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    Twenty-Four Blackbirds Chocolates

    4.4 (46 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    David S.

    Okay Folks, first review of 2025 goes to Twenty-Four Blackbirds Chocolate. We had the most outstanding experience doing their tour. First, they accommodated our group on a day when they don't normally give the tour. We had a chance to see their small greenhouse where they are growing cocoa plants and learn a lot more about the plants themselves. Then we saw the whole process from preparing cocoa beans to finished product. Ending of course with a tasting. Our tour guide was excellent, the tour was excellent, the chocolate was excellent! Highly recommend a visit if you love chocolate, which of course we also bought before leaving.

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    Felice B.

    You smell cocoa right away when coming in.... real and pure.... chocolate made right here. A most perfect, lovely spot for gifts that will be fully loved for sure (and make sure to get a treat for you too). Ah, but how to choose...the truffles look like like art, the ingredients sounds like poetry, and they taste divinely dreamy. Spacious tasting/shopping space Love the bird art for the chocolate bars. Outside seating Very helpful, knowledgeable, engaging staff If you love chocolate, & or know someone who does, this is THE place to go. It is in a little bit of an offbeat, gritty- urban feeling area, a more unusual charm for Santa Barbara. Probably easier just to walk here. Not too far from the beach or State street.

    12 piece set of Truffles! $30. IG: @amei.eats
    Alex M.

    Today, I participated in the Twentyfour Blackbirds and Wine Cult Chocolate Tour and Wine Tasting! The event started off with a tour of the chocolate lab where we walked through the entire chocolate making lifecycle from conception to polish! The meticulous chocolate making process takes about an entire week to make one perfect truffle! Did you know that they are growing cacao and vanilla in house in Santa Barbara!? After the tour, a wine connoisseur led us through a chocolate and wine paired tasting featuring a local white blend served with a cardamom and black pepper truffle as well as a cab paired with a rosemary caramel truffle. I love the forwardness of the herbs and spices in the truffle that add character to bolster their chocolate. I learned that it takes a full year for these an item to be added to the menu! Their carefulness really comes through with the high quality truffles! Overall, this was a fantastic event that was beautifully run! I would highly recommend checking out the chocolate making tours by Twentyfour Blackbirds as well as the thoughtful wine from Wine Cult -- my favorite being the Cremant, a beautiful sparkling wine.

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    Ricky E.

    I love this place! It's a great shop to stop in for a sweet treat and great for gifts too! Who doesn't want these delicious beautiful and delicately made truffles. Bean to bar! They have such raw ingredients and actual cocoa trees in the back. I am always mesmerized by the colors of these amazing chocolates. They're each so unique and beautiful. I'll be honest, my first impression was skeptical. How could tiny little chocolate fulfill my sweet tooth? Well let me tell you that it did! Each bite of a truffle takes you on a whirlwind of flavors. Literally. My favorite 2 are the salted caramel and spicy togarashi caramel. They're both so yummy and beautifully painted. You can get little boxes of 3, 5, or more. Highly recommend this shop. Stop in for a try. They also do wine pairings with their truffles where they carefully select wines that amplify the flavors of the chocolates and wine when taken together.

    Lenny B.

    I loved their chocolate and unique flavors. Service was great and it smelled so divine in the shop. I even bought their caramel as a gift. Next time I'm in town, I may check out their chocolate making classes. Highly recommend stopping by and checking it out for yourself! It's located next to a couple of amazing eateries as well!

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    Shelby S.

    Wow- a seriously designer chocolate place! Amazing pairings and favors in their chocolates. They literally look like pieces of art with marbled designs and bright colors. The staff are so knowledgeable and accommodating. I learned so much about their chocolate making process when I was able to go! They also try to be as sustainable and cruelty free as possible, which I love! They have cute little packages to take chocolate home. Such a fun spot!

    Joyce D.

    The concept of bean-to-bar artisanal chocolate is definitely worth a try in comparison of quality to commercialized chocolate. Unfortunately due to COVID, we didn't get a chance to enjoy a chocolate tour or enjoy the ambiance of the shop. However, their chocolates speaks for themselves. Their chocolates are filled mainly with either ganache or caramel. Our favorite to try was the Old Fashioned. The rosemary was definitely an interesting one to try that it was more savory with the salt and herb. Our cashier definitely took the time to converse with us and answer our questions with no rush. Supporting local businesses especially local chocolate shops.

    single-origin bars
    Shawn C.

