Its time to take my bow

Its been an interesting time in my life, complete with lots of stories that I'll be telling for years and years to come...but Joy Chocolates is officially closing up shop. Things were finally starting to look up toward the end of 2023, but 2024 brought some rough times. Enormous cost increase for cacao, massive weather related losses, a lemon of a vehicle, and for some reason America voted against having nice things in November...as a result, Joy Chocolates no longer has a path forward. 

My goal was to make the world a little nicer for everyone, and I hope I succeeded with those of you who got to experience some of my chocolate. But believe it or not, that goal was only tangentially related to chocolate. I will continue to try to make the world better...just not with chocolate anymore. 

Anyways, what can I say? I really didn't want this to happen, but we all have to find a way to keep moving. 

Enjoy life, Montana.

-Ian