Here at Open Book Chocolates, we’re thrilled and proud to have our literary-themed chocolate bars carried in a number of independent bookstores and gift shops across the U.S. In April 2024, we compiled a list of those stores for our website, called Find Us In Stores (openbookchocolates.com/find-us-in-stores). That way, our customers can easily check where they can pick up a few bars in person!

Our Find Us In Stores page was overdue for an update. For the past few weeks, we’ve been busy adding new bookstores to our list. So far, our chocolate bars are being carried in 26 states and counting. We’ve even put together this cool map (see below) with pins of all our stores!

Please click the button below to check out our list of stores that carry Open Book Chocolates:

Find Us In Stores

We hope you’ll have a chance to visit one or two of these amazing stores in person! If you have any suggestions for stores that you’d like to see carry Open Book Chocolates, please contact Geri at OpenBookChocolates@email.com or via our contact form. Thank you so much!

Valentine's Day is Just Around the Corner! | Gift Ideas

January 14, 2025G. E. Gallas

You may be surprised to learn that January and February are very industrious months for Open Book Chocolates. Why is that, you say? While the winter holidays may be over, we’re already busy preparing for Valentine’s Day!

With Friday, February 14th just around the corner, we thought we’d create some gift ideas for the favorite bibliophile(s) in your life:

No. 1: Our Literary-Inspired Chocolate Bars!

It wouldn’t be Open Book Chocolates without our literary-inspired, handcrafted chocolate bars! We recommend any and all our flavors as thoughtful and delicious Valentine’s Day gifts. Here are some of our favorite romantic flavors:

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No. 2: The Garden Party Hand-Poured Candle!

In lieu of flowers, treat your special someone to the aroma of our The Garden Party hand-poured candle. The Garden Party is a bouquet of gardenia, tuberose, and jasmine. We design our candles to compliment all our chocolate bar flavors and to become an enticing companion during a long and cozy reading session.

The Garden Party

No. 3: More Literary-Inspired Gifts!

Try matching our literary-inspired chocolate bars with literary-inspired gifts from our favorite fellow small businesses:

Storiarts (storiarts.com): Literary-Inspired Scarfs, Accessories, Apparel, etc.
Literary Emporium (literaryemporium.co.uk): Literary-Inspired Enamel Pins, Brass Bookmarks, Necklaces, etc.
Immortal Perfumes (immortalperfumes.com): Literary-Inspired Perfumes.
Quote and Quill (quoteandquill.co.uk): Literary-Inspired Stationary, Wooden Pins, Bookmarks, etc.
Literary Maps (literarymaps.com): Literary-Inspired Illustrated Maps.

No. 4: Pair Our Literary-Inspired Chocolate Bars with their Corresponding Books!

Try pairing our Pride and Prejudice chocolate bar with a beautiful copy of Jane Austen’s novel. Or our Treasure Island bar with Robert Louis Stevenson’s. Or our Frankenstein bar with Mary Shelley’s. Then tie them together with a ribbon!

Purchase these classic books while supporting independent bookstores:

Open Book Chocolates on Bookshop.Org

How does Bookshop.org work with Independent bookstores?

“Bookshop.org supports indies in two ways: 10% of regular sales on Bookshop.org are added to an earnings pool that is evenly divided and distributed to independent bookstores every six months.
Stores who are Bookshop.org affiliates, who sell books online using Bookshop.org (by sharing their Bookshop.org link on social media, email newsletters, or on their websites) earn 30% of the cover price on any sales generated from the link, without having to do the work of keeping inventory, picking, packing, shipping or handling complaints and returns. (30% of the cover price is the entire profit margin - Bookshop.org doesn’t earn money off bookstore sales, all profits go to the store.)”