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Holy Cacao is donating 5% of our total sales on Thursday, 4/22/10 for Earth Day.  The donation will go to support several local non-profits that are raising money to protect our environment.  We thought that this was a particularly cool way to impact the environment while keeping the dollars that we donate here in our [...]

This is more of a question than answer but I’ll pose some theories that have been tossed around.  Citing (again), Diane Ackerman’s wonderful, “A Natural History of the Senses”, where she said: “Because chocolate is such an emotional food, one we eat when we’re blue, jilted, premenstrual, or generally in need of TLC, scientists have [...]

Hello blogosphere, today, Sunday April 18th, 2010, is my darling Ellen’s birthday.  That’s right, the Cake Ball Queen of Austin is turning…um…well younger and more beautiful than ever!  We will be open today but are playing hooky thanks  to our lovely teammates.  We are off this morning to enjoy Kerbey Lane-Kerbey Lane.  Then after some [...]

This article was recently sent to us about the fast rising pace of Cake Balls sweeping the country.  The tide of popularity seems to be emanating from Texas!  According to a recent salon.com story there are many imitators but our friends and fans know where to come from the best Cake Balls on sticks.  Your [...]

At Holy Cacao, we love telling the story of chocolate.  It’s why we do this in the first place.  WE are the chocolate zombies that Diane Ackerman talks about in her book.  Believe me, Ellen and I can relate.  So the story continues.  We left off, with my favorite part, having Montezuma send runners up [...]

So, for those of you who know Ellen and John at Holy Cacao, you know that it is me (John) that does the writing on our blog, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc.  So, first and foremost, I take full responsibility for any typos, exclusion of credit where it is surely due and for a great number [...]

I recently mentioned our selection as Finalists for the BiG (Business Investment Growth) Business Plan Competition.  The final award will be made “American Idol” style with the audience voting. It will be held on Friday, April 16th at the Downtown Hilton here in Austin.  There are many respected business and community leaders expected to be [...]

Are you looking for something different than the same old plastic eggs this year for Easter?  Chocolate bunnies are cute but a bit overdone.  This year, follow the advice of Bon Appetit magazine and try anyone of a variety of fun choices, including, Cake Balls from Holy Cacao! We were thrilled to be highlighted by [...]

4/1/10  Austin, Texas Recent Cake Ball scientific research has uncovered that Cake Balls are 10 calories each and Fat Free.  Have all you want!

This past week has been a very busy and productive one for us here at Holy Cacao.   It took our entire team to pull it off successfully (thanks to : Chance, Samantha, Sabrina and Jessica)! We were recently recognized as Finalists for the Austin BiG Business Plan Contest.  We hope that all of our friends [...]