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Category: Chocolatiers and Shops [Edit]
Neighborhood: Marina/Cow HollowMon-Thu. 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sun. 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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This is my go-to place to get my 'quick' chocolate fix. (my other option would be driving to Santa Cruz for Donnelly Chocolate)
Their chocolate selection is great. Really live up to their tag line 'The World's Greatest Chocolate'. Granted there are still a lot of the very best chocolates they do not carry, everything they offer is the finest.
Some of my favorites ones
Christopher Elbow (U.S.) - Banana Curry, Bananas Foster. (They actually have a store in the city, recommend visiting their store for a better selection.)
Norman Love (U.S.) - Peanut Butter, White Chocolate Truffle.
Thomas Haas (Canada) - Lime-Cachaca
Oriol Balaguer (Spain) - Caramelo Sal
..... and many more that were gone so fast that I didn't have time to note down the names
One time I had a soy sauce flavor chocolate that really took me by surprise. The saltiness blended really well with the dark chocolate. I think it was a seasonal flavor and unfortunately I forgot who the maker is. If anyone remember please let me know.
So many delicious treats to choose from! I love the truffles here. I have turned many of my chocolate-loving friends onto the awesomeness of CocoaBella... Yummy liquid chocolate? Check. Great chocolates from local chocolatiers? Check. Great chocolates from around the world? Check. Need some chocolate to go with a great bottle of wine for a romantic snack with your sweetie? Need a tiny sugar high after a trying work day? CocoaBella is your place. I like that you can get as many or as little pieces as you want.
But I think the best part about CocoaBella is that I once needed a box of chocolate for my last day at work. Unfortunately, Muni was being totally uncooperative, and I was most likely going to get to the store at 6:05-6:10pm, after trying to go to the store the day before and discovering that they close at 6pm (I think they should expand their hours, on at least one weekday night). I called them and the girl told be she'd still be cleaning up so if I just knocked on the door she'd sell me my boxes of chocolates. Well, it was great for them, since it forever earned them a place in my excellent service hall of fame, I spent a somewhat hefty amount, and my former co-workers were wowed by the flavorful chocolates and it earned them a handful new customers.
So many options! Anyone that appreciates chocolate even a little will find something in this shop.
They organize chocolates by the country they were imported from (most of mine were Canadian), but each country's section has a wide variety of options.
Yeah, it's a pricey place, but what do you expect? It's a shop full of imported chocolates.
My favorite that I had was from the Sea Salt Vanilla from the Canadian section. It was filled with a gooey caramel, and upon eating it I was quite disappointed that I hadn't saved it for last...
Great little shop in the Westfield shopping center, they do not make their chocolates but carry a variety of different producers'; the thing I enjoy the least here is making the selections; in addition to chocolates, their hot chocolate drinks are yum, and perfect for the winter.
A true chocolate shop in the tradition of Parisian chocolatiers, but in San Francisco! The best selection of dark chocolates in the area, especially dark chocolate covered almonds and pretzel balls. Try the hot chocolate with hazelnut - dark and spicy, yum!
Favorite SF chocolate shop. Usually get Christoper Elbow (Balsamic Strawberry!) plus assorted other chocolatiers. Nicer to go to Union Street than the Emporium; I bought $300 in gift boxes last Christmas, but they would not give even one free sample with that purchase. Union Street is much more friendly.
CocoaBella, you had me at "try a free sample."
Not only is this the best chocolate I've had in San Francisco, it's also some of the best chocolate I've ever had. And yes, I've been to Belgium and had world class chocolates. And yes, I've lived in France and tried the best Paris has to offer. Basically, CocoaBella has chocolates imported from all over the world and brings them together in one convenient location so that you can save all of that flight money and put it towards buying chocolate.
