Winning 2024 bars & “barks”
Good to excellent single origin and inclusion bars — plus one bar masquerading as a bark
Published 19 July, 2024
Category: Reviews
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
Caffeinated chocolates
You got chocolate in my coffee! You got coffee in my chocolate!
Published 15 April, 2024
That’s different
Try these caramels described by their makers as “for a different experience from the traditional” and “caramel like you’ve never experienced it before”
Published 8 February, 2024
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
Blue bird of happiness
Now that Twitter is no more — having been literally X-ed out by its owner — its iconic blue bird has disappeared too. Luckily there’s another blue bird out there that will attract your interest —if your interests include chocolate.
Published 29 November, 2023
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
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
