December 2024 - Charley’s Chocolate World
Cassowary sighting You can be lucky and see a cassowary at Mission Beach. Board member Pete Faulkner provided this photo. Cassowaries tend to stay to their territory; until chicks are evicted. His pr ...
Who we are
From Banana Farm to Chocolate Paradise: The Charley's Story In 2012, Lynn and Chris Jahnke saw possibility where others saw just a run-down banana farm. Today, that vision has transformed into C ...
Charley’s packaging - Art meets chocolate
A primer in design or a comedy in many parts.Art is integral to the global chocolate industry. Art is part of the mystique of luxury goods; chocolate as art. After 6 years of the Charley’s ‘rustic’ p ...
Three new irresistible varieties coming soon!
Are you addicted to the taste of Australian-grown, award-winning chocolate? Then sit down because we have some EXPLOSIVE news for you. At Charley's Chocolate, we don't like to meddle wi ...
Call to plant more cocoa in FNQ
The initial research into coca growing envisaged an industry based on 1,000 hectares of cocoa plantings.Australian Chocolate (Charley’s) commissioned the “Conus Report Overview of Cocoa Industry Sept ...
Annual Roundup - 2022
Lots has happened at Charley’s this year, including finding a Super Fruit Dove in our rainforest.Charley's is a tree to bar (single origin) chocolate grower The vision for Charley’s is a high q ...
Governance at Charleys
Charley’s is a private company with 165 shareholders, a MD and a board. We are located at Mission Beach, Far North Queensland in an area that grows great cocoa. Charley’s property comprises cocoa p ...
Where does my chocolate come from?
What are you getting when you buy chocolate in Australia?Charley’s was set up with an aim of being involved in the development of the Australian cocoa and chocolate industry. Charley’s is a tree to b ...
Media release - Mission Beach ‘Super Dad’ Cassowary Defies the Odds with Five Chicks in Tow
Mission Beach ‘Super Dad’ Cassowary Defies the Odds with Five Chicks in Tow 10 March 2026: A male Southern Cassowary raising five chicks has been spotted near Mission Beach, a rare sight ...
May at Mission Beach
Glorious Mt Edna plantation - May 2025 Since my last visit to Mission Beach there have been several developments Charley’s has finally installed its Elevation cooling tunnel (from Bosc ...
Charley's farmers - Karkar Island PNG
Charley's beansCharley’s seeks to reduce its environmental footprint at every opportunity while producing high quality world class single origin chocolate. One of these ways we do this is by ...
Quality confectionary versus food engineering
Why Charley's Easter Eggs Make Mass-Produced Eggs Look Like Yesterday's News It’s that time of the year. The shops are full of Easter eggs. Charley’s at Mission B ...
Charley's and wine - a good match?
An introduction to matching chocolate and wineIt is often said that ‘chocolate is difficult to match with wine’ so the team at Charley’s thought we would have a go. We discovered it can be done, but ...
World Chocolate Day: Sweet Celebrations and Bittersweet Realities
July 7th marks World Chocolate Day – a global celebration that's been bringing chocolate lovers together since 2009. Legend has it that this date commemorates chocolate's grand entrance ...
Ceremonial Cacao
At Charley’s we have been producing high quality ceremonial cacao since 2019. We use only superior premium cocoa beans from our Australian and Pacific partner growers. All our cocoa is eth ...
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