{"id":45698,"date":"2025-03-30T17:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T00:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=45698"},"modified":"2025-05-18T11:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:29:47","slug":"2025-international-chocolate-salon-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/2025-international-chocolate-salon-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 International Chocolate Salon ran hot and cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 17th Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchocolatesalon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco International\u00a0Chocolate Salon<\/a>, sponsored by TasteTV, was held April 6, in the San Francisco County Fair Building (AKA Hall of Flowers) in Golden Gate Park.<\/p>\n<p>There were lots of chocolatiers, confectioners, and chocolate makers selling their wares \u2014 and lots of attendees too. It was THE place to see chocolate trends \u2014 and try them too.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the hottest chocolate trend \u2014 Dubai Bars \u2014 were a common topic of conversation with some local spins to try. But the other trend was much cooler \u2014 and when I get around to writing an article about the Salon we can talk about that trend too.<\/p>\n<h2>SFBA chocolate vendors list<\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s the list of local chocolate vendors who were at the Salon \u2014 26 local vendors! The most I\u2019ve ever seen \u2014 and they were all bringing their A game. Details to come.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/1-2-3-chocolat\/\">1.2.3 Chocolat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/9th-and-larkin\/\">9th &amp; Larkin<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/al-chocolat-boutique\/\">aL chocoLat Boutique<\/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\/blue-canary-sweets\/\">Blue Canary Sweets<\/a><\/strong><\/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\/cacao-regina\/\">Cacao Regina<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/the-chaga-company\/\">The Chaga Company<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/coba\/\">COBA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/cocotutti\/\">CocoTutti<\/a> <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\" \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/deux-cranes-chocolates-and-confections\/\">Deux Cranes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/flying-noir\/\">flying noir<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/formosa-chocolates\/\"><strong>Formosa Chocolates<\/strong><\/a><\/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\/hapa-chocolat\/\">Hapa Chocolat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/kates-toffee\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kate\u2019s Toffee<\/strong><\/a> <strong>!NEW!<\/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> <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\" \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/recchiuti-confections\/\">Recchiuti Confections<\/a><\/strong> <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\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/socola-chocolatier-barista\/\">Socola Chocolatier<\/a> <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\" \/><\/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\/stay-sweet-sf\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Stay Sweet SF<\/a> !NEW!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/v-b-fine-chocolates\/\">VB Fine Chocolates<\/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\/z-cioccolato\/\">Z. Cioccolato<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big annual  local chocolate event was bigger and more local than ever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[1542,1117,1543,1519,1272,1636,1583,275,1463,495,1151,1653,1668,826,1064,935,1127,281,1065,1669,1498,1063,1580,1091,1053],"class_list":["post-45698","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-1-2-3-chocolat","tag-9th-larkin","tag-al-chocolat-boutique","tag-blue-canary-sweets","tag-brigadeiro-sprinkles","tag-cacao-regina","tag-coba","tag-cocotutti","tag-deux-cranes-chocolates-and-confections","tag-flying-noir","tag-formosa-chocolates","tag-hapa-chocolat","tag-kates-toffee","tag-kindred-caramels","tag-kokak-chocolates","tag-michaels-chocolates","tag-recchiuti-confections","tag-socola-chocolatier","tag-sonoma-chocolatiers","tag-stay-sweet-sf","tag-the-chaga-company","tag-the-good-chocolate","tag-vb-fine-chocolates","tag-volo-chocolate","tag-z-cioccolato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45698","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=45698"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45863,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45698\/revisions\/45863"}],"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=45698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}