Complete Chocolate Lover’s Guide for the San Francisco Bay Area

It takes a neighborhood

With a familiar layout and bustling crowd, the 2024 SF International Chocolate Salon seemed like a super trendy neighborhood and inspired me to ask my own neighbors to help a chocolate taster out

Published 14 May, 2024

Green Panda Eats

Inspired by her grandmother’s love of cookies, a corporate banker found a new career

Published 12 April, 2024

The New SFBA Chocolate Scene

Something good happened in the last 5 years in the local chocolate scene — lots more places to buy and enjoy great chocolate

Published 10 April, 2024

Good and plenty

So many good entries in this year’s caramel competition

Published 28 December, 2023

Bonbon anniversaire!

Time flies when you’re having fun — it’s been 2 years already since Michael’s Chocolates took over the other-chocolatier-named-Michael’s Oakland space and lots has been happening there since

Published 20 December, 2023

COBA

“The Most Convenient Coffee Ever”

Published 29 November, 2023

Block o’ choc

Walk around a world of chocolate in half a mile or less

Published 30 October, 2023

Vegan converts

To be a vegan is a big commitment to a mindful way of eating. So what does it mean when a big company switches its entire product line to only vegan chocolate?

Published 12 September, 2023