--- title: 33 of the Best Places to Buy Chocolate in America description: You don't have to go to Europe to get these tasty treats canonical: https://time.com/3661690/best-chocolate-shops-america/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-09T18:25:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:33.885Z og:title: 33 of the Best Places to Buy Chocolate in America og:description: You don't have to go to Europe to get these tasty treats og:url: https://time.com/3661690/best-chocolate-shops-america/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f40bc2b204007c/6987792ae53aba291b4d6f51/chocolates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3944 og:image:height: 2219 og:image:alt: chocolates og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 33 of the Best Places to Buy Chocolate in America twitter:description: You don't have to go to Europe to get these tasty treats twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f40bc2b204007c/6987792ae53aba291b4d6f51/chocolates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 33 of the Best Places to Buy Chocolate in America > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-worth-2026q3/newsletters?i=8545b9d3-b0a7-42ee-9edf-31925b001617&cr=time-nl-worth-2026q3-v1) by [Alessandra Bulow / Food & Wine](https://time.com/author/food-wine-2/) ## Alessandra Bulow / Food & Wine Jan 9, 2015 6:25 PM UTC  Chocolates on brown background Chocolates on brown background Getty Images by [Alessandra Bulow / Food & Wine](https://time.com/author/food-wine-2/) ## Alessandra Bulow / Food & Wine Jan 9, 2015 6:25 PM UTC ## [Fran’s Chocolates](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/best-chocolate-in-the-us/1) For more than 30 years, Seattle-based owner [Fran Bigelow](http://www.franschocolates.com) has been setting candy trends—she was selling miniature chocolate bars and elegant truffles before they became ubiquitous. Her sweets also have a very high-profile admirer: As a lover of salty-sweet desserts, one of President Obama’s favorite indulgences is Fran’s Smoked Salt Caramels—buttery caramels coated in milk chocolate and sprinkled with smoked sea salt. ## [Vosges Haut-Chocolat](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/best-chocolate-in-the-us/1) [Owner and chocolate visionary Katrina Markoff](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com) flavors chocolates with unexpected ingredients (curry powder, bee pollen) and packs them in boldly designed boxes. Markoff is also a pioneer of the bacon-and-chocolate trend and now has glamorous boutiques in Chicago, New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. ## [Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolates](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/best-chocolate-in-the-us/1) Pastry chef [Christopher Elbow](http://www.elbowchocolates.com) worked at the American Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, until the demand for his chocolate petits fours convinced him to launch his own candy business in 2003\. His beautiful hand-painted chocolates come in creative flavors like bananas Foster and caramel apple. Elbow also makes fantastic chocolate bars, including the favorite among F&W editors, No. 6 Dark Rocks, made with dark chocolate and popping candy. ## [L.A. Burdick Chocolates](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/best-chocolate-in-the-us/1) After gaining recognition for the adorable almond-eared chocolate mice he provided to New York City’s Le Cirque and Bouley in the 1990s, chocolatier [Larry Burdick](http://www.burdickchocolate.com) moved to Wapole, New Hampshire, where he opened a cheery yellow café. Today, there are L.A. Burdick locations in New York City, Boston, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving his fantastic handmade chocolate candies, from ganache-filled truffles to the chocolate bunnies Burdick makes each spring, an Easter variation on his famous chocolate mice. ## [Recchiuti Confections](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/best-chocolate-in-the-us/1) San Francisco chocolatier [Michael Recchiuti](http://www.recchiuti.com) creates market-driven confections like chocolate-dipped pear slices flavored with Key lime juice, and homey chocolate desserts such as Quadruple Chocolate Brownies. F&W editors also love Recchiuti’s dark chocolate-covered burnt caramel almonds and the seasonal peppermint patties. [Read the full list HERE.](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/best-chocolate-in-the-us/1?xid=PS%5Ftime) _More from Food & Wine:_ * [America’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/americas-best-chocolate-chip-cookies/1?xid=PS%5Ftime) * [5 Hot Chocolate Recipes](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/hot-chocolate/1?xid=PS%5Ftime) * [Best Hot Chocolate in the U.S.](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/best-hot-chocolate-in-the-us?xid=PS%5Ftime) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3661690/best-chocolate-shops-america/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3661690/best-chocolate-shops-america/"},"headline":"33 of the Best Places to Buy Chocolate in America","datePublished":"2015-01-09T18:25:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:33.885Z","description":"You don't have to go to Europe to get these tasty treats","url":"https://time.com/3661690/best-chocolate-shops-america/","keywords":["Living","chocolate","Travel","America","advice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f40bc2b204007c/6987792ae53aba291b4d6f51/chocolates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alessandra Bulow / Food & Wine"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f40bc2b204007c/6987792ae53aba291b4d6f51/chocolates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"chocolates","caption":"chocolates","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3661690/best-chocolate-shops-america/","name":"33 of the Best Places to Buy Chocolate in America"}}]}] ```