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2010 E. Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55413

612-331-8800

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BEST CHOCOLATE
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2004 | BEST CHOCOLATE

Husband-and-wife team Brian McElrath and Christine Walthour have a rack of awards that would make Lord of the Rings king Peter Jackson jealous. Aside from being showered with local accolades, their artisan chocolate company, B.T. McElrath, has received press mentions in Bon Appétit and USA Today, won honors from the Food Network and the Travel Channel, and was recently named one of the Top 20 Artisan Chocolate Makers in the United States by Chocolatier magazine. Using Minnesota-made... More »
2002 | BEST CHOCOLATE

The B.T. McElrath chocolate factory is located below ground, at an unassuming Minneapolis industrial complex that was once the site of research labs for General Mills. Development for such favorites as Wheaties and Cheerios originated here, explains Brian McElrath, chocolatier and co-owner of the company, along with wife Christine Walthour. The B.T. McElrath workspace is equally innovative. Here McElrath and his small staff of eight painstakingly craft 10,000 pieces of premium-quality,... More »
2001 | BEST CHOCOLATE

You'll need a big glass of milk when you start biting the wings off one of Brian McElrath's butterflies. Filled with gooey, fudgey fillings, nuts, and berries, these chocolates and truffles seem almost too pretty to eat. Almost. We bought a selection and nearly came to blows over who got the last bite of the passion-fruit-flavored flower and the pecan-encrusted turtle. Long gone were the more exotic bonbons this local artisan has become known for; paradoxical wonders like... More »
2000 | BEST CHOCOLATE

We know material gifts aren't supposed to play any part in true love, but, see, this one time we got a B.T. McElrath chocolate flower-box, which is a special box cast entirely out of dark chocolate and resembling a daisy. (If a daisy was a dark-brown glossy box.) And when we lifted off the lid, the box was filled with three B.T. McElrath chocolates. And then we ate the lid of the box, and then we ate the chocolates, and then we ate the bottom of the box. And only then did we experience true... More »

Treat or Treat

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, October 23, 2002

B.T. McElrath 2010 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis 612.331.8800 Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are upon us, and so it is the time of year to give thanks, above all, that we are adults and can buy our own damn chocolate. I got to thinking this ... More »
The Alchemist

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, May 06, 1998

B.T. McElrath Chocolatier 2010 E. Hennepin Ave., Mpls.; 331-8800 You've heard of rotisserie baseball, right? Where you put together an imaginary team of real players and pit them against each other in a fantasy league to see who would win? Or m... More »

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BT McElrath Chocolatier

2010 E. Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55413

612-331-8800

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2004 | BEST CHOCOLATE

2002 | BEST CHOCOLATE

2001 | BEST CHOCOLATE

2000 | BEST CHOCOLATE

Treat or Treat

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, October 23, 2002

The Alchemist

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, May 06, 1998

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