
A boutique chocolate company, providing handmade chocolates and cakes

Ebru Ipekci '93
Owner
Butterfly Chocolate is a world-class prestigious boutique chocolate brand featuring handmade chocolate collections and pastries. The sweet treats are sold online and at four trendy cafés in Istanbul, Turkey. Influenced by global trends and seasons, Butterfly features new chocolate creations throughout the year.
Right after graduation, I started working for Chase Manhattan Bank in Istanbul. After 2 years, I realized that I didn’t enjoy working in an established company repeating similar tasks all the time. I was urged to create something from zero and grow it without any boundaries. After searching for a gap in a niche market, I noticed that there were no cookbooks published in Turkey which had pictures for recipes. So I found myself a partner who graduated from Cordon Bleu and who wanted to write a cookbook as well. After our second cookbook, we decided to create a trademark which would help sell our cookbooks and vice versa. At that point, we noticed that there were no artisanal chocolate shops in Turkey. Butterfly Chocolate was born to fill this need.
