Sweet and universally loved, chocolate is one treat we can all agree on. Lucky for you, Calgary’s chocolate boutiques carry a huge variety of premium selections.
Master Chocolat's Bernard Callebaut is one of Canada’s best-known chocolate makers. His Belgian-style, boutique chocolate factory creates a dreamy selection of treats made with natural and organic ingredients. Purchase assorted handcrafted chocolates by the bar, box or basket at Calgary Co-op locations, The Calgary Farmers Market and at the Master Chocolat kiosk in Southcentre Mall.
Wouldn’t it be great to work in a chocolate shop? Many of us have had this type of chocolate epiphany, but few chocolate lovers go as far as launching a business. This wee boutique run by chocolate maker Debra Fleck and her husband John, carries an indulgent profusion of her ganache-filled French-style chocolates. Sample, for example, the vanilla ganache-filled Tahitian blonde or the double-smoked-bacon chocolate. Also find handmade marshmallows, chocolate drinks and more.
Founded in Calgary over a century ago, Olivier’s chocolates and confectionaries such as peanut brittle and caramel continue to be made locally using the maker’s original recipes. The Olivier’s Inglewood shop carries individual chocolates, chocolate bark, chocolate-covered licorice and pretzel rods and much more.
Calgary is lucky enough to be home to the sole Canadian location of German premium chocolate chain Coppeneur. The Stephen Avenue Walk boutique carries a wide selection of handmade organic chocolate treats from truffles and pralines to specialty bars in flavours such as mango green tea and cappuccino butter fudge. Also try the shop’s organic hot chocolate mixes.
This little Inglewood chocolate factory and boutique produces chocolates by pre-order or while you wait. The award-winning and critically acclaimed home base of chocolatier Brad Churchill, the house specialty is hand-rolled truffles in dark or milk chocolate. The shop’s four signature chocolate bars are created using some four types of premium cocoa beans as well as two milk-chocolate versions. Also find drinking chocolate and fresh baked goods.