Unlike many chocolate boutiques, all of the chocolates taste as good as they look. And their selection is impressive to say the least. I think when they were coming up with the concept for their store, they made a list of everything you can put in a chocolate and decided to stock at least one of each. From traditionals like dark chocolate or hazelnut truffles to non-traditionals like olive oil or cayenne pepper treats, they have something for everyone. A perfect place for picking up a gift that tells your friends and relatives "I'm classy, and you're lucky."
Also, the customer service was impeccable. Quick, attentive, and patient as I was being extremely picky and saying no to about 1/2 of her suggestions. Even after pacing back and forth through the store roughly 246 times trying to find my ideal chocolate selections she kept a smile on her face and stuck with me.
It's a problem when I can go through a 20 piece box in a day and a half, and that's when I was exercising some self control! Otherwise they would've been gone in an hour flat. It's also a problem when as soon as I'm done, I go onto their website to find out how I can get more. Didn't you hear? Chocolate's the new crack.
I ventured into Cocoa Bella while on my way through the stores on my list for the Union Street Bridal Ring. The service was absolutely awful.
You would think that with tons of brides-to-be walking in and out of their store they would have tried to seem warm and welcoming, but no.
There were samples displayed on one large table, just like in ever other store we had visited on this day, but at this store no one asked if we needed help or showed us around the store. SO, my sister (aka Maid of Honor) took our time reading the individual descriptions of each chocolate available on the table. I picked one up and took a small bite ..only to be approached and rudely told "Mam those are NOT samples!!!!!" by a snotty middle aged balding man. Well, please excuse me but there are no signs and no one to tell me otherwise until I dared to pick one up! The man rolled his eyes at me and insisted I had over the chocolate. I told him there should be a sign or at least someone standing by to make sure customers don't make the same mistake I did.
Something is wrong with your customer service when a potential customer is greeted for the first time by a rude and embarrassing remark.
Their store and their chocolate left a terrible taste in my mouth.
Walk past the doors and you will think you died and went to artisan chocolate heaven.
The woman that helped me was very friendly and so knowledgeable about the product it really helped in guiding what to get (it's hard to narrow down when there are about 500 tasty chocolates staring you in the face). And the chocolate does not disappoint - melt in your mouth deliciousness!
They offer an amazing selection.
An assortment of chocolates from an assortment of chocolatiers from around the world. Each chocolate is a bit different and each is amazing. They have some usual flavors, but also some that are out of this world (such as Jamaican Spice, Yuzu, and Banana Split).
My personal favorite = caramel fleur de sel.
For the longest time I thought, wow, San Francisco has some amazing chocolatiers - Joseph Schmidt, Recchiuti, Ghirardelli, Guittard. It's also great to know that there's a store to get quality chocolates from European artisan chocolatiers that are amazing. The thing that I first noticed about the chocolates they sell at Cocoa Bella was that they were small pieces of art...they're almost hard to eat because they look so nice - they come in different shapes and colors and are meant to be pleasing to the eye; besides being great to look at, they are also perfect in your mouth - they really taste amazing! The selection is also great - milk chocolate, dark chocolate, truffles, with/without nuts, with exotic spices, etc. They have the perfect assortment so that there's something for everyone.
While I can't really remember my favorite chocolates because there are so many, I can recommend something else they have in the store - awesome hot chocolate. I prefer the Dark Hot Chocolate - if you're a chocoholic like me, you'll enjoy the creamy rich and bittersweet taste of their hot chocolate. I also had their Peanut Butter Dark Hot Chocolate and that blew me away too!
If you've never been to this place or have just been curious, you have to try it out!
yum. I love chocolate, and this place has some good chocolates.
The boutique setting is super cute and their service is exceptionally friendly. They have pre made boxes, which for gift giving is easy and perfect. All the chocolate looks amazing, and from what I sampled, the chocolate is amazing.
Delicious, fine chocolate collections from around the world in dark and milk varieties by themselves with nuts or layered in fruits and liqueurs. You can pay to try before buying or choose based on how lovely each one is. It took me several trips before I found my favorites. This location is less crowded than the downtown one so you get more time to peruse.
