Alan "Patric" McClure
Founder and Head Chocolate Maker of Patric Chocolate

Alan McClure developed an all-consuming passion for chocolate in his mid-twenties after spending a year in France . After tasting the best foods the country had to offer, he returned to Missouri determined to make his own world-class chocolate bars. The process wasn’t easy since at the time American Craft Chocolate was just beginning to be something that could be done by a company smaller than Hershey. But after several years of daily test batches, tastings, study, and mentorship Patric was born! 

Since then, McClure has labored to create the finest single-origin, blended, and flavored chocolate bars imaginable. This commitment to excellence garnered Patric Chocolate a 2011 Good Food Award and recognition as a “Best New American Chocolate” by Food & Wine Magazine. Additionally, Patric Chocolate is currently a 2012 Good Food Award Finalist for both its Signature 70% Blend and its much loved PBJ OMG which features peanut butter along with chocolate citrus notes. 

Patric Chocolate bars are made with only a handful of select ingredients, and never include artificial ingredients, chemically modified alkalized cocoa products, surfactants such as lecithin, or genetically modified beet sugar. By using only amazing, family-farm grown cacao; natural cocoa butter; and pure cane sugar Patric Chocolate is able to create chocolates with clean flavors. Complexity comes solely from the natural aromatic qualities of the cacao and the chocolate maker’s talents in coaxing them out. Additionally, when organic ingredients are available, Patric opts to use them, whether it is the natural dark-roasted peanut butter in its PBJ OMG, or the organic Madagascar cacao that is present in most of the bars. Patric also pays Fair Trade or higher prices for cacao, ensuring that the company is able to make a product that is not only delectable, but one in which it can feel proud of in ever respect. 

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Patric Chocolate

www.patric-chocolate.com

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573-814-7520
6601 Stephens Station Rd, Suite 109

Columbia , MO 65202

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