Cocoa Loco Kickstarter Campaign

This week Old Greenwich Mason and Amato, two young entrepreneurs from Old Greenwich, launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to grow their chocolate business Cocoa Loco. Their sweet endeavor began only six months ago. After working for various distribution companies with good success the two decided to start putting their own chocolate bars into stores. Yet first they had to learn the art of chocolate making! The two began practicing in their kitchens with massive blocks of chocolate, reading countless how-to books and even taking jobs at chocolate factories. Yet by November of 2012 the two felt confident in their abilities and had secured a commercial kitchen in which they could make the chocolates. ''The first batch was a crazy 8PM to 8AM shift, since we had to use the shared kitchen space at night when the store owners weren't using it'' says Maude. Since December they have sold their chocolates to fifty shops and are hoping to greatly increase that number in 2013. Their goal is to bring the premium quality and creative chocolate products to counters throughout New England. Kickstarter is an online crowdfunding platform through which supporters of companies ''back'' projects they like and receive ''rewards'' as compensation. When thinking about what rewards to give people Maude says he and Amato tried to think of the tastiest treats possible; they came up with Belgian chocolate covered marshmallows and chocolate covered all-natural Oreos. They also wanted to offer something personal, so another reward is chocolate bars with personalized wrappers. If want to be an important part of their story, or want to learn more about Cocoa Loco, you can visit their Kickstarter page ''Cocoa Loco: A Sweet Story'.