Springfield’s Askinosie Chocolate LLC is scheduled to debut in Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) stores on Sept. 6.
Askinosie Chocolate created three exclusive bars to sell at about 400 of the retailer’s stores for its its
Made to Matter-Handpicked by Target initiative.
According to
Askinosie.com, the closest Target store selling the bars is in Kansas City.
Sourced directly from cocoa farmers in Mababu, Tanzania, the bars are a plain dark chocolate; a dark chocolate with crushed almonds and vanilla; and a dark milk chocolate with goat’s milk, according to a news release.
The Springfield factory molded 2,653 kilos of chocolate in April for Target, according to
Springfield Business Journal archives.