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

Author: CBTB’s Chocolatte

A writer/designer, Nancy lives in Oakland with Ronnie (AKA cacaopod), her husband of many years & fellow chocolate enthusiast.

Chocolate surprises

Life is unpredictable — so were the entries in this year’s vegan chocolate competition

Published 19 July, 2024

White chocolate experts

I’m not trying to butter anyone up but some of this year’s white chocolate competitors were lapping the field

Published 6 June, 2024

Toffee talk

Is bigger better? This year’s toffee competition had me pulling out a ruler

Published 5 June, 2024

A month of chocolate

Sign up now for any or all of this month’s plethora of chocolate events

Published 4 June, 2024

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

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

SOMA stroll

If you’re anything like me you believe chocolate is always a good reason for a walk

Published 27 March, 2024