CEO, Askinosie Chocolate
Askinose Chocolate
Shawn Askinosie had a successful career in criminal law for nearly 20 years before founding Askinosie Chocolate. Over the years, he had a number of cases that garnered national media attention and never lost a criminal jury trial. Since founding Askinosie Chocolate, Askinosie’s social business model has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times and numerous other publications.
Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate manufacturer with 15 full time employees located in Springfield, MO, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from the farmers. Askinosie travels to regions of Ecuador, Honduras, the Philippines and Tanzania to work directly with the farmers and source cocoa beans for his chocolate. Askinosie Chocolate profit shares with the farmers, giving them a Stake In the OutcomeTM. The Askinosie Chocolate mission is to serve their farmers, their neighborhood, their customers and each other, sharing the Askinosie Chocolate experience by leaving the world a better place than they found it.