Nuance Chocolate

Nuance Chocolate Nuance Chocolate
The Fort Collins Chocolate Maker. Crafting authentic, bean-to-bar chocolate with ethically sourced cacao and uncompromising artistry.

Visit our Old Town shop or browse nuancechocolate.com. Authentic, honest, spirited bean-to-bar chocolate, made straight from beans roasted and ground in Old Town Fort Collins, Colorado.

A dozen years of roasting, cracking, winnowing, and sharing single-origin cacao right here in Old Town! We’re so proud t...
10/06/2026

A dozen years of roasting, cracking, winnowing, and sharing single-origin cacao right here in Old Town! We’re so proud to carry this craft forward, and to say thank you to our incredible community, we’re throwing a big anniversary weekend:

✈️ Buy One, Get One FREE Tasting Flights (Oct 9th–11th Only): Pull up a chair, order a single-origin chocolate flight, and the second one is on us! Bring a friend and taste your way around the world side-by-side.

👕 $12 T-Shirts & Canvas Totes: Grab our signature merch for twelve bucks all weekend!

🏷️ 10% Off Pantry Goods: Ground chocolate, cocoa powder, Theo, nibs, Magic Beans, and jars of Gianduja spread! (Excludes bars, truffles, and to-go flights).

✨ Staff-Crafted Limited Drops: An exclusive anniversary bar, limited-edition truffle, and a custom sticker illustrated by a member of our team, available while supplies last!

🗓️ BOGO Flights & Anniversary Specials: Friday, October 9th – Sunday, October 11th

Fall is in full swing, and our calendar is packed with pairings, celebrations, and downtown strolls all month long! Mark...
10/03/2026

Fall is in full swing, and our calendar is packed with pairings, celebrations, and downtown strolls all month long! Mark your calendars and come hang out with us:

🍯 10/4 — Chocolate & Mead Pairing: An interactive guided tasting matching single-origin chocolate with craft meads. (Ticketed)

🎂 10/9–10/11 — Nuance 12th Anniversary Weekend: BOGO tasting flights at the counter, $12 tees & totes, 10% off select pantry goods, and exclusive staff-crafted limited drops!

🚶‍♂️ 10/16 — Downtown Foodie Walk: Taste something fun and explore Old Town!

🧀 10/27 — W**e Pairing: An evening exploring curated w**e and chocolate profiles. (Ticketed)

🐮 Bonus Pop-Up: We’re also planning another pop-up trip up to this month! The date is still TBD, so stay tuned.

Guided pairing seats fill up quickly; head to the link in our bio (or nuancechocolate.com > Events) to grab your tickets and check out the details!

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Looking for your next chocolate adventure? 🗓️🍫✨Between tasting flights, craft collaborations, and special weekend pop-up...
10/02/2026

Looking for your next chocolate adventure? 🗓️🍫✨

Between tasting flights, craft collaborations, and special weekend pop-ups, we always have something fun on the calendar across Northern Colorado.

We just added an Events tab to our website so you can see everything coming up in one spot!

Right now on the lineup:

🍯 Chocolate & Mead Pairing with MeadKrieger (Oct 4)

🎂 Nuance 12th Anniversary Weekend (Oct 9–11) with BOGO flights & limited drops!

Plus upcoming tastings, workshops, and community events.

Tap the link in our bio, or head to Events on nuancechocolate.com, and grab your tickets before seats fill up!

Better for the planet, better in your favorite mug. 🤎🌱✨There’s something extra comforting about sipping rich hot cocoa o...
09/30/2026

Better for the planet, better in your favorite mug. 🤎🌱✨

There’s something extra comforting about sipping rich hot cocoa out of a mug you already love.

Bring your own reusable cup or tumbler next time you stop by 214 Pine St., and we’ll fill it up with your favorite made-to-order café drink at a discount!

It keeps single-use cups out of the trash, keeps your pour piping hot (or refreshingly cold), and leaves a little extra in your pocket.

Grab your go-to travel mug and come see us in Old Town today!


Crafting bean-to-bar chocolate creates plenty of organic material, and we make sure none of it goes to waste.Through our...
09/27/2026

Crafting bean-to-bar chocolate creates plenty of organic material, and we make sure none of it goes to waste.

Through our partnership with , our daily scraps get turned into nutrient-rich compost:

🪣 1,190 lbs diverted from the landfill

📉 785 lbs of CO₂ emissions avoided

🛑 28 lbs of methane prevented

🚗 996 miles worth of emissions offset

🌱 Equivalent to growing 7.9 tree seedlings

Whatever roasted cacao husks we can’t use or divert to Compost Queen doesn't get thrown out, either. The City of Fort Collins Parks Department picks them up to use as natural mulch in the public downtown flowerbeds alongside !

If you’ve ever walked past the Old Town planters and noticed a faint aroma of rich roasted chocolate, now you know why.

