The Best Chocolate in Toronto

The best chocolate in Toronto comes via chocolatiers and dessert purveyors that take the art of cacao very seriously. Crave-worthy chocolate can be found all across the city in different styles, from hand-crafted Brazilian treats to Chinese syrup-filled bonbons.

Here’s the best chocolate in Toronto.

3 - SOMA Chocolate

This quintessential Toronto chocolate factory has locations on King West and the Distillery District. Tracking the chocolate-making process from the cacao pod picking to moulding, Soma makes some killer products, and their Mayan hot chocolate is a must-try too.
7 - Sweet Olenka's

Gourmet chocolate comes in different shapes at this Etobicoke dessert shop. They may be best known for their ice cream but Sweet Olenka’s also does boxes of truffles made in-house and a cool collection of “rusted tool” dark chocolates.
4 - Chocolates X Brandon Olsen

CXBO tempers up some beautiful artisanal chocolates. This Kensington Market shop from Toronto chef Brandon Olsen creates perfect collections of sweets, packaged in hand-painted boxes that are just as pretty as the stuff inside.
8 - Mary's Brigadeiro

This shop on Danforth East is the only spot in the city specializing solely in brigadeiro, a Brazilian chocolate made with condensed milk, cocoa, and butter. Single-origin cocoa beans are imported in to the shop and hand-rolled into these delightful balls of sweetness.
9 - Soul Chocolate

Small batch chocolate produced in the back of this little East Chinatown store is developed from scratch to create vegan bars. Each one is made up of just two ingredients: cacao and organic cane sugar, and they even offer chocolate shots, if you feel like drinking it too.
6 - Nadege Patisserie

As Toronto’s most popular French patisserie, Nadege has three locations around the city, with a flagship on Queen West. Chef Nadege Nourian has been making chocolate truffles since she was a kid, so it’s no surprise her recipes are amazing.
11 - Onyx Chocolates

This artisanal chocolate shop operates out of the same space as Wong’s Ice Cream, which is apropos given both business’ penchant for fusing classic Asian flavours with sweets. You can build your own box of their incredibly colourful bon bons or try mi goreng- and black sesame yuzu-flavoured chocolate bars.
5 - ChocoSol

This environmentally-minded brand based in Corso Italia sources its organic cacao from forests in Mexico tended by Indigenous farmers. Their slow-ground and roasting technique gives their chocolate a distinctive flavour. It's no wonder their products are carried by stores all around the city.
10 - Stubbe Chocolate

Located in the Annex, this Dupont shop doles out a wide selection of truffles and chocolate bars from their open kitchen. Stubbe is run by Chef Daniel Stubbe, a sixth generation konditor (a specially qualified baker in European konditorei) so you know his stuff is no joke.

by Tanya Mok via blogTO