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John Kelly Chocolates

4.4 (98 reviews)
Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Updated 1 month ago

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Nevin A.

I was looking for fine chocolatier, since I am a chocoholic. I found John Kelly chocolates. It is handmade, all natural ingredients with high quality Belgian chocolate, gluten-free. It is made with non GMO tapioca syrup. Their Easter bunny chocolate was decadent. I bought 12 piece signature hand- crafted chocolate collection for spring. I thought overall this box was fantastic, although there were 2 or 3 that I was not a huge fan of their taste. I also bought 41% cacao hand crafted chocolate bar. Overall, I enjoyed the richness of their chocolate.

Alex L.

After searching various different chocolate places that refuses for John Kelly, we're pretty good and the fact that they made in-house chocolate was also a huge plus once I arrived at the store come to find out the chocolates are now made in San Francisco, but ship to Los Angeles, which is not a big deal.. they used to make them in shop,( WEHO) but no longer .I went to the Hollywood location to pick up the chocolate as a gift.. and evethey offer samples, but the samples are being offered or basically just one chocolate chocolate for the day and give free samples to the public to come in. I didn't get to sample a whole bunch of different chocolates only what was on average, which was basically one chocolate, but for the most part, I purchased some and took them home to try them. The chocolates were good decent but no wild to hear or nothing amazing to bring me back to the store again to buy them. Of course he's chocolate are gonna run a little pricey they are gourmet chocolates so just understand you're paying for something is basically being custom-made and is a craft so you're paying for it which I have no problem with.

Eric W.

My wife wanted to give John Kelly chocolates as a gift. I came to this shop with some ideas from her direction but not exactly what I wanted. The woman working here was extremely helpful and friendly. I ended up calling my wife for direction but the saleswoman had me covered. Along with the gift, I ordered more chocolate to try at home. There's a lot of good variety here. They also had samples. There's another store in Hollywood. Because it's classy and special vs. a big chain, it's a good gift. I definitely want to return to buy more chocolates.

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Liz L.

I am a chocolate fanatic and finding the best ones in each city is one of my lifelong missions. When I lived in Manhattan, I loved the chocolate at Manon from Belgium, but sadly they closed and I moved on to other purveyors of almost as good but not quite candy. Until I found John Kelly, that is. Made right here in Los Angeles, for many years with only the best ingredients, each piece is a trip to Nirvana. The individual portions are huge, so it is possible to split each piece and share it. The stores are spotless and they process your selections speedily. I was able to assemble custom boxes to take as gifts over the holidays and one for my household. The box in this picture was composed of: Semi Sweet Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Espresso, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Pumpkin Spice, Dark Chocolate Bourbon, Semi-Sweet Chocolate & Caramel with Hawaiian Alaea Sea Salt, Dark Chocolate with French Grey Sea Salt, and in the little box, a single piece of the Walnut Caramel Cluster with Mediterranean Sea Salt. This box will last two weeks at our house! The prices are commensurate with the quality, so I don't think about it. I would rather consume top quality products, restricting the quantity, than the reverse. Once you have these, you won't want to go back to inferior products. And, it's nice to buy from a local artisan!

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Yum! Loved the beautiful selection. Very tasty! Friendly service. Great fur a one-off bite or gift.

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Very nice shop, staff, and candy appearance and taste. Choco covered orange peel and apricots are superb.

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