Chocolate Pearls Chocolate Pearls (Brown Pearls) first made an appearance upon the fashion scene when the Ballerina Pearl Company developed a unique process for bleaching Tahitian pearls. Though there are not naturally occurring pearls in nature, several methods are used by jewelers to create chocolate pearls that will not fade. Chocolate pearls are, in fact, treated, and talked about heat, bleach, and “possibly something else, too. Their rich, earth-tones are at their most dramatic when offset by gleaming gold settings and pave white or chocolate colored brown diamonds.