumpkin seed chocolate is created

... a fine pumpkin seed chocolate is created

Up to 30 different flavors are made in a day

Up to 30 different flavors are made in a day
The filling is covered in a thin layer of chocolate.

The filling is covered in a thin layer of chocolate.
The chocolate is smoothed

The chocolate is smoothed

The long chocolate sheets are cut into bars

The long chocolate sheets are cut into bars
The fillings have to dry for 2 days

The fillings have to dry for 2 days
Then the bars take a chocolate bath!

Then the bars take a chocolate bath!
The chocolate coat is applied as a last step

The chocolate coat is applied as a last step
And the bars are finished and ready to go!

And the bars are finished and ready to go!

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*All our products containing dairy don’t carry the USDA Organic Seal anymore, as there is an exemption in the organic equivalency agreement between the U.S. and the EU when it comes to the use of antibiotics. While in the US an animal which has been treated with antibiotics cannot be used in the production ever again, the EU allows a certain wait time until the animal can be used again for the production of dairy. It still means our products are 100% organic certified in the EU, but they are not in the US. All our vegan, dairy free products are also 100% USDA organic certified. Each product page has more detailed information on the ingredients tab.