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gno·sis /ˈnōsəs n. wisdom earned through trials, tribulations, and triumphs

Valentine’s Day

Both traditional and new seasonal truffles, as well as our collections, bars, hot chocolate - and more - are brimming with exquisite flavor and crowned with medicinal herbs for you from around the world.

All ingredients are raw, vegan, and certified organic or wildcrafted - free of refined sugar, soy, gluten, dairy, peanuts, GMO, and artificial colors.

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handmade in micro batches with Love!

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no artificial colors, sweeteners, or flavors!

❤️ handmade in micro batches with Love! ❤️ vegan ❤️ gluten-free ❤️ organic ❤️ raw ❤️ heirloom ❤️ wildcrafted ❤️ nonGMO ❤️ soy-free ❤️ dairy-free ❤️ peanut-free ❤️ no artificial colors, sweeteners, or flavors!

Each Gnosis gem is freshly handcrafted every day in our cozy NYC kitchen by holistic health coach Vanessa aka Chocolate Girl and her Mamma Wonka, Aida. We are so honored to craft chocolates for you and your beloveds since we opened in 2008!

 

SIGNATURE CREATIONS

 

BARS

All bars - like all our creations - are made of minimally heated heirloom organic cacao, and are free of GMO, refined sugar, dairy, soy, gluten, & peanuts.

ELIXIRS

We’ve been giving chocolate a Gnosis Twist - infusing botanicals and medicinal mushrooms into heirloom cacao - since 2008. The Olmecs started in 1500BC!

TRUFFLE-BARS

Our truffle-style bars have become very popular - thick, satisfying, and nourishing. Shells are freshly filled by hand in micro batches, like all our creations.

BITES

A perfect treat for guests; serve on a platter - with fruit perhaps? Add to your own recipe… or your purse! At 30% off, bite-sized pieces are eco and pocket-friendly!

 

A match made in heaven

with no added sugars

Only 2 ingredients

well, 3 (if you count the Love)

Cacao + Dates = Love!

 
 

DATE-SWEETENED RAW CHOCOLATE

The term date comes from the Greek word daktulos, meaning fingers.

Take your sweetheart by the hand, firmly interlocking their fingers, and enjoy this expansion of our date-sweetened chocolate line! How could they possibly decline such an invitation?

 
 
 
 

 VALENTINE

Should you wish to give the very thoughtful (and on-time) gift of choice, we offer Gift Certificates - customization optional!

Thank you for the true honor it is to deliver your messages of Love.

 
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Should you wish to give the very thoughtful gift of choice, we offer Gift Certificates - customization optional!

You can send the gift code directly to your Valentine by adding their email address at checkout. The gift card recipient can enter this code at checkout to subtract the gift card value from their order total.

Or, enter your email address and either a. create your own gifting ceremony by including the code in a card or other personal flourish, or b. email the code to us with an image or idea, and we are happy to create a custom e card with the Gift certificate!

Thank you for the true honor it is to deliver your messages of Love.

Like your sentiment, this gift card never expires!

 

 

Sick of Valentine’s Day?

Feeling a little blue or lonely this Valentine’s Day? We have something special for you!

For “Singles Awareness,” I’ve crafted a small batch of something completely unrelated to hearts—yet sure to warm yours. Inspired by the ultimate comfort food, I “baked” you some banana bread! Not literally (we’re raw and gluten-free), but perhaps even better: our caramelized whyte chocolate, studded with sun-dried bananas and pecans.

And for a little extra reassurance, we recommend our best-selling truffle-style botanical-rich bar—a gentle reminder that, even if it doesn’t feel like it now, Everything Will Be Okay.

Send one to yourself or a fellow single soul, and let’s make sure things start looking up. 💙

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AURORA BOREALIS

Step into the quiet wonder of winter’s embrace, where the Arctic sky comes alive in a dance of vibrance and shadow. In this bar, we attempt to capture the poetry of nature at its most luminous—a celebration of the solstice, when the darkest night begins to yield to the promise of returning light.

 
 
 
 
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UNCOMPROMISING INTEGRITY

 

Our ingredients are organic (or wildcrafted), vegan, low-glycemic, nutritionally dense, and free of gluten, soy, dairy, peanuts, gmo, and anything artificial. We partner with mother nature and small producers to bring you what we like to call botanical alchemy: functional chocolate.

 

Since the first bar of chocolate I made for the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2006, Gnosis has grown 100% organically by word of mouth. We believe a company should invest only in the quality and integrity of its work - not in paid advertising. Our customers are our ambassadors!

 

A Sweet Choice

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A SWEET CHOICE

Gnosis has always been at the forefront of innovation in natural sweeteners. We were among the first to craft chocolate with agave, then pioneered the use of pure stevia without fillers, and were the first to launch coconut sugar sweetened chocolate to the U.S. market.

Now, we continue this legacy by offering date-sweetened chocolate. Dates, nature's most ancient sweetener, are rich in nutrients and offer a harmony - sophisticated in its simplicity - between indulgence and wellness, elevating chocolate into a source of both sensory and nutritional richness.

It’s impossible to say what this part of the world will look like in the centuries to come, or what sort of people will be bustling around at ground level, eating, quarrelling and telling each other stories. But it’s safe to say that whoever they are, somewhere nearby will be a stand of date trees, traveling gracefully through space and time without moving an inch.

DATES

Our newest sweetener!

COCONUT SUGAR

Our primary sweetener!

AGAVE

Where it all began…

STEVIA

Without fillers!

 

Welcome, ChocoLovers!

Since the first bar of chocolate I made for the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2006, Gnosis has grown 100% organically by word of mouth. We believe a company should invest only in the quality and integrity of its work - not in paid advertising - and that our customers become our ambassadors, if we are deserving. We do not use PR agencies, machines, or fillers (ingredient that does not have a specific health function).

We make our chocolate with Love, by hand, gift wrap every order, and use only clean, whole, organic, low-glycemic, vegan ingredients (no gluten, dairy, soy, peanuts, or GMO) and heirloom cacao beans sourced with great care. In fact, we visited our sources and were a founding member of the Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund. We support Herbalists Without Borders. Access to herbal medicine is our birthright.

 

Gnosis is now producing our bars and elixirs for a few markets (should you wish to receive free chocolate for becoming an ambassador). Online is always the best place to find us - we have a great many seasonal creations and gift collections, all shipped directly from our kitchen in Astoria, NY.

We (my mother and I) could not be more grateful to be entering our 18th year of making chocolate for you! Thank you for voting with your voices and. purchases for the marketplace you wish to see!

 
 
 

Team Gnosis & Mission

Chocolate Girl Vanessa and her Mamma Wonka Aida make, package, and ship everything by hand in their New York City kitchen with so much Love!

Botanical Alchemy

Botanical - a substance obtained from a plant and used as an additive
Alchemy - a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination.

Our Sweeteners

We only use low-glycemic, minimally processed sweeteners; coconut sugar, agave nectar, or stevia from farms Vanessa has visited.

Wholesale

After several years of ecommerce only, we are now reopening our wholesale program and would love to stock your local stores as we have in the past - bars $4.99 MSRP!