6TH ANNUAL CHOCOLATE FOR CONGO WAS A SUCCESS! 

15 restaurants and bakeries in Portland participated in our annual fundraiser in 2019. Theo Chocolate continues to donate the chocolate but the big change this year is that we have a new partner organization the funds will be going to Action Kivu, along with their Congolese partner organization ABFEC, run women’s entrepreneurial programs as well as primary and secondary schools in eastern DRC. We are very excited about this new partnership and we’re thrilled that this year’s Chocolate for Congo brought in $2500 that will go towards their programs. For more info on their programs, visit actionkivu.org

6TH ANNUAL CHOCOLATE FOR CONGO BENEFIT RETURNS THIS FEBRUARY

15 Portland restaurants and bakeries to feature chocolate desserts all month to benefit Action Kivu.

Treat yourself to a fantastic dessert while contributing to a great cause with Chocolate for Congo, returning to the Portland area for its 6th year. Mouth-watering desserts made with Theo Chocolate benefit Action Kivu - investing in the women, children and communities of Congo through vocational training and education - with $1 from each dessert sale going to the organization. Theo Chocolate, which now sources more than 70% of its chocolate from the Congo, has generously donated the chocolate for the benefit. Local organization, Never Again Coalition is also sponsoring.   

The best part? Some of Portland’s best pastry chefs and award-winning restaurants are participating! These desserts are available all of February, and with 15 locations and 28 days, you can try them all—some even twice.

Participating restaurants and bakeries include:

  • Ava Gene’s

  • Baker & Spice and The Cakery

  • Bakeshop

  • Bistro Agnes

  • Canard

  • Clyde Common

  • Coquine

  • La Neta

  • Le Pigeon

  • Little Bird Bistro

  • Oui! Wine Bar + Restaurant

  • Ox

  • Pie Spot

  • Tusk

Here’s a sneak peak into what some of the pastry chefs are making:

La Neta - chocolate and corn tarts with Morita chile toasted marshmallow

Clyde Common - Victoria Hutfilz's bittersweet chocolate pecan pie, smoked vanilla bean ice cream and confit citron

Ava Gene’s - chocolate frittelle from Nora Mace

Bistro Agnes - frozen dark chocolate marquise with pistachio anglaise, candied kumquats, kumquat zested meringue and a sprinkle of Jacobsen sea salt flakes

Tusk - chocolate pistachio whoopie pies from Nora Mace

Canard - chocolate banana cream pie

Baker & Spice and The Cakery - flourless chocolate cakes

Oui! Restaurant and Wine Bar - spiced dark chocolate pot de creme, sea salt and Willamette Valley honey meringue with brown butter graham shortbread cookies from chef Althea Grey Potter

Pie Spot - chocolate-caramel corn pie

Bakeshop - chocolate persimmon tea cakes made with a combination of buckwheat and all-purpose flour, and laced with chunks of melted chocolate and orange flecks of caramelized persimmon; available at their flagship shop on NE Sandy and with select