Handcrafted bean-to-bar organic chocolates, pralines and roasted coffees from Rostock

Schokoladerie de Prie

Rostock (Stadthafen) · Rostock-Schmarl · Warnemünde · Stralsund · Güstrow · SchwerinNew on Amplifa

2005Opening at Rostock's Stadthafen

e.K., GmbH from 2020Legal form

6 branchesLocations (peak)

2016Start of bean-to-bar production

2023Sale of partnership shares

About the Schokoladerie de Prie

The Schokoladerie de Prie was an artisanal chocolate manufacturer from Rostock, founded in 2005 by Ullrich Deprie at Rostock's Stadthafen (city harbor). The company produced handmade chocolates and pralines and, starting in 2016, produced its own chocolate couvertures in a bean-to-bar process from organically certified cocoa beans. In 2017 an own coffee roastery was added at the Rostock-Schmarl site, where production had been located since 2013 in the former ferry house. The products were sold through a network of branches under the name Schokoladenhaus (Chocolate House) in Warnemünde, Stralsund, Güstrow, Schwerin and Rostock as well as through take-away sales; the company also took part in national trade fairs such as Anuga, Grüne Woche (Green Week) and Internorga and was preparing a listing in food retail. Awards include the Existenzgründerpreis (start-up prize) of the Ostseezeitung (2008), 3rd place at the German Chocolate Masters (2010) and the Süßer Stern in Gold (2011). In 2020, the e.K. was converted into a GmbH; in 2023 the founder stepped down as managing director and sold his partnership shares.

Site: Reinshagen
Processes: Handcrafted chocolates and pralines, Bean-to-bar organic chocolate production, Coffee roastery, Chocolate seminars (VHS Rostock adult education center), Take-away sales
Materials: Bean-to-Bar Organic Chocolate, Pralines, Coffee
Certificates: ISO 9001
Founded: 2005
Industries: Food/Confectionery, Retail

01
Procurement of cocoa beans (organic quality)
02
Roasting and processing into chocolate couvertures (bean-to-bar)
03
Handcrafting of chocolates and pralines
04
Coffee roasting
05
Distribution via branches and take-away sales

Products and Processes

B2B

Bean-to-Bar Organic Chocolate

Own chocolate couvertures made from organically certified cocoa beans, produced since 2016.

PRAL

Pralines

Original handcrafted pralines, such as sea buckthorn and elderflower truffles.

KAFFEE

Coffee

Own coffee roasting at the Rostock-Schmarl production site.

Locations

Rostock Stadthafen

Head office and production

Materials: Chocolate, pralines

Rostock-Schmarl

Production site (former ferry house), coffee roastery, take-away sales

Materials: Chocolate, coffee

Warnemünde

Retail branch (Warnemünde Chocolate House)

Stralsund

Retail branch (Stralsund Chocolate House)

Güstrow

Retail branch (Güstrow Chocolate House)

Schwerin

Retail branch (Schwerin Chocolate House)

Products

**Bean-to-Bar Organic Chocolate**Bean-to-bar · Food

**Sea Buckthorn and Elderflower Truffles**Handcrafting · Confectionery

**Colorful Truffle Pralines**Handcrafting · Confectionery

Inside the production

Zodiac chocolate molds from the collection

Industries

Food/ConfectioneryRetail

Additional services

Handcrafted chocolates and pralinesBean-to-bar organic chocolate productionCoffee roasteryChocolate seminars (VHS Rostock adult education center)Take-away sales

Quality

The Schokoladerie worked artisanally with its own organic-quality chocolate couvertures; no certifications are documented.

Evidence	Rostock
ISO 9001

History

2004
Preparations for founding the Schokoladerie
2005
Opening of the Schokoladerie de Prie at Rostock's Stadthafen
2006
Expansion of the production space
2007
Preparation of the expansion into a branch network
2008
Opening of the Warnemünde Chocolate House; start-up prize of the Ostseezeitung
2009
Expansion of the production space
2010
Opening of the Stralsund Chocolate House; 3rd place at the German Chocolate Masters
2011
Süßer Stern in Gold as Germany's most beautiful chocolate shop (Sweet Global Network)
2012
Opening of the Güstrow Chocolate House
2013
Production site in the former ferry house in Rostock-Schmarl; Süßer Stern in Silver for Rostock-Stadthafen
2014
Opening of the Schwerin Chocolate House; entrepreneur honors in Rostock
2015
Establishment of take-away sales in Rostock-Schmarl
2016
Establishment of bean-to-bar production
2017
Setup of the coffee roastery in Rostock-Schmarl
2018
Opening of a retail branch in Rostock's KTC
2019
Participation in national trade fairs (Anuga, Grüne Woche, Internorga, Handwerksmesse); preparation of the listing in food retail
2020
Conversion of the e.K. into a GmbH as of 01.01.2020
2023
Departure of Ullrich Deprie as managing director and sale of partnership shares