Chuao Chocolatier

I am terrifically pleased with my online gift order. Sent to my mom as a birthday gift, you have exceeded my expectations on keeping the chocolates cool, gift wrapped, and especially with printing an actual card with my message! She sent me a photo after delivery to thank me, but it immediately made me want to thank YOU for providing such an excellent experience beyond the finest chocolates. My mom and her husband are also devoted See’s chocolate fans, and she said after tasting the Raving Rocky Road bar, that they both paused and looked at each other before asking “......... is this better than See’s?” Slowly but surely spreading the goodness of Chuao to our friends and family!!

My kids & I took the one hour tour. We had a great time. My kids absorbed every word; it was totally worth $15 per person. It included samples and yummy smells. Every question was answered. Leave your jewelry at home and prepare to wear a hair net and closed toe shoes. Also, purchase your tickets in advance, last minute guests were turned away. I'd love to try the truffle rolling tour sometime. Great way to spend 1 hour in Carlsbad!

Great chocolates!!! Best artisan chocolates made in the USA. Fresh and great variety of chocolates and chocolate mixes with exotic, fun and original flavors. The best. Wide variety of flavors and textures in chocolates, these chocolates are far better, hands down, than most chocolates you can find in the USA. A fact that I just found out from the owner a couple of days ago, is that they use Fair Trade certified and Kosher ingredients to create their yummy chocolate that is free of preservatives and fillers. If what I wrote helped you out, please give me a like. Thanks.

Creative chocolate flavors, but the dark chocolate is less dark than I can appreciate. They do have some 72% bars, but they don't come in all the interesting flavors. The black Friday sale at 40% off definitely signature bars made for an extra star in the rating. Otherwise, my chocolate preferences lay elsewhere.

I think it was fate that I drove by Chuao Chocolatier. I was tasked to find a treat to bring back home for the family and when I wandered in, it was heavenly. I was instantly welcomed by the staff and I wandered around looking at all of the chocolate bars they had. I picked several that I wanted and checked in and got a free truffle. I chose the wild truffle and only wished I had bought some to go. There’s plenty of parking at the site and if you purchase the smaller bars, there’s a little bag that you can buy to make your own little gift for someone(or to serve as a treat for yourself).

WoW...Took their basic tour....1 hour of learning about Chuao And Chocolate. YUM..... Did some tasting...Saw their production process. And I've already signed up for their Truffle class. Next class after that is making chocolate bars. I'll do that too! They have events too. Go to their website. They have some fun stuff for Valentine's too. Totally worth the cost of the classes....Hurry. Then you'll be enjoying some outstanding chocolate you've been missing out on...Prices are totally reasonable for the quality......Enjoy! Tour was so good, I decided to go for the Truffle Class...1/31/20 5pm. hmmmmm....Well it was pretty basic, due to production noises, it was not easy to listen to the tour guide. I think more time and effort into explaining the following would have improved the experience. So once the chocolate is prepared for truffle making I would suggest a few good words of advice: 1. Make small balls so when they go in to cooler, they will "chill" and be usable. If they are not small, they will not have enough time to chill for the next step. 2. Cooler hands for step Two the dipping and rolling in outer chocolate will improve your success. So placing your hands on the cold tray that your chocolates have been cooling on will help do that. You'll pick up the balls, dip them and then dust them so cooler hands will help. 3. Back into the cooler for final set-up...You'll be happier with smaller nickle sized balls. Too bad after you're done, the store isn't open to make purchases.....might be smart to have everyone shop before the class and before the store closes. The $15 tour...totally worthit! The $40 truffle...fell short, very short in comparison..... I'll still be back to make purchases and probably take the tour annually to see your new and different products as you're very imaginative! everyone.....sign up for their emails to learn about what's happening.