Chocolate Soldier

We visit this adorable shop whenever we are in town. Excellent chocolate. So delicious it will make you cry. The shop has a European feel. Their chocolate is made onsite. We visited twice this past weekend and I can tell you we loved the charming women behind the counter.

Excellent tasting chocolate at a reasonable price. We got the dark chocolate mint maw and it was really good.

We stopped in for a sweet treat Thursday night. There were two women in the back with one of them presumably the owner. The store is extremely small and we stood there for at least 5 minutes before the two stopped talking and acknowledged us. We asked to get a cup with half café and half caramel. The «owner» scooped up TWO cups. She obviously paid little attention to our request and made absolutely NO polite conversation. After receiving our gelato we were told that the debit card machine didn’t work. We ended up using a credit card to make our purchase. The gelato was delicious, but the customer service… Simple everyday politeness… was non existent!

The two times we’ve been there the lady behind the counter didn’t seem like she was particularly thrilled to be there. Ignored us the entire time on our first trip and ignored us the entire second time except to warn us about our daughter touching stuff (even though she hadn’t and we were on her like helicopter parents the entire time anyway).
Long story short, it’s like a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory but with worse customer service and selection.

Very Very yummy chocolate. Called ahead and they stayed open for a friend and I on a SLOW Wednesday night in Dana harbor. The Meltaways are fantastic and we also tried their fancy rice krispie treats. Whoa! Lots of tastiness going on! Krispies covered in chocolate, with a peanut butter flavor to it. Very yummy.

Yesterday we stumbled upon this hidden little chocolate shop after spotting a sign for gelato. When we walked in the woman behind the counter tempted us with a few samples of their chocolates. After trying such deliciousness who could not buy a full treat? I had the dark macadamia nut caramel patty and an amazing dark chocolate raspberry truffle. My companion had the milk chocolate coconut patty.
The pistachio gelato was so delicious, it was smooth, creamy, and had just the right amount of pistachio flavour. Definitely a treat to find this place!

If there’s one thing that can bump up the wonders of high-​quality desserts and chocolate, it’s when you get to see the place where it’s actually made. Looking through the windows into the back, you see the equipment they use to create the incredible treats that we buy. I would be depriving everyone of a wonderful opportunity to try things if I would recommend one thing over another, but I can tell you that after trying seven or eight of their chocolates, I didn’t find one that was short of excellent. They’re all incredible. Please take a look at my other reviews to get a feel for the fact that I don’t spew these types of praises very often — only when they’re deserved.

Amazing chocolates melts in your mouth. Fresh and worth every penny. Why 4 stars? Because of the lady who served us. She lacked customer service.

If you love chocolate, you will love this place! You can see the ladies make the chocolate right in front of your very eyes. The lady at the counter was really pushing the products. She said they have the best chocolate toffee in OC. And you know what she might be right! The milk chocolate toffee was delicious! I also got a dark chocolate s’more. She said the mellow was made by scratch and it was really good! I will be back next time I am in Laguna Beach.

Love this place. Chocolatiers are friendly and their chocolate is yummy. My current favorite is the black satin. So delicious.

This is an adorable, tiny chocolate shop in Laguna Beach where they make everything from scratch. The chocolates are absolutely divine. I always go for the dark chocolate covered caramels with sea salt.

