2650 18th St, San Francisco
Comfort food
Charles Chocolates was established in 2004 by self-taught chocolatier Chuck Seigel, who has over 30 years of chocolate making experience. The company has gone through several incarnations and currently manufactures its chocolates in SF.
The factory store is closed to the public but you can buy Charles Chocolates’ complete line on their website. We especially recommend the paves: classic French truffles made with just the essentials — heavy cream, butter, and chocolate, then dusted with cocoa powder. And the best selling triple chocolate almonds, which are almonds coated in milk chocolate, then bittersweet chocolate, then cocoa powder.
Charles Chocolates also makes bars, bonbons, chocolate confections, and their unique edible chocolate boxes filled with caramels and topped with a decorated white chocolate lid.
Chuck gets inspiration for some of his chocolates from his childhood in Chicago and lifelong trips to Paris. Hence the paves and Chuck’s take on mint meltaways which were a beloved candy from Marshall Fields, an upscale department store in Chicago when he was a kid. Chuck updated them with flavors like mojito, passion fruit, and raspberry.
In January 2025 Charles Chocolates announced they have acquired L.A. based John Kelly Chocolates.
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CBTB Tip:
Because they are made without preservatives or even a shell, paves should be eaten first and fast.
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