Louis Barnett, from Kinver, Staffs, left school aged 11 after being diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia and began making chocolates at home.
New contracts have meant he has had to expand his firm Chokolit and has moved to a factory in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
He has taken on new staff, including his parents Phil and Mary Barnett.
Louis said: "I've always been a very foody person and conscious of where my food comes from.
"I've been doing bits of baking and making cakes with my mum since I was about four or five and really it was just one of my passions."
The young entrepreneur started out with a 12oz (340 gram) chocolate machine, making one mould at a time for family and friends.
'Huge risk'
Now he produces hundreds of chocolates and has won contracts to supply Sainsbury's and Waitrose at Christmas.'
