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Faraway Chocolate
Faraway Chocolate

Faraway Chocolate

Andre Marrero

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Small-batch bean-to-bar chocolate on Nantucket, transforming ethically sourced cacao into handcrafted bars, confections, and chocolate experiences for every occasion.

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Nantucket Bean-to-Bar Chocolatier

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Faraway Chocolate is the creation of chef and chocolatier Andre Marrero, whose journey from Michelin-starred kitchens in New York City to Nantucket led him back to a family legacy that began with the founding of the Wilbur Chocolate Company in 1865. Handcrafting organic, single-origin chocolate from bean to bar on the island, Andre combines generations of chocolate-making heritage with meticulous culinary craftsmanship. Every bar and confection is made in small batches, offering a taste of both faraway cacao origins and Nantucket itself.

What Faraway Chocolate Offers

Handcrafted bean-to-bar chocolate, made entirely in his island workshop from organic, single-origin cacao; roasted, ground, tempered, and molded by hand over a process that takes days, not hours. Bars are wrapped in handmade Japanese paper; confections are finished by hand. Visit the shop at 16 Old South Wharf, or find him on the shelves at The Hive.

Style & Flavor

A direct descendant of the Wilbur Chocolate Company, founded in Philadelphia in 1865; one of America's first great chocolate houses. That 160-year legacy of craft and quality runs through every bar. The name "Faraway" nods to the Wampanoag word for Nantucket, meaning "faraway land," and to the cacao's own long journey from small farms across Latin America to the island where it's transformed.

Background & Experience

Trained under Michelin-starred chefs in New York City before being recruited to Nantucket in 2014 to lead the culinary program at a private club. In 2020, he began making chocolate from home with his wife Erica and their two kids, Chloe and Oliver, turning years of culinary discipline and a family chocolate-making heritage into Nantucket Faraway Chocolate.