The Babe of Bon Bon Bon

Podcast

Feb 15

In today's episode of SLOW MO with Urban You, Nicole chats with Alex, of Bon Bon Bon. Alexandra Clark's culinary education began at a young age and was encouraged by her grandfather, who was known to eat two king-sized candy bars for lunch.

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In today's episode on SLOW-MO with Urban You, Nicole Nicole chats with Alex, of Bon Bon Bon.

Alexandra Clark’s culinary education began at a young age and was encouraged by her grandfather, who was known to eat two king-sized candy bars for lunch. Her wonder and enthusiasm as a youngster carried over into her formal education when she attended Michigan State University, studying Hospitality Business & Food Processing Technology. After receiving her chocolate certificate from The French Pastry School of Chicago, she left the country on a full-ride scholarship to New Zealand’s prestigious Massey University.

After traveling and studying around the world, Alex moved home to open Bon Bon Bon in 2013. Challenging the industry’s status quo, Alex and her team, known as The Babes Babes Babes, garnered national acclaim, including a nod by Forbes Magazine as one of ‘30 under 30” and one of the best chocolate companies by Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and Bloomberg.

“Being a chocolatier was the only career that I was ever dead set on.”

— Alex

How did Alex start Bon Bon Bon?

With money from a taxi accident that she was in (leaving a chocolate show), Clark opened up her experiment of a shop in the back room of a Coney (read “diner” if youʼre not from Detroit) across the street from her best friendʼs grandpaʼs house.

What is the heartbeat of Bon Bon Bon?

“In our tiny hand-u-factory, internationally trained artisan confiseurs (known on our street as "The Babes Babes Babes") use classic French technique in conjunction with a little Detroit ingenuity, a lot of local ingredients, and some artistic interpretation to create flavors that range from classic (Nonpareils), to bizarre (Hot Cheetoh!), familiar (Coffee & Donuts), to exotic (Black Truffle), all-candy to all-chocolate.

Blending seven very different, yet equally fantastic chocolates each Bon Bon Bon packs two polite bites (or, one less-than-polite bite. We don't judge!) of big, bon flavor.

We believe that good people deserve good chocolate and we are absolutely honored to serve our home-sweet-Hamtramck and the rest of this great city doing what we do best.

Bon Bon Bons are "good goodies" that don't need all the ribbons and lace. No ruffly paper cups, wax-molded bunnies, models in chef coats or couture caramels. Just good chocolate. Good chocolate made from good things for the good people of the Motor City and the world 'round.”