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Local chocolatier Alma Chocolate serves their intricate, handmade treats at their flagship store in Northeast Portland’s Kern neighborhood.

Credit: Amy Ouellette

Chocolate and Sweets

Portland offers distinguished artisan chocolate and handmade sweet treats all year long.

Although Valentine’s Day is in February, chocolate is far from a once-a-year obsession in the City of Roses. For many Portland locals, gourmet chocolate is a lifelong pursuit.

Longtime local favorite Moonstruck Chocolate first launched their line of handcrafted confections in 1993. Today, they’re best known for their artisan truffles, from adorable animal-shaped sweets to boozy creations laced with Bull Run bourbon or Widmer Hefeweizen. Portland-sourced ingredients also shine at Missionary Chocolates, where dairy-free vegan truffles come in flavors like local lavender and Jacobsen Pinot Noir salted caramel.

Ranked among the best chocolates in America by Bon Appetit, Xocolatl de David expertly balances sweet and savory with nougaty bacon caramel bars and melt-in-your-mouth truffle bars in flavors like coconut lemongrass and Earl Grey tea.

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Batch PDX dreams up gourmet twists on the classic candy bars of your childhood — expect Joyful Almonds filled with coconut ganache and Twicks Bars layered with caramel and buttery shortbread.

Unusual flavors also abound at Cocanu, a company best known for bags of super-sugary candied cacao nibs (known as “Craque,”) and Moonwalk bars laced with Pop Rocks. Taste your way around the world with Woodblock Chocolate, which crafts single-origin bars sourced from Madagascar, Peru and Trinidad, each with its own unique taste.

Another single-origin shop, Ranger Chocolate uses ethically sourced Peruvian cacao beans to create bright, bitter bars ranging from 70-80% chocolate. Try them all at Cup & Bar, a factory and tasting room that Ranger shares with Trailhead Coffee Roasters on Portland’s hip Central Eastside. Creo Chocolate also lets visitors get up close and personal with the bean-to-bar process, accessibly displaying (and explaining) every step of the process in their inviting Northeast Portland cafe.

Chocolate lovers can stock up at The Meadow, a specialty shop stocked with more than 700 chocolate bars from around the world, as well as local favorites like Alma, Cocanu, Woodblock and Xocolatl de David.