    Great place! Their single-origin bars are simply the best chocolates I've ever had. My favorite is the Kokoa Kamili. This store was recommended to me by a coworker. I'm not in Santa Barbara often, but I always visit here when I'm in town.

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    Loved the caramel collection! Unique, interesting, and delicious, and kind service to boot.

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    Delicious specialty chocolate being offered by the knowledgable owner. Nicely packaged-perfect for gift giving.

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    Thank you so much Diane! We are so glad you enjoy our chocolate!

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    Very good chocolate. Not as many choices as the other chocolatiers in town. Parking isn't easy.

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    We did a chocolate tasting tour and it was such an enriching learning experience. I highly recommend it. Plus their chocolates are divine!

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    We stopped by this place today and loved the chocolate we bought. I highly recommend it!

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    Chocolats du Calibressan

    4.7
    (93 reviews)
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    As someone who has traveled to Europe many times and tried a variety of local chocolatiers there,…read morethe huge stream of 5-star reviews (and finding out the owners were French) had me ecstatic. However, my experience was disappointing. The two girls in the shop were almost asleep. One was barely conscious, the other was trying to make up for her. The chocolates looked very interesting, but they were rather dull-looking and often hard to differentiate because the display case had no lights. Add to this the already dim lighting of the store and that it was an overcast day outside, and it felt like trying to buy chocolates in an old library. As for the chocolates themselves, they did not taste like French/European chocolates at all; they had the very standard American chocolate taste-that is, Hershey-like and with no deep resounding real cacao flavor that is like bass from a speaker on your tongue. That's what real European chocolate tastes like. This was just sugar, sugar, sugar, and cute designs. Maybe they are using cheaper American ingredients rather than importing higher quality ones? No point in having the Eiffel Tower on your logo if you wouldn't be able to keep this store open in France. But the best part: the girl at the counter didn't let me try anything other than the three pre-selected types of bon bons on the sample tray! How cheap can you get? I've never had any chocolatier deny a sample of a simple truffle, especially not one with the gall to charge $3 per chocolate in a tiny town like Carp! $35 for a dozen, just to not even be able to try what you are putting in the box? You must be joking. Anyways, onto trying to find another good chocolatier in the 805...

    Some of the finest, highest quality, and most exquisite chocolates in all of Santa Barbara, and…read moreeven California. Jean-Michel is a chocolate virtuoso. My goal is try to every single chocolate, at least one time (if not several times over). I feel as though time stands still when I am in his shop and in particular when I am having my chocolate experience. I savor every bite and feel an unexplanable euphoria of flavors in my mouth and pleasure coursing through my veins. If you love small batch, hand-made, top quality and innovative marriage of flavors of chocolates....this is the place you should make your pilgrimage to. Get the chocolates in a bag to save a few dollars if you are getting them for yourself, otherwise they have different sized boxes to give as a gift.

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    Deux Bakery

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    This bakery was amazing. Everything tasted incredibly fresh and high quality. The banana bread and…read morebran muffin were both delicious, super soft and moist without feeling heavy, and clearly made with care. The service was also really friendly, which made the whole experience even better. You can tell they take pride in what they make. Definitely coming back.

    People love Deux Bakery, but I don't know. Somehow, it was a miss for me. We tried one of their…read morefrequently reviewed and loved cinnamon buns, along with a piece of coffee cake and a chocolate chip cookie. The cinnamon bun, I'm sorry to say, was just okay. The bun was fresh, soft, loaded with icing, but it just didn't wow me. It wasn't bad, but I wanted amazing, and it just wasn't. So far, nobody or nothing can compare with my high ideals for a cinnamon bun/roll, but that's okay. I keep searching. As for the coffee cake, that was just weird. It was more like a cookie base, a layer of nuts mixed with brown sugar and other ingredients, and then a layer of cake... but it didn't have any noticeable flavor profile, and it was kind of dry. It didn't work for me. Kinda boring. As for the chocolate chip cookie, it was good, but again, nothing great. I've definitely had better. Maybe we should have tried a loaf of bread, but we didn't. I don't think it's worth a return here to find out, though. They seem to be doing well enough without me, so that is how it'll remain. Oh well.

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