Purchase prepacked boxes for $10, $30 and $55 or build your own box of 20 pieces, which is calculated by weight. The build-your-own usually averages between $30-45. My favorites include Christopher Elbow (rasberry, passion fruit), Michael Cluizel (champignon caramel, framboise), Pralinieur Van Collie (lemon cup), Thomas Haas (lychee) and the dark chocolate turtles.
Oh. My. Goodness. Gracious.
The scene: fat kid with 20/20 vision lured into store, frozen-yogurt-in-hand, by sign many feet away touting DIY chocolate.
The reality: Said sign actually promoted HOT chocolate, but nonetheless fk had fallen hook line and sinker.
The staff: TOO helpful and attentive, as fk really wanted HOURS undisturbed to peruse millions of cocoa concoctions (chilli white chocolate bark? rosemary truffle?).
The purchase: Dark chocolate maple caramel concoction (good, but unimpressively safe) ; lavendar caramel (omg AMAZING); spiced caramel which was begrudgingly offered to much skinnier friend in short shorts and she ACCEPTED, fat cow. Apparently great. Humph.
The price: About $4.25 (ugh, but sadly, have paid more)
Heavenly morsels dripping with flavor. The very thought of these chocolates makes me start to drool...
I could stand there all day just staring at them (and have been known to stand there practically all day as I try to make my decision). My favorites are anything with very unique flavors such as the fruit flavors, strawberry balsamic, pop rocks, chili, etc.
They are worth every single penny of their outrageous prices.
And I have my hubby trained... Forget See's or any other brand out there. CocoaBella Chocolates are the chocolates for me! Yum!
I really like CocoaBella. They have a mesmerizing selection of truly good chocolates from all around the world. I love that they offer free samples (I have been known to sneak a second one) and I appreciate the helpful-but-not-intrusive staff. It's outrageously expensive (chocolates are priced by weight and run about $1.50-$2.50 each). But I'd choose 0.5 ounces of the good stuff over an entire bar of Hershey's "chocolate" any day of the week! (That's the Official Chocolate Policy of San Francisco's elitist liberal foodie snobs, right?)
classic GOURMET chocolates that hits EVERYSPOT you got available in your body (:
NOUGATINE & CHECKERBOARD all the waaaaaaaay!!!
Okay seriously ... I'm definitely the girl that believes the more you spend means the higher quality - the better the piece - the more desired.... I have to say that I draw the line with chocolates... Maybe it's because I'm not a whore for chocolates, maybe it's because I have an addiction to salt over an addition for chocolates or sweets. But *come on people*!!!
Walk into Cocoa Bella on Union on a gorgeous weekday - there is *nothing* going on in here ... It was dead. So dead that the stuffy and snooty girls working here were arranging and re-arranging the chocolates. Okay, huh? (I absolutely abhor when people that work in stores are snooty and stuffy. Last I checked, you work there and I am shopping there. Be nice!!)
They were not helpful. They were not nice. They were not even indulging our questions of the different types of chocolates. Seriously, what the hell else do you have going on right now? Oh wait, sorry - that one chocolate under Italy was slightly off-center - better move it. Good god.
I walked out with 1 piece of chocolate for $1.08 - are you seriously joking!?... And it was a small piece of chocolate. Sounded good: dark chocolate with crushed hazelnuts inside. Yumm. Nope. It was dry. I didn't even finish it. Why waste the calories.
Blahh. Guess I found one thing I'm not prissy over ...
New intoxication.
Normally when I do something ridiculously idiotic, I say something like "I was under the influence of Rocher..." (as if that 1. explains it to everyone and 2. doesn't sound super-gay). I'm referring to Ferrero Rocher ( http://en.wikipedia.or... ), the awesome hazelnut chocolates that you can buy about everywhere.
Under the influence of good chocolate, occasionally my IQ drops about 35 points to below Gump. I'll leave stuff in stores, or lock myself out of my car, or leave my cell phone god-knows-where. It's a fact! Something makes me retarded while I have a subtle feeling of euphoria.
