You don’t need an excuse for chocolate.
Or toffee. Or cookies. Or Guava Pâte de Fruits… but you’re getting one anyway.
The feast for Saint Valentine – and feast is what it should be – is only days away, and SF has 20 chocolate and confectionery makers to help you celebrate.
9th & Larkin cacao beans
Choose from bean to bar chocolate, Brazilian brigadeiros, Mexican paletas, video game inspired chocolates, and brittle, fudge, caramel, toffee, and lots more.
Click any business below to visit their site and stock up now to indulge for Valentine’s Day.
Chocolate Makers
- 9th & Larkin – Single origin high cacao content chocolate bars
- Dandelion Chocolate – Made in Dogpatch from two ingredients: cocoa and sugar
- J Street Chocolate – Exploring chocolate’s flavor through fermentation and more
- Jade Chocolates – Artisan chocolates blended with teas, spices, & tropical fruits
- Kokak Chocolates – Tropical-inspired handcrafted chocolate, pastries, & more
- Little Burde – Little bars in little batches, 100% ethically sourced
- The Good Chocolate – Zero sugar bean-to-bar chocolate
Confectionery Makers
- Brigadeiro Sprinkles – Handmade brigadeiros (Brazil’s fave dessert) in a dozen+ flavors
- Charles Chocolates – All natural, small batch with Valentine’s boxes
- Cheeky Bits Sweets – Small batch toffee focusing on tradition, quality, and sustainability
- Feve Chocolates – Artisan chocolate and confections supporting micro-loans to farmers
- Le Dix-Sept – Botanically inspired pastries and confections
- Mojo Bakes! SF – Brittle, shortbread, and toffee where salt meets sweet
- One-up Chocolates – Handmade chocolate bonbons inspired by video games
- Salty Sweet – Cookie perfection in more than one dozen flavors
- Socola Chocolatier – Handcrafted chocolates and confections inspired by the flavors of Vietnam
- Z Cioccolato – specializing in fudge, chocolate, salt water taffy, ice cream and more
Frozen Treats
- Bi-Rite Creamery – Small batch ice cream and baked goods by hand
- Humphry Slocombe – Unexpected ice cream since 2008
- Pepito’s Paletas – Traditional Mexican paletas made of fruit
Pepito’s Paletas
What are you doing down here? The links you want are up there 
. You’ll thank us later. Enjoy!
