It was a muggy Monday mid-Summers day in our otherwise picturesque home state of Wisconsin. With our first baby on the way, my corporate position becoming more demanding and my wife finishing her Masters Degree and teaching five days a week, we made the decision to follow our dreams of opening our own company. With only $1,000, a lot of hard work and a clever “business plan” scribbled on espresso and chocolate covered scraps of anything that held ink, lead, crayon or marker and even sometimes Amy’s mascara, we took the experiences gained from long prosperous careers in food service-hospitality, grocery-retail and language communications and opened Dillon’s Chocolates, LLC on New Year’s Eve 2011 out of our studio apartment located in the beautiful Lake Michigan area of southeastern, WI. Our New Year’s resolution? To be happy forever of course!
With a background as versatile and comprehensive as Co-Founder and brand creator of Dillon’s Chocolates, LLC Andrew Dillon has, to his credit, the proof is in the results of his company’s early successes. From formal training in classical pastry/chocolate arts and business in one of America’s finest Culinary Arts establishments while the recipient of guidance and leadership from many internationally renowned and accomplished Pastry/Chocolate and Executive Chefs (most notably the late Chef Trotter of Chicago,) to Corporate Retailing/Merchandising and Regional Distribution for and with many of the region and nations largest names, Dillon’s Chocolates creator and co-founder Andrew Dillon along with wife and co-founder/co-owner Amy Dillon, MA, used the knowledge gained from years of research and development working with and tasting the worlds chocolates, to open Dillon’s Chocolates, LLC in August of 2011, quickly gaining attention as one of the regions brightest minds for his product visual uniqueness and brand mastery, continuing to gain national attention.
Our chocolate flavors and brand imagery embody the tranquil serenity of the breathtaking countryside of our Badger State. In fact, all the concepts for our brands, recipes, flavor profiles and packaging are created by hand from years of research and experience between a lot of folks!
Our company identity boasts of the proud heritage and resilience of our warm and friendly state. We personally hand sketch all our designs and artwork for our brand packaging and displays. Whether you’re admiring the many official state of Wisconsin agricultural and manufacturing symbols on The Wisconsin Bar wrapper, such as the honey bee or cranberry fruit or escaping into the perfect blending of our custom created colors used in the lake scenery of our Wisconsin Nibbles chocolate truffles pouches where the coupling of father and son fishing together on the backwaters in my childhood home community of Honey Lake in Walworth County, WI, you’re guaranteed to be drawn in and as you effortlessly
get settled between the rolling hills and prairies of golden wheat and wild flowers that we call our backyard.