Whetstone Chocolates

As a heartfelt thank you to our amazing local community, Whetstone Chocolates is excited to offer Free Tasting Tours from
September 2nd - September 30th!

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Limited to 2 children per adult.
(Must present valid St. Johns County ID upon admission)

10/01/2023

Finally a visible full moon tonight.

05/12/2023

Treat mom to a gift she'll remember forever: gourmet chocolate from Whetstone Chocolates. Featuring handmade chocolates and Truffles for a true tasting experience for Mother's Day. 💝

Whetstone Chocolates Whetstone Chocolates offers chocolate tasting tours, tasty chocolates, decadent desserts, gift ideas, and more. Book your experience with us now!

05/04/2023

From Whetstone Chocolates to all Happy May 4th

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Photos from Retail Confectioners International's post

04/29/2023

2023 Spring Regional Jacksonville + St. Augustine, FL

04/29/2023

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03/29/2023

Love to hear our history. Shows the tour is doing its job. Thank you for coming and enjoying our tour.

03/10/2023

Rabbit & Peeps Season is Here!!

10/14/2022

Thank you to"Best Of St. Augustine" for voting Whetstone Chocolates as the best Chocolatier and Candy store in the city for 7 years running.

06/14/2022

Father's Day is this Sunday 19th June , give Dad a selection of fine chocolates, from Whetstone Chocolates just for him!

05/04/2022

Happy Star Wars day. May 4th be with you!!

03/21/2022

We are looking for an Experience manager to take over the day to day running of our Anastasia Island Store. You will need to be able to run the store while managing a small team. you will be required to work weekends, make schedules and do in-store ordering.
The store has targets that will need to be met monthly by up-selling and providing excellent customer service.

Please do not apply if you have no experience.

01/31/2022

what makes our hot chocolate so good...
Simple, no flavoring, No powder, just real pure chocolate!

01/17/2022

Day to day retail operation, up selling, running cash register, stocking selves.Will be required to work weekend and evening shift.

01/10/2022

We are excited to announce the release of our book "Our Path to Chocolate", the story of Whetstone Chocolates. It is a detailed and enlightening story about the lives of Henry and Esther Whetstone, how they started the business, and how the business has grown and changed over the years. The book will be available in our stores and on our website, whetstonechocolates.com beginning January 11th. It is also available on Amazon.

11/11/2021

Looking for a social, motivated person to join our King Street store team. Day to day retail operation, up selling, running cash register, stocking selves. Will be required to work weekend. hours are 9:30- 5:00pm

10/14/2021

Sales- Help wanted in our chocolate store on St. George Street Store. Whetstone Chocolates is looking for the perfect candidate to sell chocolates, gelato, and coffee drinks to our great customers. Hours will be around 40 hours per week.
Retail experience is preferred. Upbeat attitude is a must!

10/08/2021

Please give a cheer and your support for our Sara Schulz who will be running the Boston Marathon. We are very proud of Sara and her discipline not to eat all the chocolates before the race!

05/26/2021

Now hiring for 3 production/packing positions at the factory for Whetstone Chocolates. General job duties will include, labeling, packaging, and production line work in the chocolate factory. Must be able to stand on your feet and lift up to 30 pounds. Pay Range is $11-$13 per hour based on experience.
Benefits available. Work schedule is Tuesday thru Saturday 8:30am -5:00pm. Please email your Resume to [Email hidden] for consideration.

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Our Story

Henry and Esther Whetstone are Florida natives and lifelong residents of northeast Florida. Henry had just returned from a stint as an Air Controller in the U.S. Air Force and a tour in Japan and was working with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in Jacksonville. Esther, who flew to Japan to marry Henry, returned to St. Augustine as a first grade teacher. Together, they longed to own and operate their own business.

They studied the local retail market and quickly discovered an unsatisfied demand from the many tourists and the local residents for superior quality ice cream. Operating from their kitchen each night, Henry and Esther first opened their small ice cream store on St. George Street in the historic business district of St. Augustine in 1966. The parlor quickly developed a reputation for serving the best ice cream in town. Today, this original store is known as Tedi’s Olde Tyme Ice Cream and remains a part of the Whetstone Chocolate experience.

hen Virginia Whetstone, the daughter of Henry and Esther, graduated from Vanderbilt University she entered the family business. With her discriminating taste for chocolate flavors, Virginia soon became President of Whetstone Chocolates. Although she focused heavily on administration, personnel, retail stores, purchasing and quality control, her real love was formula development, in which she excelled.

“Like wine grapes, cocoa beans vary from year to year according to climatic conditions and their location.” Virginia says. “Because our chocolate is only as good as the raw materials used to make it, I select the best chocolate from more than 200 grades. I choose chocolate based on qualities such as percentage of cocoa butter, granule fineness, flavor, color and conch time. I have personally visited cocoa plantations around the world to ensure I acquire the best.”

In 1984, a new 10,000 square foot factory was constructed on Highway 312, south of St. Augustine. More wholesale products were added and contract work expanded as Nestle’s, Hershey and M&M Mars became significant wholesale customers of Whetstone Chocolates. Although it remained small by comparison, Whetstone Chocolates became highly sought after among the giants of chocolate for its production quality, creativity and innovation.

In the early 1990’s the Whetstone Chocolate factory became a major attraction as tourists and local residents alike sought to learn more about the unique Whetstone delicacies. Daily tours, conducted at first by Virginia and later by her staff, became commonplace for tourists as well as many local families.