BAR AU CHOCOLAT

As a pastry chef and chocolate lover and a raving fan of bean to bar chocolates, you can imagine I have tried and sampled so many chocolates in my baking career. I discovered Bar au Chocolat and fell madly in love with their maple sugar chocolate chips. I had the greatest pleasure and honor to meet and visit Nicole at Bar au Chocolate and was beyond impressed with the huge standards of quality ingredients she sources and her chocolate process is unlike anything I have seen. Bar au Chocolat is by far one of my very favorite products! LA is so lucky to have you!

I placed an online order, my first. Bar au Chocolat is a woman owned bean to bar chocolate maker. Great customer service and beautiful packaging made me swoon! I didn't order the egg, it was an extra gift with a faux rabbit's foot tied to it. A handwritten note. Descriptions/stories packaged with each bar. Saving the egg for Easter. Exceptionally good dark chocolate. I highly recommend. Thank you, Nicole and your team.

Happy to support this woman founder. Nicole’s passion is palpable and her exceptional attention to detail shows in the making and presentation of these chocolates. She finds the best ingredients from around the world, focusing on sustainable farming. The exquisite flavors speak for themselves. Any one of her products are just the best gift or decadent treat for yourself.

This charming shoppe creates quality chocolate — from a rough cocoa nut to smooth-as-silk chocolate. The owner, Nicole, is a lovely gal who puts creativity and love into every bar. Great with wine, and, they make fabulous gifts!

Nicole's chocolate is amazing and her dried persimmons are to die for. She was so incredibly kind to me and my girlfriend when we knocked on the door. I highly recommend ordering delicious chocolate from her.

If you love chocolate, this is the place for you!!! The hot chocolate is best ever and the bars are delicious. They are to be savored. You will never go back to Snickers or Hershey’s after trying this chocolate made from bean to bar with love!! Keep the chocolatey creations coming!!!

High quality, incredible boutique chocolate!

Very tasty high quality chocolate!

I attended a wine & chocolate pairing class and was fortunate enough to taste these exquisite chocolates. Had it not been for this class I would have never discovered this confectionary delight. We sampled four different chocolates: Madagascar 72% (Estate Blend Dark), Hispaniola 74% (Single Origin Dark), Ecuador 77% (Estate Dark), & Trinidad 80% (Single Origin Dark). I immediately could taste the high quality of this chocolate in comparison to cheaper brands. It was also fascinating to discover how the chocolate enhanced the flavor of the wine. We also learned how to appreciate the chocolate by focusing with our senses and to savor it slowly in order to identify flavors and sensations. The way the chocolate feels and melts in your mouth affects the flavor, as well as the aromas you smell as you are savoring it. A superior quality chocolate will leave a smooth, creamy & clean finish in your mouth and not a gritty & sugary after taste that you often get with commercial chocolate. This luxury chocolate is hand crafted at an atelier located in Manhattan Beach. You can't purchase at that location, but you can order it online along with hot chocolate, cake mix, brownie mix, and other goodies at: barauchocolat.com