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The Origin Story of Baker's Chocolate
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Baker's Chocolate Today
The Baker's Chocolate business was known as "Chocolate Village" to the locals of Dorchester. It is now owned by the famous conglomerate of Kraft Heinz. You can buy it in almost every store around the U.S. The original factory where it all started sitting in Lower Mills is now known as the Dorchester/Milton Lower Mills Industrial Complex. One room starts at $2,500 a month to stay there.
An interesting fact to finish this story is the impact it had on its locals. There are many who remember spending their childhood in the Baker's Chocolate area. A common distinct sense to this memory is the smell of the delicious chocolate at all times. To this day, people appreciate the glorious and tasty wonders of Baker's Chocolate.
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James Baker was born on September 5, 1739. He graduated from Harvard University in 1760 for ministry. Following along that path, he tried studying theology. While in this field, he provided for himself as a schoolteacher. This left him unprepared enough to continue in ministry, so he pursued the field of medicine. This did not suit him, however, and he soon found that the chocolate business was abundant with success. So partnered with an Irish man named John Hannon magnificently informed in the manufacturing of chocolate, Baker started a business in Dorchester run off the mills of Neposet River. John Hannon mainly owned the business and so it was named Hannon's Best Chocolate. For almost 20 years they expanded their business together until John Hannon quite literally disappeared on an overseas voyage to the West Indies. Hannon's wife gave the business over to Baker and the name was changed to Baker's Chocolate. After about four decades of running Baker's Chocolate business, Baker stepped down and handed it off to his son Edward. About 30 years later on January 2, 1825, John Baker, "the King of Cocoa," passed away.
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Old-Time Classic Baker's Chocolate Commerical
Sources:
Fink, Bailey. "Baker's Chocolate Wasn't Actually Created for Baking—Here's How it Got its Name." allrecipes. Published March 8, 2023. https://www.allrecipes.com/how-did-bakers-chocolate-get-its-name-7229036#:~:text=The%20Baker's%20Chocolate%20company%20was,cocoa%20beans%20and%20making%20chocolate.
White, Anna. "Dorchester History Lesson: Baker Chocolate Factory." CaughtInDot. Published November 15, 2021. https://caughtindot.com/dorchester-history-lesson-baker-chocolate-factory/
Orcutt, William Dana. "Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893." pg. 321. Cambridge, 1893. Dorchester Atheneum 2. https://dorchesteratheneum2.wordpress.com/baker-chocolate-and-james-baker-1739-1825/
Stevens, Peter F. "James Baker and John Hannon: pioneer chocolatemeisters." Dorchester Reporter. Published February 16, 2012. https://www.dotnews.com/2012/james-baker-and-john-hannon-pioneer-chocolatemeisters
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