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This cake makes a perfect treat for any occasion! Perhaps treat Dad this Father's Day with this delicious and easy dessert!This recipe was adapted from Delia Smith's Chocolate Beer Cake … read more

Membership of CACAO is now open - support the Australian cocoa industryCacao and Chocolate of Australian Origin (CACAO) is the newly formed industry body for the cocoa industry https://www.cacao.or … read more

Wow friends and family with Charley's surprisingly simple Dark Chocolate Truffles. Use your favourite Charley's Single Origin Dark Chocolate blocks for a mouthwatering treat!  … read more

Back in March 2021 we commented on the lawsuit brought by eight children who claim they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast used by the world’s biggest chocolate compani … read more

On a day-to-day basis founder and MD Chris Jahnke manages Charley’s operations. But Charley’s is a private company with 165 shareholders and a board. So, there is more to it than Chris running the … read more

When did you last have amazing HOT CHOCOLATE?With the colder weather here it's the perfect time to indulge with Charley’s Decadent Hot Chocolate!Forget about using cocoa powder or drinking chocolate. … read more

Charley’s Cocoa Tree's April 2022 Blog showed the progress of cocoa trees from seedling to grafted tree, ready to plant.Agriculture is a fickle thing as the cold weather of 2022 at Mission Beac … read more

Fact sheet – cocoa and chocolateChocolate comes from the fruit of the cocoa tree - not Belgium The Chocolate LifecycleA highly productive Charley’s cocoa tree and the components of chocolate - c … read more

Charley’s on-premise shop had a soft opening from late October 2022. The story ‘Flat pack to Chocolate Shop’  can be read here.Things have moved on in 2023.So far we have installed new roadsid … read more