This store is the location of my single worst customer service experience ever of my life.
I’ve had businesses make mistakes. They’re run by humans, so it happens. But what happened here was something else.
I was on a walk w my girlfriend through our neighborhood and we wanted some chocolates. She wanted their candied/​chocolate covered orange peels and slices, I wanted a peanut butter cup.
When placing the order we asked for both orange peels and orange slices. It was the end of the day so there were not much of either, so we asked for everything they had left. I even explicitly asked if the peels were sold by weight because the were not uniform size, unlike the orange slices which are uniform size and sold by the number. Even if she missed us explicitly asking for the orange peels, you’d think asking if they’re priced by weight would be a strong hint we wanted them. Apparently not.
However we noticed that she had only placed the slices into a small bag. We asked about the peels and in a very short/​gruff to she said she was about to take care of it. Ok.
We had ordered a couple additional things beyond the orange peels and pb cup and there were several assorted paper bags of our stuff on the counter. I started to ask «could we get a bigger bag when you get a chance», but right before I got to say «when you get a chance» she interrupted me and said «IM BUSY». At this point we were the only customers in the store.
She then rang us up and took the card, but after we swiped our card we noticed the orange peels were still in the display case. We then said, again, that we wanted those. She gave us attitude and how it was gonna have to be another transaction. We did a second transaction and got our orange peels, even if staff made the transaction needlessly complicated.
And the ultimate kicker, the real thing that inspired me to make this post after getting home is what happened when we left. As I was waking out the door I said «thanks, have a good day» and she didn’t respond. Thinking she may not have heard me I said the same again but a little louder this time so there was no way she could not have heard me. Again she just pretended I did not exist. This was flat out the rudest I have ever been treated as a customer. I seriously could not believe it.
And I know that some days working retail can be tough. I worked as a server so I can empathize. It was a nice day in town and things were busy. Getting short w customers can happen with some personality types, but the fact she ignored my multiple goodbyes was absolutely ridiculous.
Also when we entered the store there was another older couple in there (I’m in my late 20s) and she was giving them decent service.
I really have no idea what went on. One guess is that she just looked at me and saw I was wearing an old college club sports shirt so I wasn’t exactly looking nice, but I was just going on a brief walk around my neighborhood to check the waves. The couple who got good service were around 60 and looked like they just came from brunch.
Another guess is that she realized she made a mistake and just wanted to take it out on us as some bizarre attempt to save face.
But ultimately if a customer says «thanks, have a good day» as they’re walking out the door and you make a point to ignore them, the last memory they have of your establishment is the employees rudeness.
The chocolates here are good. However there is another chocolate place in town that treats all their customers with respect and there is no real difference in quality, so ill just be going there in the future. And I’m gonna go out of my way to let everyone I know about this experience I had here.

Cindy was a delight! So friendly I couldn’t stop buying chocolates :) ended up getting little gift boxes– she packaged them up so sweetly

The chocolates from the Chocolate Soldier are melt in your mouth delicious! This little hidden gem is a small shop with BIG flavor.
I tried a sample of the mocha melt-​a-​way in milk chocolate which was really good. I purchase a hazelnut truffle and a mint milk chocolate melt-​a-​way both of which were awesome. The chocolates were a little spendy but i would say worth the money.

Amazing chocolates. Absolutely amazing. I went by yesterday and the woman behind the counter gave me two small samples, a small bordeaux and a small something dark with 70% cocoa bean (if I’m remembering correctly). Both were exquisite. I prefer dark. When I told her that, she said then you’ll have to try our new creation, Expresso, a truffle. I bought one of those and it was both beautiful and delicious.

The chocolates here are very good! Service was great as nobody else was if there on a Friday night but that may be because it’s a little hidden? I’ve lived here almost a year and just noticed this place. I got the following items and they were all soooooo good: pumpkin truffle, champagne truffle, dark lemon square of some sort and a milk chocolate turtle. I will certainly be back! They have a large selection of treats.

Most popular creations of the Chocolate Soldier would include their: melt-​aways and truffles! I enjoyed a ‘Vanilla Melt-​Away’ and a ‘Pecan Truffle’. Their chocolate is delicately smooth and melts in your mouth. Presenatiation within the store is very welcoming and homely. It is located steps away from the beach and you can catch a glimpse of the sunset from the steps of this wonderful jewel.

Yay! An independent chocolate boutique in Laguna! Not the best chocolate of my life but a pleasant little stop whilst browsing the Pottery Place. I will return to try more pieces when I am in the area and suffering a ChOcOlAtE aTtAcK!

Adorable little chocolate shop hidden next to Sapphire Grill, not to be missed.
Must tries are the Scotcharoo and the lemon chili chocolate. Both of these were something I’ve never seen at a chocolate shop and they were both amazing. The lemon chili chocolate was actually pretty spicy and the lemon had a nice cooling effect on it. The scotcharoo was a rice cripsy treat that had peanut butter, caramel, butterscotch and covered in chocolate, a true treat.
If you’re in the area make sure to stop by here, the owner is delightful and the candy is exceptional :-)

Yummy, just yummy! And I think what makes these chocolates even tastier is the great service you receive. The owner De takes the time to explain the chocolates and share her passion. Tahlia (sp?) has always been the sweetest (no pun intended) when I stop in here for a quick treat.
You have to look for the shop — If you see Sapphire Restaurant, then look to the right down the little hallway for the shop.
I love the chocolate toffee and just tasted some of the dark chocolate crunch — they satisfy the chocolate urge! They are now also serving gelato that you can combine with some of the chocolates to make creations that would send my tastebuds and my weight watchers points over the edge…