Thank you, FoCo, for helping us keep our footprint as clean as our ingredient list. Next time you're downtown, take a sniff near the flowerbeds!

Cozy autumn treats have officially landed on the shelves at 214 Pine St.! 🫖🍂✨☕ Dirty Chai Enrobed Espresso: Freshly roa...
09/25/2026

Cozy autumn treats have officially landed on the shelves at 214 Pine St.! 🫖🍂✨

☕ Dirty Chai Enrobed Espresso: Freshly roasted Wander Coffee espresso beans enrobed in creamy milk chocolate and dusted with our house chai spice blend. Crisp dark roast crunch meets autumn warmth and an energetic lift.

🫘 Chai Magic Cacao Beans: Whole single-origin cacao beans from a bird-friendly Dominican farm, enrobed in creamy milk chocolate and blended with our warming house chai spices for a smooth, aromatic crunch.

Come in and grab a bag!

Calling all doodlers, line-drawers, and plant lovers! We’re teaming up with for a relaxing Sunday morning ceramics wor...
09/22/2026

Calling all doodlers, line-drawers, and plant lovers! We’re teaming up with for a relaxing Sunday morning ceramics workshop right here at 214 Pine St.

You’ll pick out a handmade greenware planter pot, paint it with colorful ceramic slips, and use carving tools to etch away your own custom patterns using the dynamic art of Sgraffito. It’s a rhythmic, meditative craft that anyone can enjoy—no pottery experience needed!

Your piece will be professionally kiln-fired and returned to the shop in a few weeks, completely vitrified and ready to house your favorite houseplant.

Event Details:

🗓️ Date: Sunday, September 27th

⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

🎟️ Tickets: $45 (Includes your ceramic planter, all carving supplies, firing, and a Nuance drink token!)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slip-n-carved-sgraffito-flower-pots-nuance-chocolate-tickets-1998256006507?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Celebrating two favorites before they leave the shelf. One of the most beautiful parts of true bean-to-bar craft is that...
09/22/2026

Celebrating two favorites before they leave the shelf.

One of the most beautiful parts of true bean-to-bar craft is that cacao is an agricultural crop; it shifts with the seasons, the harvests, and changing crop years.

Right now, we’re preparing to say farewell to the final bar batches of two long-running single-origin favorites:

Ecuador (Esmeraldas): Trinitario and Forastero cacao from the northwestern coastal forests of Ecuador. Smooth, dense, and deeply comforting, with the sacred familiarity of a chocolate chip cookie’s crispy edges, low acidity, and a touch of browned-butter bitterness.

Papua New Guinea: Unlike the common sun-drying method, this unique cacao is dried over open fires. It opens with the savory tang of tamarind and finishes with a subtle touch of smoke—surprisingly complex for a Forastero, with very limited bitterness.

What’s Next: We’re hard at work establishing an exciting direct-trade partnership with growers in Ecuador, so we hope to welcome Ecuadorian cacao back to our lineup in a fresh way sometime next year.

(And don’t panic if you miss the very last bar on the counter; we did pour a few Santas for the holiday season! 🎅🍫)

this Friday's Downtown Foodie Walk (September 18th), we’re running a historic side-by-side tasting experiment at 214 Pin...
09/17/2026

this Friday's Downtown Foodie Walk (September 18th), we’re running a historic side-by-side tasting experiment at 214 Pine St. that explores the invisible science of fermentation! 🔬

For the first time in Nuance history, and what we believe is one of the first documented cacao fermentations ever attempted in Colorado. We took raw cacao beans from Hawaii and fermented them right here using native Front Range wild airborne yeasts and bacteria.

Now, you get to be the judge:

🌺 The Control: Hawaiian cacao beans fermented professionally at origin in Hawaii by the grower.

🏔️ The Experiment: The identical Hawaiian harvest fermented by our team in Colorado using local Front Range microbes.

We roasted, stone-ground, and crafted both batches into single-origin chocolate at our factory. Taste them side by side to discover firsthand how distinct regional microorganisms reshape the flavor of finished chocolate.

Stop by this Friday evening, grab a sample of each, and taste the difference! 🍫

We're packing up our favorite bean-to-bar treats and heading back out to this Saturday, September 19th!🍂✨🐮We’ll have a ...
09/16/2026

We're packing up our favorite bean-to-bar treats and heading back out to this Saturday, September 19th!🍂✨🐮

We’ll have a pop-up chocolate table loaded with bars and goodies so you can grab some treats while exploring the ranch. If you want to get up close to brush, feed, and pet the fluffy miniature highland cows, make sure to grab a ticket through Rocky Ridge ahead of time!

(Please note: this is a casual pop-up, not a guided tasting flight).

🗓️ When: Saturday, September 19th

📍 Where: Rocky Ridge Farms

🐮 Cow Petting Tickets: Available via Rocky Ridge!

Address

214 Pine Street
Fort Collins, CO
80524

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 7pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 8pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

(970) 484-2330

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