#20 From Russia with Love. Yana Yakhens, Only Child Chocolates

Yana Yakhens started out at a baking company in Portland, Oregon, but always wanted to break out on her own. She had been experimenting with chocolate for some time and loved it for its qualities as well as the taste. The fat and oils help it maintain its taste through processing and makes it a favorite for food product developers. Her first idea was the HeartBreaker that she produced for Valentine's Day. Along with the chocolate heart, the package contains a hammer made by her husband - a true family affair - that the recipient uses to smash open the heart. A true "hustle" and reflective of Yana's entrepreneurial spirit. But custom products like that can't get a business to volume, so the company's main business is unusual chocolate bars. "Rosemary and ginger walk into a bar" is a great example of a unique combination of flavors, a great name and hand-crafted looking packaging for the bar that Only Child offers. "There's so much joy around us in life" Yana says, and her chocolate bars show that and offer her philosophy to those who enjoy her bars.

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