Baton Rouge native and Louisiana State University alumna Maram Khalaf teaches chemistry at Woodlawn High School, but she also runs a handcrafted artisan chocolate business, Chocolate Bijoux, with her mother, Aliaa Khalaf.

She runs the financial side of the businesses, while her mom is in charge of production.

Chocolate Bijoux specializes in jewel-like chocolates made with premium ingredients that can be ordered with specific prints and flavors for special events. Their 17 fillings are unique, including honeycomb crunch, pistachio mallow and cafe latte. The name "Chocolate Bijoux" stems from a professor's comment that the chocolate looked like jewels, or "bijoux" in French. The Khalafs wanted to honor the French culture of Louisiana with the name.

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