Open Book Chocolates

Handmade, Bean-to-Bar, Fair Trade Chocolate Bars | Literary-Inspired Flavors

2025

A Piece by Book Artist Judy Folkenberg

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Here at Open Book Chocolates, we can’t get enough of art (whether literary or visual) and creativity! We met book artist Judy Folkenberg this past April at Kensington Day of the Book Festival. She recently sent us the following photographs of a piece she created utilizing our Open Book Chocolates packaging. It’s very exciting to see our packaging revitalized and upcycled in this way. Thank you for sharing your work with us, Judy!

If you’d like to see more of Judy’s artwork, please follow her on Instagram (@judyfolkenbergart) and visit her website: judyfolkenberg.com.

Beauty Champagne & Sugar Boutique on Great Day Washington

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Yesterday, Zena Polin — the owner of Beauty Champagne & Sugar Boutique in Arlington, Virginia — was on Great Day Washington (WUSA9) discussing champagne pairings. And Open Book Chocolate’s very own One Thousand and One Nights (Pistachios and Apricot in Goat's Milk Chocolate) chocolate bar was featured in the segment!

Beauty Champagne & Sugar Boutique is a wine bar, bottle shop, bistro, and boutique that carries Open Book Chocolates. If you live in or near Arlington, we hope you’ll go check out this awesome store!

 

We Visited Pressed Coffee & Books

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Tuesday, June 24th, 2025


Yesterday, we were in Pottsville, Pennsylvania visiting Pressed Coffee & Books! This awesome hybrid cafe-bookstore roasts its own coffee and is located inside the childhood home of the American writer John O'Hara (author of BUtterfield 8).



If you live in or near Pottsville, we hope you’ll go check out this awesome independent bookstores.