In 2004, Sarah Hart started playing with chocolate recipes, creating iconic molds and painting them in edible gold leaf. She perfected these treats the hard way, through trial and error. Instead of enrolling in culinary school, she found an instructor to come to her home. Soon thereafter, Alma Chocolate was born.

The name Alma comes from Sarah's grandmother, Alma Hart. She taught Sarah to bake pies – and how to nourish others through a love of good food. Alma means spirit, or soul, in Latin. Combine that with the root word for chocolate, Theobroma, meaning food of the gods, and you've got one divinely edible concept.