Chocolate in Seattle
Tour Seattle’s Chocolate Factories
No Oompa Loompas at these candy-making centers, but peeking behind the sugary curtain is a delight.
Theo ChocolateRevamped in 2012, the tour at Fremont’s 6-year-old Theo Chocolate is more educational than Willy Wonka–ish. It starts with a 30-minute seminar that includes not just how chocolate is made, but why Theo set out to change the way cacao is sourced. (The company is part of a fair-trade network that polices the cooperatives…
Best Chocolate Shops
Our city hosts a bounty of boutique chocolate shops.
Intrigue Chocolates Co.Aaron Barthel says he wanted to be a mad scientist when he grew up. That dream nearly led him to a career as a botanist, until he spotted a recipe for chocolate ganache truffles in a botany magazine his mom had sent him. Now this Pioneer Square–based child of Minnesota dairy farmers is…
A Bucket List for the Seattle Chocoholic
If we could create our dream box of chocolates, these 10 local treats would be in it.
Chocolate grows on trees, but after testing and tasting everything Theobroma cacao, we’ve learned one thing: Not all chocolate is created equal. It’s all made from seeds from a football-shaped fruit that grows in the globe’s equatorial regions. But everything from where it’s grown to how it’s made affects taste and quality—and some chocolate treats…
A Bucket List for the Seattle Chocoholic
If we could create our dream box of chocolates, these 10 local treats would be in it.
Chocolate grows on trees, but after testing and tasting everything Theobroma cacao, we’ve learned one thing: Not all chocolate is created equal. It’s all made from seeds from a football-shaped fruit that grows in the globe’s equatorial regions. But everything from where it’s grown to how it’s made affects taste and quality—and some chocolate treats…
Seattle’s Classic Chocolates
Tried-and-true favorites from longtime local chocolate makers.
DilettanteLet’s zoom out on this a bit: There’s a restaurant in Seattle’s Capitol Hill ’hood that makes almost a dozen versions of chocolate martinis ($10.50) any night of the week, and it’s busy—all the time. We haven’t flipped back to 1990; Dilettante Mocha Café is genuinely popular. Which means that no matter how much we…
Field Guide to Seattle Chocolate & Candy
The complete compendium of Seattle’s best sugary treats including plenty of chocolate.
No gift rings more cliché than a box of chocolate or candy for Valentine’s Day—except maybe in Seattle. Our city harbors a mind-blowing array of amazing boutique chocolate producers, from purveyors such as Fran Bigelow, whose famous brand Fran’s is now in its 30th year, to sourcing experts such as Theo Chocolate, which is now…
South Seattle’s DIY Chocolate Shop
Student crafted confections are a palate- and budget-pleasing choice.
Smack-dab in the middle of the main campus of South Seattle Community College (SSCC) is confectionary heaven, otherwise known as Bernie’s (6000 16th Ave. SW; 206.934.5828). This on-campus café hangout (named for the generous Seattle retail giant Bernie Brotman) is the sales outlet for the college’s nationally recognized pastry and specialty baking program, which means…
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