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Hopefully, it is permanent.  As the Chair of the Health & Human Services Committee, Randi Shade pointed out, “This is a rogue verses non-rogue trailer problem”.  Amen sister!  The problem that continues to be pointed out by Mr. Ramsey’s fleet of lawyers originate with people who are currently NOT operating within the system.  New laws [...]

Well, for those of you who did not read Juan Castillo’s piece in the Austin American Statesman this morning, you can do so here.   The fact is there is a LOT more to the story than he printed, or than I will write here.  But here goes a brief summary: Tom Ramsey of Snappy Snacks [...]

We’ve been asked by many people why we choose Blue Bell Ice Cream.  After all, aren’t there other local ice cream manufacturers that we could choose from, we are asked?  Indeed there are.  However, Blue Bell Ice Cream has a rich (pun intended) history of supporting small businesses.  Dating back over 103 years they have [...]

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 [...]