{"id":5928,"date":"2014-02-26T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2025-05-17T17:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T00:09:02","slug":"south-bay-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/south-bay-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"South Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"gmpMapStyles_2_46666\">\r\n\t#google_map_easy_2_46666 {\r\n        width: 100%;\r\n        height: 400px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    }\r\n\t#gmapControlsNum_2_46666 {\r\n\t\twidth:100%\t}\r\n\t.gmpMapDetailsContainer#gmpMapDetailsContainer_2_46666 {\r\n\t\theight:400px;\r\n\t}\r\n\t.gmp_MapPreview#google_map_easy_2_46666 {\r\n\t\t\/*position:absolute;*\/\r\n\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t}\r\n\t#mapConElem_2_46666{\r\n\t\twidth: 100%\t}\r\n    .gm-style .gm-style-iw-c{\r\n        padding: 12px!important;\r\n    }\r\n\t    <\/style>\r\n <div class=\"gmp_map_opts\" id=\"mapConElem_2_46666\" data-id=\"2\" data-view-id=\"2_46666\" > <div class=\"gmpMapDetailsContainer\" id=\"gmpMapDetailsContainer_2_46666\"> <i class=\"gmpKMLLayersPreloader fa fa-spinner fa-spin\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/i> <div class=\"gmp_MapPreview \" id=\"google_map_easy_2_46666\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gmpMapMarkerFilters\" id=\"gmpMapMarkerFilters_2_46666\"> <\/div> <div class=\"gmpMapProControlsCon\" id=\"gmpMapProControlsCon_2_46666\"> <a title=\"Google Map Wordpress\" style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/supsystic.com\/plugins\/google-maps-plugin\/?utm_medium=love_link_hide\" target=\"_blank\">Google Map Wordpress<\/a><div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gmpMapProDirectionsCon\" id=\"gmpMapProDirectionsCon_2_46666\" > <\/div> <div class=\"gmpMapProKmlFilterCon\" id=\"gmpMapProKmlFilterCon_2_46666\" > <\/div> <div class=\"gmpSocialSharingShell gmpSocialSharingShell_2_46666\"> <\/div> <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div> <\/div> \n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We confess, the South Bay is pretty exotic territory to us, but we have visited some of its artisan chocolate hot spots and look forward to exploring more.<\/p>\n<h3>Local artisan chocolatiers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-south-bay\/alexanders-patisserie\/\">Alexander\u2019s Patisserie<\/a>,<\/strong> Mountain View &amp; Cupertino<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/charlotte-truffles\/\">Charlotte Truffles<\/a>,<\/strong> Santa Clara \u2013 on hiatus<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/lulas-chocolates\/\">Lula\u2019s Chocolates<\/a>,<\/strong> Santa Clara<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/deux-cranes-chocolates-and-confections\/\">Deux Cranes Chocolates and Confections<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Gatos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-south-bay\/fleur-de-cocoa\/\">Fleur de Cocoa<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Gatos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/al-chocolat-boutique\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">aL chocoLat Boutique<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Gatos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/hapa-chocolat\/\">HAPA Chocolat<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Gatos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/blue-canary-sweets\/\">Blue Canary Sweets<\/a>,<\/strong> San Jose<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-south-bay\/mariette-chocolates\/\">Mariette Chocolates<\/a>,<\/strong> San Jose<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-south-bay\/snake-butterfly\/\">Snake &amp; Butterfly<\/a>,<\/strong> Campbell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/plumed-horse-chocolaterie-by-angelica-2020\/\"><strong>Plumed Horse Chocolaterie<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> Saratoga \u2013 closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bean to bar chocolate makers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-south-bay\/snake-butterfly\/\">Snake &amp; Butterfly<\/a>,<\/strong> Campbell<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/cacao-space\/\">Cacao Space<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Altos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/choco-del-mar\/\">Choco Del Mar<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Altos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Confectioners<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/deux-cranes-chocolates-and-confections\/\">Deux Cranes Chocolates and Confections<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Gatos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/south-bay-chocolate\/kindred-cooks\/\">Kindred Caramels<\/a>,<\/strong> Campbell<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/south-bay-chocolate\/r-n-j-toffee\/\">R &amp; J Toffees<\/a>,<\/strong> San Jose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Chocolate shops<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/sweet-shop\/\">Sweet Shop<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Altos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/deux-cranes-chocolates-and-confections\/\">Deux Cranes Chocolates and Confections<\/a>,<\/strong> Los Gatos<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-south-bay\/schurras-fine-confections\/\">Schurra\u2019s Fine Confections<\/a>,<\/strong> Willow Glen Sweet Shoppe, San Jose \u2013 CLOSED<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-outlet-3-2\/\">Ghirardelli outlet,<\/a> <\/strong>Milpitas<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/laderach-westfield-vally-fair\/\">L\u00e4derach<\/a>,<\/strong> Santa Clara<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/chocolatier-2\/venchi-san-jose\/\">Venchi San Jose<\/a>,<\/strong> Santa Clara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Chocolate cafes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-south-bay\/snake-butterfly\/\">Snake &amp; Butterfly<\/a>,<\/strong> Campbell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Farmers markets<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcfma.org\/market\/santa-teresa-farmers-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Teresa Farmers Market<\/a>, San Jose \u2014 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/choco-del-mar\/\">Choco Del Mar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve checked out some of the South Bay\u2019s artisan chocolate hot spots and look forward to exploring more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444,1225],"tags":[823,1519,1663,1304,1662,1463,329,220,1653,826,1285,1329,328,1281,1302,1328,1348,1303,1305,794,186,1243,1306,1518,99,1521],"class_list":["post-5928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-i-y-tours","category-tour-area","tag-alexanders-patisserie","tag-blue-canary-sweets","tag-cacao-space","tag-campbell","tag-choco-del-mar","tag-deux-cranes-chocolates-and-confections","tag-fleur-de-cocoa","tag-ghirardelli","tag-hapa-chocolat","tag-kindred-caramels","tag-laderach","tag-los-altos","tag-los-gatos","tag-lulas-chocolates","tag-mariette-chocolates","tag-menlo-park","tag-milpitas","tag-mountain-view","tag-plumed-horse-chocolaterie","tag-r-j-toffees","tag-san-jose","tag-santa-clara","tag-saratoga","tag-shekoh-confections","tag-snake-butterfly","tag-sweet-shop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928","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=5928"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45879,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions\/45879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}