Winning 2024 bars & “barks”
Good to excellent single origin and inclusion bars — plus one bar masquerading as a bark
Published 19 July, 2024
Category: Outside the Bay Area
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
Love + Chocolate – Rockridge
The newest chocolate option on College Avenue in Oakland sells an iconic Belgian chocolate brand
Published 8 February, 2024
Venchi San Jose
Come for the showy chocolate waterfall, stay for the Italian made chocolates and gelato
Published 3 January, 2024
The Out of Towners, Fall 2023 edition
This blog focuses on SFBA chocolate, but we like to review chocolate from other places too. We compile single worth-a-mention-bar reviews into articles for our recurring “Out of Towners” series
Published 7 November, 2023
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Death [march] by chocolate
Walk a mile in my shoes — or 6.2 miles in my sister’s case — with stops for chocolate along the way
Published 31 August, 2023
It ain’t easy being green
A round of applause please for the chocolate makers and chocolatiers going the extra mile to make vegan chocolate that tastes as good as the original
Published 13 July, 2023
A few good bars
When the call for entries went out for this year’s chocolate bar competition, many chocolate makers answered the call but few were chosen (by me)
Published 20 June, 2023