Let me state for the record that I don't really LOVE chocolate. I like it fine, but don't go out of my way to eat it, nor crave it, nor need it when I'm crying (well maybe...wait, I don't cry, I'm a MAN!), et cetera.
But the occasional quality chocolate in the right amounts gets me HIGH!
Here's what's good at CocoaBella Chocolates:
Antoinette -- rose flavored chocolate: 5 stars
Jennifer -- pistacio goodness: 5 stars
Capuccino -- a very creamy item: 4 stars (a little TOO creamy, but good otherwise)
Venezuela Spice -- one of my faves, it takes like South American Christmas: 5 STARS!
Persia -- cardamom goodness: 4 stars
Raspberry -- tastes like luscious raspberry and dark chocolate. Can't go wrong: 4.5 stars
Cayenne Caramel -- unusual combo for my palette, but it was one of my top 3: 5 STARS!
They also let me taste something that was soy sauce and chocolate flavored. Not bad! I don't think it's for everyone and I can't remember its name, but I liked it. It look like a long white oval with a red dot on top.
Anyway, I love this shop. They have coffee inside (espressos, cappuccinos, etc) and loads of little things to try. As a designer, I love how many of the chocolates are gorgeously screen printed with cocoa based inks to get their patterns. It's truly artisinal chocolate.
So when I'm in the Marina, I will be stopping by CocoaBella again... though I Swear, I'm not a choco-holic.
Keep in mind I am NOT a chocolate addict. In fact, good chocolate to me is a Milky Way or Kit Kat every here and there -- the owner will belt out a hearty laugh when he reads that, no doubt!
I go here EVERY time I need a last minute gift, holiday gift or just a plain old classic gift for clients and friends. Lucky people who've been granted gifts from the Chocolate Fairy (me) include: my petsitter, my groomer, my family (on holidays), any of my chocolate-addicted girlfriends for their birthday, one of my doctors, my clients, my roommate, my newly engaged friends (I got them a teenie box of 5 heart shaped chocolates, am I cute or what?) AND my gluten-intolerant best friend!
I absolutely ADORE this place and here are the reasons why:
The staff is highly trained on chocolate (who knew it's a totally devoted subject?) and they know every detail about every single little chocolate nub on the shelf. They're friendly and patient while their customers wait. They're also knowledgeable about the term "gluten-free" --- which is great ---- because I have a friend who's gluten free and I can always get her amazing things here. Their holiday packages are awesome; my family in Santa Barbara now knows they can count on me for that scrumptious blue box every Thanksgiving (2 years and counting).
*Great value is to pack 5 into the small box. Such a thoughtful gift.
Cocoabella rules --- worth the pretty penny. And that comes from an un-chocolatey customer.
I received a box of World Select assorted chocolates from a friend from this place and it was perfect timing because just the other day, I had walked past this place wondering if the chocolate was any good. I'm not a big chocolate eater or conossier, my fave chocolaty morsel is anything that's a truffle or a Hershey's Skor bar.
I opened up my box and was presented with about 18 different chocolates, all different sizes, some painted, one shaped in a strawberry, one bright orange, one that said "Mary" and all sorts of other fun shapes, colors and sizes. I was ready to sink my teeth into each and every one, especially after getting a nice whiff of the cocoa!
What I love about this box (other than literally, the box...this ain't no flimsy, plain black and white See's Candies box!), primarily, is the guide that comes along with the chocolates. Not only is there a picture of the chocolate, but what's it called, where it's from and what's inside. And each description, even though it is so simply phrased, gives such an accurate description of what you're tasting. It's spot-on! And the taste? It's hard to believe that there is so much flavor in each, bite-sized piece!
My favs are the Oriol Balaguer Mascleta from Spain: Hazelnut and Tangerine Poprocks (YES!! Poprocks!!) in dark chocolate and the Knipschildt Hannah from U.S.: liquid caramel with Hawaiian pink sea salt (the salt, unbelievably, goes so well with the caramel). There are several others that are very tasty and I can't believe that my box of chocolates is almost gone!
