{"id":13355,"date":"2019-07-15T16:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T23:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T22:19:11","slug":"eye-candy-chocolatier-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/eye-candy-chocolatier-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye Candy Chocolatier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13580 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gravensteinStation.jpg\" alt=\"Gravenstein Station\" width=\"680\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gravensteinStation.jpg 680w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gravensteinStation-320x149.jpg 320w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gravensteinStation-640x298.jpg 640w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gravensteinStation-348x162.jpg 348w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gravensteinStation-200x93.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol<\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/wine-country-tour-sonoma\/\">Wine Country: Sonoma County DIY tour<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72LocalChocolatier.png\" alt=\"Local Chocolatier\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4394\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72FactoryStore.png\" alt=\"Factory Store\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>This doctor prescribes chocolate!<\/h2>\n<p>Opened in 2016 by ophthalmologist\/chocolatier Sonja Schluter in Sebastopol\u2019s Gravenstein Station, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eyecandychocolatier.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eye Candy Chocolatier<\/a><\/strong> offers truffles and caramels in slightly dark (55-65%) chocolate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13582\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EyeCandyDoor-1.jpg\" alt=\"Eye Candy Door\" width=\"420\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EyeCandyDoor-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EyeCandyDoor-1-320x239.jpg 320w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EyeCandyDoor-1-348x260.jpg 348w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EyeCandyDoor-1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 85vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right inside the entrance of Gravenstein Station is the door to jewel-box-tiny Eye Candy Chocolatier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sonja still works as an ophthalmologist by day and makes the chocolates at night in the 9&#8217;x12&#8242; shop\/kitchen. Eye Candy also makes dipped chocolates, bars and pate de fruit. Preservative free chocolates, some vegan options, and they donate 10% of their proceeds to glaucoma research.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/eyecandychocolatier.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy Eye Candy bonbons and salted caramels online<\/a>, but to choose from their full line, you must visit their shop.<\/p>\n<h3>CBTB tip<\/h3>\n<p>Try any of Eye Candy Chocolatier\u2019s alcohol-based truffles. We found them to be consistently good.<\/p>\n<h3>CBTB mentions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/the-doctor-is-in-to-chocolate\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cThe doctor is in \u2014 to chocolate\u201d (Edit)\">The doctor is in \u2014 to chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This doctor prescribes chocolate!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,145,146,15,884,1066,500],"tags":[17,1071,1317,1079,1468,1081],"class_list":["post-13355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shops","category-chocolatier-2","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-north-bay","category-wine-country-sonoma","category-tour-stop","tag-chocolatier","tag-eye-candy-chocolatier","tag-factory-store","tag-gravenstein-station","tag-listing","tag-sebastopol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35258,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions\/35258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}