Chocolate

Owned and operated by Judy Contino, former corporate pastry chef for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. The shop is the combination of Judy's experience at some of Chicago's finest restaurants along with her passion for homemade pastry treats in an upscale café setting.

This is a fully integrated chocolate and cocoa manufacturer serving customers around the world. The company was founded in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois by Henry Blommer, Sr., along with his brothers Al and Bernard. Today, the business is still family run and has grown to become one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in North America. Blommer has four generations of chocolate makers behind the family name.

If you are one that enjoys exquisitely fine chocolates then visit Michael Canady and his staff and watch them as they make and decorate some of the best chocolates of the south side of Chicago.

Cunis Candies was established in Chicago in 1933 by Uncle George Askounis, making the finest candies and ice cream. Only the purest ingredients were used and everything was freshly made. Today, more than 70 years later, they are still making chocolates in their shop in South Holland using there own traditional family recipes. Try the hand dipped chocolate covered strawberries - a treat worth driving for.

You hold a special place in your heart for chocolate now, there's a special place for you to enjoy it. You've inspired us to create the perfect chocolate experience, a place to saturate your senses in pure, intense, decadent chocolate hand crafted an warm-blended by world-renowned ethel's chocolatiers.

Here, among the truffles and the cocktails the nuts and the caramels, the fruits and familiar favorites, you'll find one very rare and extraordinary ingredient common to every piece of Ethel's® chocolate: - 100% pure chocolate passion, you can see it in the exquisite finish, detect it in the heady aroma, and taste it in every sumptuous and silky, warm-blended bite you love chocolate then they're here to help.

Gayety's a Chicago favorite, has had a long and rich tradition of hand-dipping chocolates that dates back
to 1920. They're an old-fashioned company that likes to do things the old fashioned way.  Enjoy homemade ice cream, ice cream pies and old-fashioned sundaes.  Gayety's ice cream boasts 18 percent butterfat for those of us that are counting calories.
Flavors include vanilla bean, chocolate, strawberry, peppermint, banana, butter pecan and chocolate chip. Take home their delectable desserts and spectacular hot fudge and caramel sauces.
The way they always have made ice cream for over 50 years.

Follow the rich smell of chocolate and you will eventually come to the Ghirardelli's only store in the Midwest. Originally founded in San Francisco during the Gold Rush by Domingo Ghirardelli, son of an Italian chocolatier, Ghirardelli Chocolate employs the finest European traditions in chocolate making. Indulge in delicious chocolate and ice cream creations and purchase confections at this lesser-known gourmet shop and soda fountain. Just steps from Michigan Avenue.

Chicago residents and visitors are enjoying the excitement, great taste and interactive fun of the world's best loved confectionary brands at Hershey’s Chicago. This 3,600 square foot engaging retail experience, where you can even become a factory worker for the day, is located on the city's Magnificent Mile. You will find your favorite Hershey's products as well as one-of-a-kind gifts and souvenirs.

Anyone who thinks a chocolate martini should taste more like chocolate than a martini will love the options at Sofitel's Le Bar. Shaken table-side and garnished with a milk chocolate swizzle stick, the frothy blend goes down like chocolate milk. The secret? A mix of Godiva White and Godiva Dark liqueurs with vanilla-flavored vodka. For those seeking a little something extra with a kick try a little Frangelico version with a generous swirl of chocolate syrup around the glass.

Gather under the Antique Stained Glass Dome in the 85,000 square foot Long Grove Confectionery to begin your tour of our specialty chocolate kitchen.
The tour guide will present a short video on how cacao (ca-cow) is grown and processed into what we know and love as "chocolate." It will also include a brief history of the family-owned business, which prides itself on its personal approach to providing quality products, service and satisfaction. Following the video, guests will see the giant sculpted chocolate on display before entering the walkway to view production and packaging of our fine chocolates.

Established in 1993. Moonstruck was founded on the premise that chocolate is not simply a candy, but an experience to be enjoyed by all the senses.

Beware! This amazing all-you-can-eat spread could very well result in death by chocolate. It is a feast of everything that is cocoa - mousse, petits fours, truffles, chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate-chip muffins and more.

Born of a passion for stimulating the senses and awakening the spirit, Terry's Toffee is a remarkable twist on a classic. The eclectic and distinctive flavors were developed from a rich, century-old family recipe from Terry's Grandmother McCall.

Teuscher truffles have been called "the best on the planet." These fine chocolates are made in the Swiss chocolate tradition.

Mmm, fudge.. Duck into this fragrant, sinful chocoholic's delight. Pamper yourself with truffles. Tickle your inner-child with a lollipop. Can you say dipped frozen bananas?

Vosges' exotic truffles are made from the finest ingredients offered around the world. Owner/Chocolatier, Katrina Markoff, personally chooses every spice, flower and chocolate that is flown into their Chicago kitchen. Markoff utilizes the original methods of French confectionery artistry which she learned during her training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.