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Chocolate

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Zvezda

Since 1999, this bakery has been turning out the dreamiest tortes in the Slovenian capital.

Québec City, Québec

Musée du Chocolat

A chocolatier with a quaint museum showcasing the history of chocolate.

Barcelona, Spain

Granja Dulcinea

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

Akyem Kukurantumi, Ghana

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

Sample cacao fruit and learn all about bean production.

Jean Trogneux

A dad joke was inevitable when a member of this 19th-century chocolatier family married the president of France.

Debauve & Gallais

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

The Hebert Candy Mansion

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

Kilchberg, Switzerland

The World's Largest Chocolate Fountain

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

Sioux City, Iowa

Palmer's Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe

This 19th century Sioux City candy company is the home of the Twin Bing, a historic, chocolate-covered treat.

Sharon, Pennsylvania

Daffin's Chocolate Kingdom

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

Puzzle Monday: Chocaholic

AO Puzzles August 21, 2023

The Gastro Obscura Guide to Asheville Area Eats

A food and drink mecca awaits you in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains.

Sponsored by Explore Asheville

The interior of the shop is crammed with sustainably sourced chocolates.

El Cacaotal

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

Podcast: Wild Chocolate with Rowan Jacobsen

Join us on a journey into the Amazon rainforest to learn about a mythical chocolate.

The Podcast Team March 28, 2023

Pure 100-percent cacao is bitter and only slightly sweet.

The Surprisingly Sacred Roots of Chocolate

Among the Maya, cacao has served as a powerful symbol from womb to tomb.

Sam O'Brien February 14, 2023

Chocolate 'OJERT' Mural Advert

A hand-painted advertisement for chocolate adorns the walls of this historic building.

The finished chocolate sauerkraut cake.

Who Decided to Put Sauerkraut in Chocolate Cake?

The infamous ‘Don’t Ask Cake’ is better than it sounds.

Diana Hubbell November 10, 2022

Chocolate-y foam—but not that chocolate.

Chocolate-atole

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.