Chocolate Mouth
Artisan Bonbon Chocolates for SOT Branding & Design
This project presents packaging design for an artisan bonbon chocolate brand. The visual approach moves away from traditional chocolate packaging and introduces a more playful and character based style. Custom illustrations are used to create a consistent visual system across multiple box designs and seasonal variations. Each package is designed to function as a standalone object, combining image and composition to support product presentation and recognition.
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Unique Properties
Chocolate Mouth is an artisan chocolate brand from Austin, Texas, known for its handcrafted bonbons and playful, unconventional gift boxes. The brand was created to bring personality, humor, and attitude back to chocolate - moving away from traditional, overly romantic chocolate branding. The concept was built around the spirit of Austin, a city famous for its creative culture, music, art, and the well-known phrase Keep Austin Weird.
Tags
chocolate, bonbon, packaging, illustration
Production Technology
A key part of the brand identity is the custom illustration style, created specifically for this project. Every illustration was designed from scratch and brings its own character to the packaging, ranging from playful skeletons and retro tattoos to Austin landmarks and cultural references.
Design Challenge
We created a bold and expressive visual identity that reflects Austin’s culture and the brand’s playful personality. The project included the development of: Logo Design, Brand Identity System, Packaging Design for multiple chocolate box collections, Custom Illustration System, E-commerce Website Design & Development
Project Duration
Started in August 2025 and finished in February 2026 in Texas, USA
Operation Flow
Our goal was to translate this unique energy into a brand that feels bold, expressive, and a little rebellious, while still celebrating the craft of small-batch chocolate making. The brand needed to capture: the creative and slightly chaotic energy of Austin, a strong visual personality, packaging that feels collectible, fun, and memorable, a visual system that could work across multiple themed gift boxes and seasonal drops.
Research
These illustrations create a visual language that feels alive, unconventional, and unmistakably Austin. The packaging was designed to function like mini art posters, turning each chocolate box into a collectible object rather than just a container. To support the brand experience online, we also designed and developed a custom e-commerce website that continues the same visual storytelling. The site reflects the same bold personality - colorful, playful, slightly weird, and unmistakably unique.
Inspiration
The main challenge was to create a brand that would stand out in a market dominated by traditional, elegant, and predictable chocolate packaging. Chocolate Mouth wanted something different - something that reflects real life, real emotions, and real personalities. Their chocolate is not only for holidays like Valentine’s Day or weddings. It’s for breakups, celebrations, random Tuesdays, and everything in between.
Image Credits
Olha Takhtarova
Project Overview
Chocolate Mouth Artisan Bonbon Chocolates has been a Bronze winner in the Packaging Design award category in the year 2025 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Bronze Recognition
Olha Takhtarova was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2026, a testament to excellence of their work Chocolate Mouth Artisan Bonbon Chocolates.
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