Forget the other chocolate companies. This stuff is sweet, but not overly sweet like Hershey's or Godiva. Get yo butt in here!
This place is one of my favorites now.
Truffles, chocolates, spicy almonds...and so the list goes on.
They have exotic chocolates... talk about food-gasms...
My favorite is the creme-brulee....drool.
It's good for a once in a while splurge though...it gets pricey. :-)
The chocolates here must be seen to be believed. Metallic lavender? Teeny checkerboard? Glossy cocoa fruit shell? They've got it all. And most taste as delightful as they look.
They're also as expensive as they look, so I can only buy a couple at a time. A box? Forget it. (If anyone ever wants to get me an amazing gift, though ...) But that's OK. They're so rich and flavorful that a couple will leave you happy. Much better than eating a whole family-sized bag of M&Ms, right?
Everyone will be able to find an appealing flavor here. My favorite so far was a dark chocolate filled with strawberry syrup and balsamic vinegar. Oh, it was amazing. (That was from a new line they were carrying; they add new chocolatiers regularly.) They have others with exotic salts, grapefruit, chilis, lavender, etc. But if you're more conservative, don't worry--there are caramels, milk chocolates, and other familiar flavors. So far, I haven't had a single variety that didn't make me think "Yeah, that was worth paying $3 for a single piece!"
The first time I browsed Cocoa Bella I was really amazed that the staff don't have an attitude problem, but they really don't. They're not going to sneer at you if you ask how much a certain kind of chocolate is, or laugh if you only buy one.
They also make very thick, luscious, rich hot chocolate drinks. I like the peanut butter one, but don't be surprised that it has peanut bits in it. Mmm. Not everyone likes chewing their hot chocolate, but I'm OK with it. The hot chocolate is very expensive, though; over $5 IIRC.
I nearly removed one star not for the price, but for my friend's mint hot chocolate. She said it tasted like toothpaste, and when I smelled her cup I agreed. I felt so sorry for her that I let her have the last of my peanut butter hot chocolate, even though I would have punched someone if they'd tried to take it from me. Gyah. I hope that was a fluke.
Other things I'm tempted to remove a star for but won't actually: 1) Too far away from me! 2) Why do I have to choose between Beard Papa and Cocoa Bella for my dessert? Cruel!
Other than that, though, do yourself or someone else a favor by dropping by and acquiring yourself some out-of-this-world theobromine.
When my Dad died, I came back to work five days later, to find a box of CocoaBella chocolates, wrapped in a ribbon, sitting on my desk with a card.
I sat silently. Unwrapped the box. Noticed the cute little chocolates inside. Read each description. Picked one to have and bit into it.
It didn't bring my father back, but it sure as hell brought the first smile to my face in five days.
They didn't have a chocolate shaped like a cupcake. I want a cupcake-shaped chocolate confection and I want it RIGHT F%#@ING NOW!
See? You shouldn't spoil me with expensive and decadent chocolates. I turn into a MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen harpy.
OMG OMG OMG. CocoaBella is either my dream or my nightmare. The worldwide selection of chocolates behind the glass guard is drool-inducing, but bets are you won't have enough money to buy everything you want. Imagine hazelnut checkerboards, polished fruit truffles, cacao pod shaped ganash, and giant colorful chocolate Easter eggs all conveniently located in one store. I have never seem such a huge assortment of chocolates in my life. The majority of them taste great to boot. Just stay away from the odd flavored (chocolate spiced with rosemary???) ones and you'll be fine.
If I died in here while choking on a piece of chocolate, my death would not be in vain.
The hot chocolate here is pretty darn amazing, and it's the only place in the city that I've found (so far) that offers a spicy hot chocolate. Go for an extra dark spicy hot chocolate next time you need a little pick me up; it's sure to please! The staff is pretty friendly, especially if you frequent there.
