The team at Askinosie creates these chocolate covered malt balls in a several step process that takes eight hours per batch.

It’s not every day that a bean-to-bar chocolate company gets asked to be part of a presidential initiative. But then, Askinosie Chocolate isn’t your everyday chocolate company.

Askinosie Chocolate's newest chocolate is the latest in its CollaBARation line - Dark Chocolate + Toasted Hemp Seeds.

Shawn Askinosie, a former defense attorney, came into the chocolate business striving to empower those responsible for harvesting cocoa beans while educating others. His efforts have not gone unnoticed.

While Askinosie is constantly trying to create the best tasting chocolate ever, his company is also coordinating with area schools to help students see the chocolate-making process first-hand.

Askinosie Chocolate knows a little CollaBARation can really add up.

Thanks to chocolate, children in a Tanzanian village can now learn about chemical reactions and the solar system for the first time.