{"id":4310,"date":"2014-03-19T17:55:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T00:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=4310"},"modified":"2024-10-10T15:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:54:41","slug":"recchiuti-confections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/recchiuti-confections\/","title":{"rendered":"Recchiuti Confections: Ferry Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39843\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Recchiuti-in-Ferry-Building.jpg\" alt=\"Recchiuti Confections Ferry Building\" width=\"850\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Recchiuti-in-Ferry-Building.jpg 850w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Recchiuti-in-Ferry-Building-320x197.jpg 320w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Recchiuti-in-Ferry-Building-640x393.jpg 640w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Recchiuti-in-Ferry-Building-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Recchiuti-in-Ferry-Building-400x246.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the oldest and best San Francisco artisan chocolatiers offers lots of quality options in a foodie destination on the waterfront.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Shop #30 in the\u00a0Ferry Building on the Embarcadero, San Francisco<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Downtown San Francisco tour\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/downtown-san-francisco-tour\/\"><strong>Downtown San Francisco DIY Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>A can\u2019t miss destination<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Local Chocolatier\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4396 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72LocalChocolatier.png\" alt=\"Local Chocolatier\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Retail store\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4397\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72Store.png\" alt=\"Retail store\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><strong><a title=\"Recchiuti Confections\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recchiuti.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recchiuti Confections<\/a><\/strong> <a title=\"Recommended\" 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=\"4-cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> can be called a San Francisco institution. It\u2019s one of the oldest local artisan chocolatiers, started in 1997, and one of the best. It has an extensive line of chocolate offerings. Their main store is in the Ferry Building. They had a <a title=\"theLab Caf\u00e9\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/thelab-cafe\/\">special events space<\/a> and <a title=\"Little Nib\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/little-nib\/\">store<\/a> in the Dogpatch neighborhood, which have since closed.<\/p>\n<p>It was established by Michael Recchiuti, who had been a pastry chef and branched out into chocolate on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Recchiuti does a lot of chocolate experiments with the best ones becoming part of his line of confections and desserts.\u00a0Some you can buy here. Others you can watch on YouTube, like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Making truffles on an elevator, Part 1\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GRKfX9p7OG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making truffles on an elevator, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Making truffles on an elevator, part 2\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GRKfX9p7OG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making truffles on an elevator, Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Making hot chocolate on a moving F-line trolley car\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2tZ2qnJrrqE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making hot chocolate on a moving F-line trolley car<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full line of Recchiuti Confections are available at the Ferry Building. You can buy boxed sets or individual chocolates to assemble your own set. This is the only way to get a custom box of chocolates \u2013 they don\u2019t offer the service online or in other locations.<\/p>\n<p>Also available: bars, chocolate &amp; caramel sauces, chocolate-covered fruit and nuts <em>(dragee),<\/em> marshmallows, S\u2019mores Bites, and special items like Recchiuti\u2019s book: Chocolate Obsession (signed by Michael himself) and\u00a0limited edition items like Champagne Truffles (only available twice a year) or Whoopie Cakes, which are similar to southern whoopie pies, but these are rectangular cakes made with burnt caramel buttercream sandwiched between 2 layers of devil\u2019s food cake and covered with semisweet chocolate.<\/p>\n<h3>CBTB Tip:<\/h3>\n<p>Join their frequent buyer club and earn discounts on future purchases.<\/p>\n<h3>Find Recchiuti Confections locally at:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bi-Rite Market\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/bi-rite-market\/\">Bi-Rite Market<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chocolate Covered\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-noe-valley-sf\/chocolate-covered\/\">Chocolate Covered<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Pasta Shop\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/the-pasta-shop\/\">Market Hall Foods<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Read more on CBTB:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to \u201cCraft chocolate party\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/craft-chocolate-party\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Craft chocolate party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/death-march-by-chocolate\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Death [march] by chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/pioneers-veterans-of-sfba-artisan-chocolate\/\">Pioneers &amp; veterans of SFBA artisan chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chocolate &amp; Peanut Butter\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/chocolate-in-peanut-butter\/\">There\u2019s chocolate in my peanut butter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Recommended\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\">Recommended Local Chocolatiers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SFBA chocolate lifestyle\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/sfba-chocolate-lifestyle\/\">SFBA chocolate lifestyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The &quot;Burgh Report\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/the-\u2019burgh-report\/\">The \u2019Burgh Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chocolate souvenirs\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/chocolate-souvenirs\/\">Chocolate souvenirs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sit-down chocolate\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/sit-down-chocolate\/\">Sit-down chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Little patch of heavenly chocolate\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/little-patch-of-heavenly-chocolate\/\">Little patch of heavenly chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He started it: Michael Recchiuti was the first artisan chocolatier to make a big splash in SF, and his chocolate is still worth all the hype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445,145,146,15,500],"tags":[17,1468,1127,430,1318,1074],"class_list":["post-4310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tour-stop-downtown-sf","category-chocolatier-2","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-tour-stop","tag-chocolatier","tag-listing","tag-recchiuti-confections","tag-recommended","tag-store","tag-veteran-sfba-artisan-chocolatier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310","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=4310"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44427,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310\/revisions\/44427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}