Choco le'a

What Choco le'a does

Choco le'a is a privately held, for-profit specialty chocolate and confectionery company headquartered in Honolulu, United States, founded in 2020 by Erin Uehara, who serves as Founder, President, and Owner. The company offers a broad range of chocolate products including custom truffle boxes, dark chocolate bars, Oreos, and other complementary items, positioning itself around the tagline "Bringing peace to the world, one chocolate at a time." Its product mix suggests a consumer-oriented offering spanning gifting (custom truffle boxes), everyday indulgence (dark chocolate bars), and complementary confectionery, though the source material does not specify whether these are sold direct-to-consumer, through wholesale, or via a hybrid retail/e-commerce channel.

The business operates at a small scale, with a headcount band of 11–50 employees and no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investors in the available data. There is no information on pricing, unit volumes, customer segments, distribution partners, or revenue mechanics, which limits visibility into the underlying go-to-market model. The website (https://www.chocolea.com/) is the primary commercial surface referenced, and no mobile app, public API, or technology platform components are documented.

From a strategic-intelligence standpoint, the available evidence is thin: no M&A, partnerships, certifications, regulatory actions, leadership changes beyond the founding, or geographic expansion signals are recorded. The company should be treated as a small, founder-led consumer food brand with limited public disclosure, and any conclusions about scale, growth, or financial performance carry low confidence given the absence of primary-source financial or operating data.

Name

Choco le'a

Website

https://chocolea.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Choco le'a is a privately held, founder-led specialty chocolate company based in Honolulu, founded in 2020, offering custom truffle boxes, dark chocolate bars, Oreos, and complementary confectionery items to consumer and gifting customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Confectionery

NAICS

Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate (311352), Confectionery and Nut Retailers (445292)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Chocolate & Chocolate Confectionery (CRADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Chocolatiers & Confectionery (CRAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Handcrafted chocolate
• Custom truffle boxes
• Dark chocolate bars
• Chocolate-covered treats
• Confectionery products

Headquarters

HQ city

Honolulu

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Choco le'a is a Honolulu-based chocolate company that manufactures and sells a broad range of chocolate products, including custom truffle boxes, dark chocolate bars, chocolate-covered Oreos, and other complimentary confectionery items. The company operates in the consumer food and gift chocolate category, serving individual customers seeking premium and customizable chocolate.

Product overview

Choco le'a is a chocolate company whose product_overview cannot be fully detailed based on available source material. The company's tagline 'Bringing peace to the world, one chocolate at a time' indicates a consumer food product offering in the chocolate/confectionery category, but no specific products, brands, modules, or features were identified in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom truffle boxes Customizable boxes of chocolate truffles offered for personal indulgence and gifting to individual consumers in the Honolulu market.
• Dark chocolate bars Dark chocolate bars sold as part of Choco le'a's broader chocolate product range, targeting individual consumers seeking premium chocolate.
• Chocolate-covered Oreos Chocolate-covered Oreos offered as a complementary chocolate treat within Choco le'a's product range, sold to individual consumers.
• Complimentary chocolate items Other complimentary chocolate items offered as part of Choco le'a's chocolate product range to individual consumers in the Honolulu market.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Jacques Torres Chocolate: Premium artisanal chocolate maker with retail locations, specialty bars, and gift offerings. Comparable small-batch, founder-led premium chocolate positioning.
• Compartés Chocolatier: Los Angeles-based artisanal chocolatier offering chocolates, truffles, and curated gift boxes with strong brand identity. Comparable boutique positioning, product mix, and D2C/gifting model.
• See's Candies: Long-standing specialty chocolatier and confectionery retailer known for boxed chocolates and seasonal assortments. Highly comparable specialty retail/gifting model to Choco le'a.
• Vosges Haut-Chocolat: Premium artisanal chocolatier offering high-end truffles, chocolate bars, and curated gift boxes with strong brand storytelling. Closely comparable to Choco le'a's custom truffle boxes and mission-driven positioning.

Regional players

• Salty Road Snacks / Hawaii Cookie Co. Hawaii-based confectionery retailer selling gourmet baked goods, chocolates, and gift assortments via retail and shipping. Comparable Hawaii-based specialty confectionery model and gifting/tourism focus.
• Big Island Candies: Hawaii-based confectionery brand producing cookies, chocolates, and assorted gift boxes, leveraging Hawaiian origin for tourism and mail-order gifting. Comparable regional positioning and product mix to Choco le'a.
• Hawaiian Host: Hawaii-based chocolate-covered macadamia nut brand with national gifting distribution. Comparable Hawaii origin story and premium chocolate/confectionery product overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Ghirardelli Chocolate Company: Established premium chocolate brand with a wide range of chocolate squares, bars, and gift assortments. Comparable product mix and retail/gifting presence, though operating at much greater scale.
• Godiva Chocolatier: Global premium chocolate brand with a portfolio of truffles, bars, and boxed assortments sold through boutiques and wholesale. Comparable in product category and gifting focus, but at substantially larger scale.
• Lindt & Sprüngli: Global premium chocolate brand offering truffles, bars, and gift boxes across mass and specialty channels. Comparable core product category and gifting positioning, though at enterprise scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chocoleahawaii
• Facebookfacebook.com/chocoleahawaii
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chocolea

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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