-1 star for being kinda pricy, having neither whipped cream nor marshmallows for their hot chocolate, and having a not so good pumpkin truffle.
Nice people. The shop is well laid out, and they will let you sample what ever you want. All sorts of chocolates from all over the world. Do not be ashamed. ASK FOR A TASTE! You will be glad you did. -1 Star because the gift boxes are $50 a pound.
They have books about chocolate too.
Tip: Try the hot chocolate (directly in the back).
[you kno me, yes, i have another review written after this]
Don't go here.
I'm not expecting any free chocolate but their staff is simply rude, especially this girl named Elizabeth.
Like out of control.
She's this young Latina chick who apparently has a stick up her ass.
Ok, about Cocoa Bella in general?
They import chocolate from Switzerland, US, France and Italy... Not sure what it tastes like because she only gave me one sample. In fact, i had to ASK for a sample. She wasnt going to give me one if i didn't ask... If you're going to buy chocolate, I INSIST somewhat of a few samples, minimum 3, don't u think? like one white, one dark, or one they HIGHLY recommend...
Ok, mebe not...
But she was like, "oh everything is good" (in a manner like, "i have no time for you!) then walks away. look girl, YOU WORK THERE, IM THERE TO BUY, SO HELP ME OUT WILL YA? talk about a nasty and sour attitude.
wth? wtf? HOW RUDE!
Better off to go down to Chestnut and buy Moonstuck.
M-U-C-H FRIENDLIER STAFF, UNLIMITED SAMPLES! How do you expect to pick and choose your chocolate // truffles without trying some samples...
I'm not asking you to chocolate~nap their whole store, na mean?!?
Let me preface my review by saying that by virtue of my mother being Swiss, I was born into chocolate snobbery. It is in my genetic make-up, if you will. Now, I'm not saying that expensive chocolate = better, no, no, no, quite the opposite. It is just that my palate has been honed by my heritage of chocolate lovin' peoples as well as years of personal experience in the field of ingesting chocolate.
With all of that in mind, my response to Cocoa Bella was a big fat meh. I wanted to like Cocoa Bella, believe me. The display is impressive with its large selection of international chocolates with unusual flavor pairings. I had bought a mini-selection on a couple of occasions, and for some reason, I always remember the chocolate as being stale. In reality, I don't think that they were actually stale - just boring, with too much filler and not enough chocolatey goodness. For instance, a promising dark chocolate with an infusion of Thai pepper was disappointingly tame. The only thing I remember liking was a Fleur de Sel caramel chocolate, but not necessarily to the degree that I would go back to Cocoa Bella. The fact that the staff members look at you as though they just ate a poop sandwich does not improve the experience.
Cocoa Bella proves that pricey does not mean better when it comes to chocolate (the ghetto train chocolate that you can buy in Switzerland at a fraction of a CB truffle's price blows it out of the water, taste-wise). Go to Bittersweet Cafe and have a truly delicious hot chocolate instead.
Four Stars, "Yay! I'm a fan". They have great chocolates and nice customer service. Once I had a rotten experience here with a chocolate due to a bizarre freakish accident and they were enormously appropriate with their apologies given that it wasn't really even their fault. When I ever start eating chocolate again this is the first place I'll go.
While on Union, I found myself craving chocolate, so over to CocoaBella we went. As soon as I walked in, I was mesmerized my the mouth watering options. Since hubby and I are big fans of hazelnut, I decided to get a box to sample a bunch of different hazelnut choices. I ended up with a box of 20+ pieces from 8 different chocolate lines. Depending on which chocolates you pick, they run anywhere from about $45 to $75 a pound. My 0.64 lb box cost about $35.
Well, I was disappointed. Out of the all the chocolate we sampled, there were only one or two that I found to be really, really excellent. Everything else ranged from average to good. I found many to be too sweet for my taste and lack strong chocolate and/or hazelnut flavors. I would rank at least half of what I sampled to be no better or worse than See's. Now, I'm not putting down See's. I just think that if I'm paying as much as $75/lb for chocolate, they should taste better than See's, which cost less than $15/lb. 3 stars for the chocolate and minus one for being so expensive. I just need to stick to Recchiuti.
