Open Book Chocolates

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

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Open Book Chocolates Bar and Book Pairings

G. E. Gallas

Since the inception of Open Book Chocolates, we’ve always loved the idea of pairing our literary-inspired chocolate bars with their corresponding books; i.e. our Alice in Wonderland bar with Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece, our Treasure Island with Robert Louis Stevenson’s, our Frankenstein with Mary Shelley’s, and so on.

These pairings make a perfect gift for the favorite bibliophile(s) in your life. Plus, they’re easy to wrap in elegant paper or tie together with ribbon (with or without paper). A wonderful gift for any special occasion!

Here are a selection of our literary-inspired chocolate bars with beautiful volumes from our own bookshelves:

Our Pride and Prejudice chocolate bar with Jane Austen’s novel.

Our Jane Eyre bar with Charlotte Brontë’s novel.

Our The Great Gatsby bar with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel.

Our The Picture of Dorian Gray bar with Oscar Wilde’s novel.

Our The Count of Monte Cristo bar with Alexandre Dumas’s novel.

Get your hands on our literary-inspired, craft chocolate bars:

Purchase these classic books while supporting independent bookstores:

Want to support independent bookstores and Open Book Chocolates in person? Our chocolate bars are carried in a number of wonderful stores across the U.S.

Literary Holidays | June 2024

G. E. Gallas

Celebrate this month’s literary holidays with Open Book Chocolates!

Rainbow Book Month

“Rainbow Book Month is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender, and asexual community.”

Open Book Chocolates is celebrating Rainbow Book Month with The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and our corresponding chocolate bar.

Audiobook Appreciation Month

“The goal of Audiobook Appreciation Month is to increase awareness of and engagement in this format.“

“Listening to audiobooks is not only a legitimate way of reading but also makes it more accessible and a lot of fun.”

Open Book Chocolates is celebrating Audiobook Appreciation Month by LISTENING to our favorite classic novels, like Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, while savoring our matching chocolate bar.

Anne Frank’s Birthday | June 12th, 1929

“It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” —Anne Frank

Purchase The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank while supporting independent bookstores.

National Typewriter Day | June 23rd

“In 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes got a patent for his typewriter invention. This event set the stage for how we communicate in writing.”

Learn about typewriters while supporting independent bookstores.

George Orwell’s Birthday | June 25th, 1903

“He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action. And it was no longer the same cramped, awkward handwriting as before. His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals — DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER...“ —1984 by George Orwell

Purchase 1984 (75th Anniversary) by George Orwell while supporting independent bookstores.

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Restocked: Jane Eyre, A Little Princess, The Picture of Dorian Gray, & One Thousand and One Nights

G. E. Gallas

Our Jane Eyre, A Little Princess, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and One Thousand and One Nights chocolate bars are now restocked in our online store:  openbookchocolates.com/shop!