Haute Chocolate
Smithies Create
Published July 16, 2021
Small-batch, artisan chocolates made with organic, fair-trade ingredients? Yes, please!
In Bristol, Vermont, Eliza La Rocca ’07 and husband Erlé LaBounty own and run Farmhouse Chocolates, a tiny ethical chocolate company. LaBounty grew up in rural Vermont, worked on his grandfather’s dairy farm and started hand rolling truffles at age 16. La Rocca came to Vermont in 2010 after leading food and wine tours in Italy. Together they make “simple, but sublime” chocolate, as they describe it.
Confections include dark chocolate bark with ylang ylang, cacao nibs and candied rose petals; Vermont apple cider caramels; and lavender-lemon truffles.
Farmhouse Chocolates are sold online and in retail outlets across the country. Prices start at $6. When ordering from farmhousechocolates.com, mention that you’re a Smithie in the note-to-seller section and La Rocca will add an extra treat to your order.
FARMHOUSE CHOCOLATES
Eliza La Rocca ’07
farmhousechocolates.com
This story appears as part of the Smithies Create column in the Summer 2021 issue of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly.