Escazú Chocolates

We are a Bean to Bar to Confection chocolate maker-chocolatier located in Raleigh, NC. We carefully source high quality cacao beans from Latin America.

Our retail shop and factory is located at 936 North Blount St. 919.832.3433 We then, sort the beans by hand, roast in an antique roaster, winnow and grind in an antique stone grinder, to make the chocolate. We then temper it and hand ladle it into the molds to make our bars that are later hand wrapped. From the day we start sorting until the bar is ready to be on a shelf is an 8 to 10 day process,

07/02/2024

Hi, it’s us, Danielle and Tiana!
We spent the day putting together a little something we hope to have for you later this year!
But for now, we just want to let you know that Escazū is on its summer break and we will be closed 7/2 to 7/5 and we will see you on Saturday 7/6.
Have a safe, refreshing and chocolatey holiday!

06/28/2024

Time sure flies!!! It has been 1 year since made chocolate with us and shared the process with her fans! She did a wonderful job at showing what we do and how we do it, so….. To celebrate this anniversary we will be re-releasing her collection!!!
Sign up on our website for the first dibs link to make sure you don’t miss out and spread the word to all the Safiya fans!!!

Photos from Escazú Chocolates's post 04/27/2024

It’s the weekend and this is one of our specials!!!!
Blood orange moon pie!!!! Blood orange pate de fruit and orange zest marshmallow…. So so so so so so good!

03/05/2024

Rosie, fluffy, sweet and crunchy…
Special marshmallow available now!!!!!!

03/02/2024

It’s a special kind of day today!
Cookies with Jasmine caramel chocolate chunks AND Jasmine tea ice cream!!!
Come for it, you know our specials are very special!

01/29/2024

Are you shipping your Valentine’s Day chocolates? Let us recommend placing your order sooner, rather than later.
If you are local, place a pre-order for pick up, and avoid having to wait in line behind the confection counter!

12/24/2023

That’s a wrap folks!
Another year filled with chocolate experiences that makes us so grateful to wish you a wonderful holiday time and the best for the next year.
Thank you for your support, year after year!
To our team: there’s no thank you big enough to express how grateful we are for the work you do, thank you for working together so well, with so much care and making it all smooth sailing!!!
See you all on, Tuesday, January 9th, we’re taking a very well deserved break!

12/14/2023

‘Tis the season!

12/13/2023

Want to make sure you have Escazū marshmallows in your Holiday stockings?!
Go to the link in our bio to PRE-ORDER NOW!

12/04/2023

Order now and schedule your shipping or pick up!
It’s the absolute best way to make sure you and your loved ones get Escazū this holiday season!

12/01/2023

Mark your calendars!!!!
Saturday, 12/9 | 11am - 3pm
Come shop from local businesses and makers, eat some food, and warm up with some hot chocolate!

11/28/2023

There’s still time to place a special order, for your clients, office or party favors, just place it by December 5th! Link to order form in bio!

11/24/2023

15% OFF on ALL papered bars!!! TOMORROW, 11/25, IN STORE & ONLINE!

11/21/2023

We will be celebrating with our families and gearing up for December!
Also, a few weeks ago our Sunday changed, so come see us on Sundays from 10am to 4pm!

11/09/2023

Advent Calendar, Hot Chocolate Mix and more of our very coveted limited Holiday items will be available for PRE-ORDER tomorrow for our Newsletter subscribers only, so sign up now!!!!

11/02/2023

Today is the last day tickets will be available for this fun and creative experience with at thank you to the for allowing us to use this magical space!

10/31/2023

Have you ever wondered if you can peek into our creative process? Have you ever wanted to be a part of it?
Well, this is your chance!!!!
Join Danielle, Tiana and their friends Jeannine & Denise from for a one of a kind event.
We will walk you through the creative process and we will end up with the blueprints for a bar created by YOU to be released in the spring of 2024!!!!
We will have snacks, drinks and take home goodies, besides all the fun of creating something wonderful!!!!
For mor information and tickets go to the link in bio!

10/30/2023

Look at this spooky cutie Halloween box we made for you!!!!
Head to our website to shop for it now!!!!

Photos from Escazú Chocolates's post 10/17/2023

Spooky times are here with this delicious bar:
chai spice gianduja with vanilla caramel!!!

10/13/2023

Spooky Season is here and we have the chocolates for it!!!!!
Our Friday drop just came out, come in for yours!!!!

Photos from Escazú Chocolates's post 09/13/2023

This Saturday only!
To celebrate our 15th anniversary we will be selling our ice cream scooped and making Sundaes!!!!

