

“I am so excited to partner with such a great family, they are wonderful. Clayton says that the association with another family fits perfectly with the feeling behind the brand. “We had conversation after conversation and found that this was going to be a perfect fit with all parties involved.”Ĭuppa Yo is known for its family atmosphere and fun, energetic environments. “The whole deal grew out of a very organic situation,” Clayton recalled. The Weaver duo first came into contact thanks to a Facebook announcement about the launch of the franchise.

The store will be based in Buckeye.Īccording to Keith Clayton, owner of Cuppa Yo, the deal was achieved through community connections combined with longtime patronage of the store. The first franchisees to join the growing network are husband and wife team Steve and Lois Weaver. Not to mention, our own backyard! So keep your chocolate taste buds ready.The new franchise agreement will take Cuppa Yo outside of its home state for the first time in the company’s history.įold, OR ( There’s a cup of good news for fans of frozen yogurt and sweets: Oregon-based frozen yogurt shop cup i just sold its first franchise, bringing the franchise to Arizona for the first time. Some of the inspiration we're feeling right now for future chocolate includes flavors from Greece, Italy, France & England. dark chocolate truffle with chai spices, organic orange + Triple Sec orange liqueur. We were also thinking of India, because we adore the Indian rose water drink called bandung! Also from India? Our Ommm. We drew on the Middle East for our Rosie Posey dark chocolate truffles infused with Lebanese rose water. From Germany we created Planet Marz, our dark chocolate truffles infused with almond + Kirsch cherry liqueur. Italy inspired our espresso-based truffles Cuppa Joe and it's cousin, Godfather with espresso + almond and rum.
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From Japan, it's Sumos Never Sleep truffles with Japanese matcha green tea.

From China, we created Gung Ho Mandarin orange + ginger dark chocolate fudge truffles. Asian-inspired truffles are some of our favorites. Still in tropical mode, the amazing gingers in Thailand led us to invent Gilligan's Fave ginger-infused dark chocolate fudge truffles. Hang Loose island coconut dark chocolate fudge truffles were created with a Hawai'ian state of mind. Latin America inspired one of our newest flavors, E=MC Squared, which are triple shot Columbian dark chocolate truffles. In the Caribbean, we dreamed of Yo-Ho-Ho made with dark rum. Ireland is the spark behind Kiss Blarney, our peppermint + rum dark chocolate fudge truffle.Ĭanada inspired our best-selling maple dark chocolate fudge truffle, Blame Canada, which merges puremaple syrup from Canada & Vermont. French also has French almond.Įarl Grey Jones is as proper a truffle as a pot of good tea in England. French is topped with gourmet fleur-de-sel sea salt, and Mrs. Likewise Razzmanian Devil, which also makes us think of France with its organic black raspberry and Chambord raspberry liqueur. The Pacific Northwest had a hand in Bo Peep, our 88% dark chocolate truffles with organic black raspberry. The Southwestern USA inspired Hottie, our dark chocolate fudge truffle with cinnamon + New Mexican red chili (or chile as we say here in Albuquerque!) Mexico was part of the spark being Hottie as well,and also behind Naked Hottie dark chocolate fudge truffle infused with Mexican canela cinnamon. California had us dreaming of Lemon Shiver, our organic California lemon dark chocolate truffles. The American Mid-West and Grandma's pies gave us the idea for Love Potion #10 dark chocolate truffles with organic strawberry + cinnamon. Why, the world is our oyster.er, our chocolate! Here's the global story behind the yumminess:Īll-American inspiration created these Cocopotamus chocolate flavors: Cupcake classic dark chocolate truffle, Holy Cow dark-dipped milk chocolate truffles, and Santa's Addiction peppermint dark chocolate fudge truffles. We start with wanting to keep alive the great American tradition of fudge - albeit a modern version! We draw flavor ideas from All-American food traditions, and from regions of this country. Here in the CocoKitchen, we create our handmade chocolate fudge truffles from a variety ofinspirations.
