{"id":40424,"date":"2023-10-27T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=40424"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T02:15:10","slug":"stock-up-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/stock-up-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock up for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fallchocolatesalon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall Holiday Chocolate Salon<\/a>, sponsored by TasteTV, was held November 19 in the San Francisco County Fair Building (AKA Hall of Flowers) in Golden Gate Park.<\/p>\n<p>This is an excellent event for buying holiday gifts and getting some goodies for yourself. It\u2019s recommended that you buy tickets in advance because sometimes the event sells out.<\/p>\n<h2>This year\u2019s SFBA vendors:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/al-chocolat-boutique\/\"><strong>aL chocoLat Boutique<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/brigadeiro-sprinkles\/\">Brigadeiro Sprinkles<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/charlotte-truffles\/\">Charlotte Truffles<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/cocotutti\/\">CocoTutti Chocolates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cupicon2.png\" alt=\"3-5 cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/flying-noir\/\">flying noir<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/formosa-chocolates\/\">Formosa Chocolates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/the-good-chocolate\/\">The Good Chocolate<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/south-bay-chocolate\/kindred-cooks\/\">Kindred Caramels<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/kokak-chocolates\/\">Kokak Chocolates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/michaels-chocolates\/\">Michael\u2019s Chocolates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cupicon2.png\" alt=\"3-5 cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/rainy-day-chocolate-2020\/\">Rainy Day Chocolate<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/socola-chocolatier-barista\/\">Socola Chocolatier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cupicon2.png\" alt=\"3-5 cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/sonoma-chocolatiers-2020\/\">Sonoma Chocolatiers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/that-batch\/\">That Batch<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/tiny-b\/\">tinyB chocolate<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/volo-chocolate\/\">Volo Chocolate<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/xocolate-bar\/\">The Xocolate Bar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/z-cioccolato\/\">Z. Cioccolato<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>New SFBA vendors this year:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/chocolite\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Chocolite Vegan Sweets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coba.coffee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coba Coffee + Chocolate<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/v-b-fine-chocolates\/\" rel=\"noopener\">VB Fine Chocolates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately CBTB couldn\u2019t cover this year\u2019s Fall Chocolate Salon. I had a show I danced in that was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucebiada.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tribute to my former tap teacher<\/a> that was on the same day at the same time as the Salon so I missed out on all the chocolate news, deals, and get-togethers  I hope to see you all there next year!<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fallchocolatesalon.com\/fall-holiday-chocolate-salon-awards-announced-for-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awards announced<\/a> it looks like it was a good year for our SFBA chocolatiers, chocolate makers, and confectioners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 Fall Holiday Chocolate Salon was held 11\/19 in Golden Gate Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,168,15,884,222,14,41,131,1078],"tags":[1543,1272,1023,1585,1583,275,1455,495,1151,826,1064,935,892,281,1065,274,1523,1063,1313,1148,1580,1091,1053],"class_list":["post-40424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-bay-chocolate","category-events","category-local-chocolate","category-north-bay","category-peninsula-chocolate","category-ourchocolatiers","category-san-francisco-chocolate","category-south-bay-chocolate","category-veteran-sfba-chocolatier","tag-al-chocolat-boutique","tag-brigadeiro-sprinkles","tag-charlotte-truffles","tag-chocolite-vegan-sweets","tag-coba","tag-cocotutti","tag-fall-holiday-chocolate-salon","tag-flying-noir","tag-formosa-chocolates","tag-kindred-caramels","tag-kokak-chocolates","tag-michaels-chocolates","tag-rainy-day-chocolate","tag-socola-chocolatier","tag-sonoma-chocolatiers","tag-tastetv","tag-that-batch","tag-the-good-chocolate","tag-the-xocolate-bar","tag-tinyb-chocolate","tag-vb-fine-chocolates","tag-volo-chocolate","tag-z-cioccolato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40424","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40424"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45421,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40424\/revisions\/45421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}