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2301 S. Jefferson Ave. St. Louis, MO 63104

314-771-2310

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Best Chocolate
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Dessert

Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.-Fri. Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Price: $

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit
Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Order Online, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Snack Food

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Free, Street

Description

Brian Pelletier, owner and chief chocolatier at Kakao Chocolate left his career in the corporate world after twenty years to focus on his passion: chocolate. Since 2008, he has been sharing this passion with his patrons. Using all-natural ingredients, Kakao's selection of sweets includes chocolate bark, a variety of bars with different chocolate blends and seasonal offerings such as rose petal in the spring, which is spun from red rooibos tea and rose petals, dipped in milk chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate, and eggnog at Christmastime - white chocolate with rum, bourbon and nutmeg. Kakao also sells gift boxes of its treats.

2010 | Best Chocolate

Just four words: bacon sea-salt caramels. You need to know more Really Fine. In the three years since Brian Pelletier abandoned a career in PR to run Kakao Chocolate (pronounced "ka-kay-oh"), he has been steadily pushing the boundaries of confectionery. There are truffles in unexpected flavors, including smoke, green tea and spiced rum; barks that mix dark chocolate with white pepper and sea salt and strawberry and black pepper; a cocoa-based barbecue rub; and the "Big Squeal," a buttery... More »
2008 | Best Chocolate

This past spring Brian Pelletier dared to do what most of us only dream: When he heard Kakao Chocolate was up for sale, he promptly ditched his corporate desk job, rented space on Cherokee Street and devoted himself to mastering the art and science of chocolate-making. Using only natural ingredients -- and no corn syrup! -- and taking care to dip each truffle by hand, Pelletier has been experimenting with a wide range of flavors: vanilla, lavender, mint, chili pepper, Turkish... More »

Kakao Chocolate to Open Maplewood Shop

By Ian Froeb | Tue, November 30, 2010

Owner Brian Pelletier tells Gut Check that he has signed a lease to open Kakao Chocolate at 7272 Manchester Road in Maplewood. This will be the second location for the shop the RFT named "Best Chocola... More »

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rftbestof | St Lous, MO | 149 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

This past spring Brian Pelletier dared to do what most of us only dream: When he heard Kakao Chocolate was up for sale, he promptly ditched his corporate desk job, rented space on Cherokee Street and devoted himself to mastering the art and science of chocolate-making. Using only natural ingredients � and no corn syrup! � and taking care to dip each truffle by hand, Pelletier has been experimenting with a wide range of flavors: vanilla, lavender, mint, chili pepper, Turkish coffee, sea salt, chai, rose petals, Maker's Mark. He has learned how to make marshmallows and drag�es (chocolate-coated almonds). He has explored the frontier between caramel and toffee. Most miraculously of all, he's discovered how to make a half-inch cube of chocolate melt on the tip of your tongue and suffuse your entire body with pure joy.
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blood.laura | Saint Louis, MO | 15 Reviews

| Fri, December 18, 2009

excellent truffles! they have some flavors you would never think would be good... but listen folks -- it's chocolate. it pairs perfectly with anything!! you gotta try Kakao if you're in the area.
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emko18 | st. louis, MO | 271 Reviews

| Thu, May 27, 2010

They have the best Margarita chocolate - sounds weird - but its' good. They put margarita salt on the chocolate. Yum!