3352 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Michael’s Chocolates,
founded in 2017 by Michael Benner in San Francisco, is now (2021) an Oakland based chocolatier that makes beautiful bonbons, caramels, and bars. They are known for their Salted Almond Bar, award-winning Lemon Burst bonbons, Salted Caramels, and 3-flavor seasonal bonbon boxes.
They are a CBTB 3-cup recommended chocolatier.
They took over the former Michael Mischer space, where they make and sell their chocolates, plus hot chocolate and coffee drinks, gelato, and a curated collection of chocolate and other foodstuffs by other local artisan makers.
You can also buy their chocolate online, at some local shops, and at special events, such as Chocolate Salons and pop-ups in local boutiques. Check their FB page for upcoming events.
Read more on CBTB:
- Egg-citing times
- New homes for chocolate
- Good news galore @ the Holiday Chocolate Salon
- No drama competition
- Chocolate in the time of COVID
- Heavy competition
- Sugar spectrum
- Good ‘n messy
- Livestreaming chocolate
- Lights, camera, chocolate!
- Lust for luster dust
- A primer on how to read the ‘Primer’
- Do I like white chocolate?
- Experiments in chocolate
- Everybody go nuts!
- Judging the best
- Chocolate community
- Local chocolate
