About Us
Founded in 2003 by a passionate vegan chef, Lagusta's Luscious artisanal chocolates combine a deep commitment to social justice, environmentalism and animal rights with the love of bold flavor of a true foodie and the obsessive commitment to artisan techniques of a chocolatier.
All our chocolate is organic and fair trade, and more than 95% of our fresh ingredients are certified organic. We are a completely vegan business using 100% post-consumer recycled paper and packing materials. We compost all kitchen scraps, use all eco-friendly cleaning products, and wash all our kitchen towels in a bike-powered washing machine we built with our own vegan hands. We walk the walk!
None of this would matter if our chocolates weren't heartbreakingly delicious, however. Our chocolates are painstakingly made by hand with truly artisanal ingredients—fresh and often local produce and fruit, organic toasted nuts, fresh-ground spices and homegrown herbs. We work closely with small farmers and producers in our beloved town of New Paltz, New York and across the country to source everything from our Maui vanilla beans (from a tiny one-acre vanilla farm) to the candy-striped beets grown by Farmer Jessica less than a mile from our cute yellow vintage-inspired commercial kitchen.
We don't use fake milk or cream—we don't use fake anything. Every day people tell us our chocolates are better than "regular" gourmet chocolates sold at the mall or online. We don't scrimp on quality, and we work with an attention to detail you will appreciate as you open the perfect box of chocolates to inhale the rich perfume of seriously luscious chocolate.
Veronica, hard at work!
To learn even more about us, you can also read our cooking philosophy on our meal delivery website.