Update

Hot little numbers

Some entries were packing heat this year

Published 4 December, 2020

Jade Chocolates – Chinatown

Published 11 August, 2020

Bisou Chocolate

From 50–100% & from one ingredient to five

Published 6 February, 2020

La Forêt – closed

La Forêt was chocolate worth beating a path to

Published 5 February, 2020

Michael’s Chocolates

An award-winning chocolatier making some of the prettiest bonbons in SFBA

Published 26 September, 2019

Fleur Savage Chocolates

Fleur Savage Chocolates makes bars, bonbons, and chocolate sculptures

Published 6 September, 2019

Rachel Dunn Chocolates – closed

Chocolate & classes from a true SFBA veteran

Published 1 April, 2019

Pioneers & veterans of SFBA artisan chocolate

Lots of SFBA chocolate history, and we’re just getting started

Published 25 March, 2019

Ora Cacao, formerly Firefly Chocolate

Firefly Chocolate was the first bean-to-bar chocolate maker in Sonoma County and the first maker to use nuts from California Bay Laurel trees in chocolate

Published 2 December, 2016

CocoaBella Chocolates – closed

In 2016, we learned that CocoaBella Chocolates has closed.

Published 4 March, 2016

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