You know, if life is like a box of
chocolates, then Clark is living
her best life and local spot
that teaches people how to make
their own custom chocolate bars.
And the sweetness doesn't stop
there. The story of how this place
came to be is just as decadent.
Clark, are you going to make a chocolate
bar living your best Willy Wonka life?
Yes, I sure am, Broma.
And I'm really happy because
this is such a unique spot.
I'm hanging out with Salvador.
You are one of the masterminds
behind this concept.
Tell me about Mosner. Paul
Mosner was originated about 15 years
ago when my partner started thinking
about this idea of making chocolate
from different parts of the world.
It's beautiful. Yes.
So we have all the chocolate that
you see here we make here in Texas.
But the beans we source from
different parts of the world
and just like wine or coffee,
it turns out different. Yeah,
absolutely. And especially when it goes
through the process of becoming the creamy,
decadent bars that we all love so much and
we're actually going to make our own today.
So I see that chocolate is pouring.
Tell me what the first step is.
No, the first step is we're going to
fill the cup with the chocolate and
then I'll set it here for you and
then you can pour it in. Yeah. OK.
So I'm going to try to
get as evenly as I can.
And this is Mexican chocolate,
right? Yes, it is.
Tell me a little bit about it.
Well, we just sourced the business
out of Mexico and then we add
about 15 to 20% of cane sugar to
it and a little cocoa butter.
So that's what. That's what it is.
And so I know that I can coat it like this.
I'm not hit it on the counter. But yeah,
I'm gonna finesse it like this today.
Yeah, very good. Very, very good.
Now you can add any toppings
to it if you want. OK.
And this is what we have.
And so all the toppings,
I know we have walnuts, almonds,
but down here we've got some coconuts.
And this is pineapple.
That's pineapple. Yeah.
So cool. And so I know Mosna.
It's more than chocolate.
It's actually the name of a little monkey.
Yes, it is.
That's in your life.
Tell me about that. Well,
you know, the story goes that
it's three friends that we met in
high school and one of them is an
is happens to be an illustrator.
So he came up with the idea of the
monkey and all the the adventures
of the monkey with the chocolate.
And that's what Mosna is, a Polish word.
It means you can. So that's our model.
So we're we say we can and that's
what we're trying to do here.
That's beautiful and absolutely
yes you can because this location
has not been open super long.
You're pretty new to this area downtown.
Tell me how that experience has been
for you. Oh, it's it's been kind of
hard because you know this the road has
been closed for for road work, Broadway.
And what happens is we don't get
as many customers as we like,
you know, because of the road work.
And that's been a struggle for us.
And now they're telling us
they're going to close up the.
Yeah, right. So it's been kind of a tough,
a tough go, but hopefully this inspires
people to want to give you a try.
This is so awesome.
And then you also have all of these
chocolates from all around the world.
So you have chocolates from Vietnam. Yes.
I mean, that's incredible.
You don't even think
about because you think of, you know,
Vietnam is a swampy place and all that.
But they have this amazing cacao
that we use and they have also
amazing coffee beans, 100%. Salvador,
thank you so much for having me in your
chocolate shop this morning.
I'm going to try this one.
So this is a piece of chocolate from Vietnam.
Actually, the cacao is from Vietnam.
And then they make the chocolate
here locally. But Roma, Paul,
would you give this a try?
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Especially hearing the story.
It's so cute
and personal to them.
And, yeah, really incredible to have
cacao from different regions of the world.
Yeah, from Vietnam,
from wherever you want to bring it.
I'll eat it. I'll eat that.
You are a chocolate connoisseur.
I love chocolate.
Don't you like chocolate?
I like it, but I don't eat a lot of it.
But, I mean, it's delicious.
Well, I mean,
I don't need a whole lot of it,
but I like it, you know?