Your Christmas chocolate is probably tainted. Here’s a Christian response

I handed the worn wooden spoon to the 10-year-old, like passing a baton to the next runner. His little brother looked on wide-eyed as he plunged it deep into the smooth, buttery mixture, swirling it around the curves of the bowl. Our favorite candy bars lay scattered across the kitchen table as part of our research into modern-day slavery in the chocolate industry. Their shiny wrappers remained unopened in favour of the baking chocolate we were using from Chocolate Tree in Scotland. Organic Scottish Craft Chocolate | Chocolate Tree (choctree.co.uk)

The company is one of many on a worldwide list of ethical chocolatiers found on Slave Free Chocolate. It was a small step of solidarity, but hope felt palpable now that it had a scent, a texture. We had decided on our favorite treats and were learning to make them ourselves beginning with fudge. The boys were all in as we mixed and tasted, the bittersweet aroma of empowerment rising.