We will also gift a bite size cake with your purchase while supplies last!

Come enjoy the day with chocolate, Ice cream and more of our friends celebrating with us!

Photos from Escazú Chocolates's post 09/12/2023

This Saturday, September 16, we will be celebrating our 15th Anniversary, Can you believe that?!?!
We have a great group of people that will be celebrating with us!!!!
These are a few of them!

09/11/2023

This Saturday, September 16, 11am to 4pm!
Come celebrate our 15th anniversary with us and our friends!!!
Thank you to for all the planning and encouragement and to for the awesome illustrations and the exciting fun interactive table they will be bringing for you!
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09/08/2023

We are 15 years old!!!!

Come celebrate with us on Saturday, September 16th from 11am to 4pm.

We will have an Ice Cream Sundae Bar and a small market with local businesses!

There will be small cake bites with your purchase while supplies last!

Come celebrate with us!!!!!

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09/08/2023

It has been 15 years since we first opened our doors and we are celebrating on Saturday, September 16!!!!
We will be doing an Ice Cream Sundae Bar and we will have a small market with local businesses!

There will be small cake bites with your purchase while supplies last!

So come on over and celebrate 15 with us!

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Photos from Escazú Chocolates's post 09/01/2023

Imagine a delicious cheesecake, now imagine a delicious alfajor, now imagine them together…. Now we tell you that we have it on special this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have all tasted it and it has been hard not eating every single one.
Come for yours!!!!

Photos from Escazú Chocolates's post 08/23/2023

Nothing says summer like watermelon does!
Kim and David are bringing the summer with this double layer confection of watermelon pâté de fruit and chocolate ganache, it’s juice, fruity, sweet and beautiful!

08/12/2023

Watermelon Marshnallow with cocoa nibs on weekend special!!!
Stephanie is making dreams come true via beautiful delicious treats! Come get yours before they’re all gone!

08/11/2023

Ok!!! Our newsletter subscribers got first dibs and now it’s your turn!
If you’ve been waiting for this, this is the time. Our collaboration with has been restocked, get yours before it completely sells out!
(If you haven’t seen the video yet, the link is on our bio)

06/30/2023

With the beautiful and delicious chocolate we created with Safiya Nygaard we’re letting you know we will be taking a break for the July 4th Holiday!
As always, thank you for your support!

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Our Story

We carefully source high quality cacao beans from Latin America, working directly with the farms, we travel to Costa Rica once or twice a year to visit the farm.
We then, sort the beans by hand, roast in an antique roaster, winnow and grind in an antique stone grinder, to make the chocolate. We then temper it and hand ladle it into the molds to make our bars that are later hand wrapped. From the day we start sorting until the bar is ready to be on a shelf is an 8 to 10 day process, not counting aging time and from the sorting to the wrapping, our process is completely hand done.
Our confections are made with our chocolate and local ingredients, we utilize Maple View Farm Cream, Barefoot Farms Strawberries, NC moonshine, Counter Culture Coffee... just to name a few.
Our Escazu Chocolate Bars are sold at other retail stores throughout the country.

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Ice Cream Sandwich anyone? This weekend, cherry brownie ice cream sandwich, don’t miss out on this special!#icecream #ic...
How do we do it? With lots of care, dedication and patience…. Oh, how do we actually make our chocolate?! Like this!!!! ...
WEEKEND SPECIALS!!!! We are open until 8 PM today and we have some great specials this weekend!Chai Affogato, Peanut Bro...
This is David, he had an idea for a filled bar for Father’s Day, rosemary cookie, guava caramel and dulce de leche, then...
SUMMER HOURS START TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!Starting Friday 6/14 until the sun starts going down earlier, we will be open 11am t...
Don’t miss out on these!!!!!!!!!!!! #icecream #popsicles #raleigh #summer
It’s Ice Cream season, and while we make it year round, we really enjoy the flavors we make this time of the year. One o...
Today was roast day for our Carenero beans from Venezuela! Watch with audio, it may not be as satisfying as if you could...
For the mid week slump, a little chocolate pick me up… A word of caution, or advice, if you watch it in a loop, you may ...
It’s Friday and that means we have a special for you! This is a slightly savory-sweet combo of tahini cookie with strawb...
We really want to eat them all but thought we’d share with you! #strawberry #marshmallows #chocolate
We made a lot of delicious and beautiful chocolates for this weekend… don’t sleep on this great selection for all the mo...

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936 N Blount Street
Raleigh, NC
27604

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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