For Christmas 2005, I was given a box of the Exotic assortment of Cocoa Bella Chocolates by a very good friend who knows me oh so well. I was immediately smitten with the packaging and intrigued by the descriptions of the confections. I treated my box like a post-holiday advent calendar, allowing myself one per day and I completely savored each one. Delicious, flavorful, beautiful.
For Christmas 2006, I visited the store on Union Street and picked up a few boxes of the Exotic assortment to give as gifts. The store was lively but not crowded, and the service was very nice. (the one at the Westfield Center scares me) Overall a good experience, except, gosh, there is someone I forgot to buy for, hmmmmm, who was it? Ummmm, oh yeah, ME!
(Adding to shopping list: "1 box Exotic assortment CocoaBella chocolates")
I like this place and I like the chocolates. The service isn't the best. They seem geared toward making the big sale to the tourists and not quite as interested in selling me a meager chocolate for a quick fix.
3.5 stars
Another chocolate specialty shop, how can I resist? Every piece is neatly placed with its label and description sorted by country. I think the highest was $85/pound to the lowest $50? Anyway, after we walked through the store and examining the various flavors, we decided with the dark chocolate with lavender, dark chocolate with almond paste (Italy) and dark chocolate with black currant for $3.85.
There really was no service to speak of and they were not busy. We had to stand there and wait while they (two young girls) chatted until they finally realized we were waiting...oh well
The only piece worth its calories was the dark chocolate with lavender, the others are just ok at best.
To experience chocolate, I will still recommend Recchiuti Confections at the Ferry Building.
I'm not sure a chocolate pig should cost $20, but it sure was cute!
To be fair, break the chocolate pig open and it has 10 little chocolate baby piggies inside, and money was not an object, as the potential recipient was my nephew and he was staring at the pig like it was the Holy Grail.
One day I'll learn how to deal firmly with tiny beggars, but for now I just buy them off, and for $20 his little chocolate smeared face was happy all afternoon.
Stuff your mug with a handful of free samples while you're there!
I love a good piece of chocolate.
I love a good piece of chocolate.
Did I mention that I love a good piece of chocolate?
I am willing to pay premium prices for a good piece of chocolate.
This place has good chocolate.....
mainly because the owner spends several months a year travelling to chocolatiers around the world (must be nice), hand selecting the best of their lot, and bringing it back to his shop for us to enjoy.
Try the chocolate covered almonds from Italy, even if you don't like almonds. They are the best!
Laid back friendly staff.
The best 8 oz five dollar hot chocolate - in dark chocolate hazelnut.
Lovely samplers too.
This is not two-bite candy. This is chocolate to be contemplated. Chocolate to be paired with wine. Chocolate to be tasted like wine. Chocolate that makes you wonder, "How long can I linger over a single square-inch of confectionery delight?"
Initially drawn to the copper-tinted shell, I was even more delighted by the complex flavors of the Knipschildt Chocolatier Stacey. White chocolate ganache flecked with spicy cardamom, it was a perfect blend sweet, salty and spice.
A simple dusting of powdered sugar belies the delicate complexity of the Pfister Mumm's Champagne truffle. Spiked with French bubbly, the chocolate ganache center is creamy and rich without being cloy.
Just passing by this place I knew I had to come in and see what kind of chocolate treats they had. Well there are so many variations of chocolate goodness, we decided to just try 4. The tiramisu, cappuccino, hazelnut and tahitian vanilla. They were all pretty good, but not like the chocolate I've tried at other chocolatiers that make it in house. The tahitian vanilla had no real vanilla taste in it, but it did the job while watchin Wicked. If I'm in Westfield I'll probably stop in to get chocolate, but I won't drive across the bay to pick up chocolate here.
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