{"id":25810,"date":"2011-12-01T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T19:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=25810"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:57:53","slug":"new-york-chocolate-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/25810\/new-york-chocolate-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Stops: Six New York Chocolate Makers We Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

If chocolate is the answer, the question is irrelevant. \u2013Fortune Cookie?<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently, offMetro scoured the annual\u00a0New York Chocolate Show in search of answers to questions unknown. We probed, we sampled, we took a few restorative laps around the Metropolitan Pavilion and then we sampled some more. When our desire for cold milk overwhelmed even our love of chocolate (note to show organizers: sell local milk at next year\u2019s show), we walked away antioxidant-laden and with a sweet list of chocolate crushes. Here are some of our favorite New York chocolate makers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Medicinal Chocolate | <\/strong>Gnosis
\nGnosis <\/em>is Greek for \u201cknowledge,\u201d which is exactly what these guys are dropping. Their specialty raw, vegan agave nectar-sweetened cacao bars are a (handmade) lesson in alchemy and holistic medicine. Try the classic SuperChoc, dotted with goji berries, raspberries and 15 superherbs, for longevity and vitality; the Fleur de Sel to find your equilibrium; Peppermint for clarity; or Aphrodisia, made with an indulgent mix of figs, raspberries, horny goat weed and other passion-stimulating herbs. Or drink to your health with one of Gnosis\u2019<\/em>s raw hot chocolates, like the chai-spiced Immunity Elixir. Based in Long Island City, Queens. Available at these stores<\/a> or online.<\/em><\/p>\n

Best DIY | <\/strong>Jacques Torres
\nMost New Yorkers are well aware of the chocolate bliss that is a bar of Jacques Torres,\u00a0but those in the know will never leave one of Mr. Chocolate\u2019s shops without his chocolate chip cookies in hand. Impress your friends (or indulge yourself) by baking your own batch o’ cookies, Jacques\u2019 take on the classic oozing with melted, dark chocolate disks. Buy the Cookie Mix next time you visit Jacques Torres in DUMBO<\/a> or online<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Best in Chew | <\/strong>Liddabit Sweets
\nLiddabit\u2019s seasonal treats are typically salty-sweet and always packed with local, organic ingredients. There\u2019s plenty to love about Liddabit\u2019s small-batch NY honeycomb or seasonal Pumpkin Pie Bar (spiced pumpkin caramel ganache, fluffy marshmallow and a crispy pie crust covered in milk chocolate sea salt caramel), but if you\u2019re going to focus on one Liddbat sweet, make it the caramels, be it the chewy classic Sea Salt, Dark Chocolate, Ricotta Fig, Apple Cider or, always a crowd-pleaser, Beer & Pretzels. Shop online or find Liddbabit<\/em>\u00a0in these local stores.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Chocolate Worth Hitting the Road for
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Co Co. Sala <\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Washington DC-based chocolate boutique and lounge is known for its four pre-set chocolate meals and artisanal chocolate bars and truffles (think banana ginger, cinnamon toffee, cotija and organic lemon). It was Co Co.\u2019s pumpkin seed brittle bark, however, that won us over: buttery brittle studded with crunchy pumpkin seeds and covered in dark chocolate with a touch of Maldon sea salt. Visit Co Co. Sala in DC or shop online.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Best Hot \u2018n\u2019 Spicy Vegan | <\/strong>NibMor
\nEverything about Long Island-based NibMor is eco-friendly, dark and delicious. Their organic, agave nectar-sweetened chocolate bars, (original dark, a nib-dotted extreme, almond dark and crispy dark) are also available in \u201cdaily dose\u201d bites; thanks to their pure strength, you\u2019ll only need a little to get your chocolate fix. Sweetened with coconut palm sugar, NibMor\u2019s vegan drinking chocolate is likewise naturally rich. Sip on original, mint, or, the one your palate won\u2019t soon forget, 6-spice. A peppery mix with cayenne pepper, cinnamon, fennel, white pepper, cloves, cardamom and sea salt (all organic), this is hot cocoa that\u2019ll warm both body and mouth. Find a NibMor retailer here or shop online. <\/em><\/p>\n

Chocolate for Creative Inspiration | <\/strong>Jazz Brownies
\nSanto Domingo native Chef Maria Luisa Rodriguez has been working as a chef and food stylist in New York for some ten years. It wasn\u2019t until a few months ago, however, that she developed Jazz Brownies<\/em>. \u201cAn ode to the diverse rhythms of the jazz experience,\u201d the bite-sized squares are wonderfully rich and impossibly moist, thanks to Rodriguez\u2019s artful touch and minimal use of flour. The handmade brownies come in four flavors, each made with premium dark Callebaut chocolate: Orange Zest, Coconut Black Pepper, Sesame and Spicy Dulce de Leche. Email Rodriguez<\/a> to order a box of eight with your choice of flavor(s).<\/em><\/p>\n

Photos in order: Courtesy of\u00a0VanessaC (EY)<\/a>,\u00a0Liddabit Sweets, Salt of the Earth Bakery, and Co Co. Sala <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If chocolate is the answer, the question is irrelevant. \u2013Fortune Cookie? Recently, offMetro scoured the annual\u00a0New York Chocolate Show in search of answers to questions unknown. We probed, we sampled, we took a few restorative laps around the Metropolitan Pavilion and then we sampled some more. When our desire for cold milk overwhelmed even our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":55427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,314,1869],"tags":[155,157,125,636,292,84,672],"class_list":{"0":"post-25810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"category-dining-nightlife","9":"category-editors-picks","10":"tag-chocolate","11":"tag-dessert","12":"tag-food","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-local","15":"tag-shopping","16":"tag-vegan"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":55427,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/410142622_1f3953a09b_o-e1481761567324-350x197.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}