John Kelly Chocolates

What a great shop. Must go there.
This is a great place to buy someone a thoughtful gift.

I found out about this place on Unilocal and so glad I did. Their chocolates are delicious! Very unique flavors and glad they offer free samples before you buy. I may have to order online and get my sweetie a Valentines Day gift!

This is definitely one of my favorite chocolate shops ever! Love love love the dark chocolate with sea salt, and dark espresso. Would like to order online, but I wish they charge less for shipping. Such a delightful feeling when the chocolate melts in your mouth lol

The Fluer de sel salted caramel is devine! I’m not a chocolate lover but John Kelly Chocolates has to be one of the best!

After the incident described below, one of the owners contacted me and made me feel like a valued customer, as well as assured me the rude employee would be dealt with accordingly. I am very happy John Kelly Chocolates is back on my «must-​have list.»

I bought one of the truffle fudge bars and several packs of the salted caramel chocolate truffles. These are both far and away the BEST chocolates I have ever eaten! The staff was incredibly friendly as well and there were samples — SO GOOD.

The most delicious chocolates. I served them in various antique vessels for a birthday party. Big hit! Highly recommend!!!

What a cute little chocolate boutique this shop is. They have great chocolates and exceptional service. Shame on me for forgetting the woman’s name who helped me decide which chocolates to get, but she was awesome. I was fortunate to walk in when they were giving a talk about their process and award winning chocolate.
I walked away with:
Spicy Mango dipped in chocolate — These had a nice kick to them along with the smoothness of the chocolate and the bite of the dried mango.
Fig dipped in chocolate — These were ok, I was expecting them to be better than they were.
White Chocolate Walnut — Unless it is in ice cream or cake, I do not like white chocolate. However, they let me try this one on the spot and it is pretty darn good. I brought it back to Austin for some other friends to try who feel the same way about white chocolate and they all liked it too.
Walnut Caramel Cluster with Mediterranean Sea Salt — This was a great little flavor nugget.
Dark Chocolate with French Grey Sea Salt (This was one of their main award winners) — This one was tasty
Dark Chocolate Espresso — This one was above and beyond my favorite.
Dark Chocolate with Ancho Chile — Smooth with that good deep ancho chile flavor.
Their chocolates have a consistency like fudge on the inside and are less truffle or ganache like. I actually prefer the truffle/​ganache, but these were great and a crowd pleaser back in Austin. I would definitely return for more.

Unbelievably smooth and flavorful chocolate. It’s an Artisanal experience. This is a great place to buy someone a thoughtful gift.

What a great find! Love this place! Delicious chocolates! Free samples before you purchase too! You will be delighted with any box of chocolates selected here!

I love the incredibly high quality chocolates, but I’ve experienced less than wonderful customer service on several occasions. Whether it’s an unfriendly staffmember, or their failure to make something right, they definitely need to improve. 4 – 5 stars on the chocolate quality and selection, but 2 – 3 stars on customer service.

This place is EVERYTHING!
I love it.
Closed on Sundays:-(
But the are sold at alot of liquor stores and super markets too. So enjoy.

Worth every penny! LOVE THIS PLACE! I give their chocolate as gifts all the time now!

Super yummy. Worth the price! Hands down the best dark chocolate. I picked up an array of items including dark chocolate caramels with sea salt. If you love chocolate, treat yourself and go here.

It is rare when you get access to the very best of anything but this is the best chocolate you will ever have… and the most expensive.
There are free samples so you can test the product before you buy it.

This is chocolate.
I’ve been all over the world. Japan to Amsterdam… This is delicate luxurious chocolate. Extremely RICH RICH RICH! If you don’t like rich indulgent chocolate this may not be for you. Stick to your Hershey’s bar.
But if you want a delectable treat, please have someone buy you these, or treat yourself.
I am very grateful for my introduction to John Kelly. WOW!
Bye bye See’s candy! Don’t let the door knob hit you, where the good lord split you!

I am eating one of the peanut butters as I write this. First of all it is SO difficult to take tiny bites, but I want to savor it!
Really delicious. The peanut butter doesn’t over power the chocolate and is a (in my opinion) perfect blend of soft sweetness with just a litttle saltiness from the peanut butter.
Now I’m embarrassed because my boss just caught me writing this review… Dare I say it’s worth it? I do. It’s worth it! *omnomnom*
PS– I can not wait to send some of these out as presents come the holidays!

One of my greatest running lines with my good friend is «I love rich!» well because I usually do! but something about John Kelly Chocolates, dare I say it… is possibly a little too rich for my taste.
I’d heard of them awhile ago but hadn’t stopped into their store. I went on a couple of small trips and spotted their wholesale boxes and individuals in certain candy stores but passed on purchasing since I’d rather try them directly purchased from their home store, that was until finally one evening I was craving sweets like nobodies business and broke down and purchased a gold foil wrapped truffle bar from Whole Foods. I devoured this rather large (for a piece of chocolate) truffle fudge bar and thought it was fabulous!!!
I couldn’t wait to then visit the store itself for additional selections and another one of what I had, Semi-​Sweet Chocolate & Caramel with Walnuts.
I purchased what I thought were two of these and two Semi-​Sweet Chocolate & Peanut Butter for my son and boyfriend.
I was not as impressed by my selections as I was with my individual piece from Whole Foods. I’m not sure if I heard wrong and ended up with Semi-​Sweet Chocolate with Walnuts, which if missing the Caramel would make sense since I haven’t liked a lot of chocolate the past few years but something just wasn’t as tasty.
My son seemed to enjoy his piece as did my boyfriend but I don’t think I’ll be heading back anytime soon. Perhaps, I’ll pick up another piece from Whole Foods but the store itself didn’t win me over on my quest for best desserts in and around LA.

I like chocolates, but I can’t honestly say I’m a chocolate connoisseur … I am able to happily satisfy my unsophisticated choco-​cravings with the usual mass-​produced fodder that gets dispensed from snack machines and sold at supermarket check-​out lanes. If you look up «lowest common denominator» in the dictionary, a picture of my hapless, low-​maintenance mug is likely to be next to the entry.
Having said that, a colleague of mine *is* apparently a chocolate connoisseur, and after hearing her incessantly rant and rave about how much she enjoys the chocolates produced and sold by this shop, I figured why not put a smile on her face by surprising her with a box of their chocolates for her birthday? (Particularly as she has always been a very kind and generous person to me, and is one of the few people at work whose company and conversation I actually find enjoyable).
Quick rant: God, the nightmarish drive to the shop reminded me of my love-​hate relationship with Hollywood … I love the frequently splendid establishments anchored within this enclave of Los Angeles, but I thoroughly *despise* the invariably horrible traffic and parking conditions. And on the latter note, good f***ing luck trying to find available parking spots around this otherwise delightful little chocolate shop …
Prices of the chocolates sold here are relatively high, but (as I later discovered after the first few bites) the build quality of the chocolate is also palpably high, as is the effort put into presentation of both the products *and* the shop. Everything here literally screams *boutique* … I almost felt like I had walked into a high-​end jewelry store. I could even see the staff making the chocolate thorough a glass door — I felt so privileged seeing artisans at work.
Also extremely high is the professional level of service provided here by the staff. The lady at the counter was extremely nice and helpful with all my questions (I am feeling *very* guilty right now for not remembering her name, as she was such a sweetheart. All I remember is that her heartwarming smile that did not betray a single hint of insincerity). For example, I had no idea that the boxes with the prettier blue ribbons contained the same goddamned chocolates as the boxes with the less ostentatious brown ribbons — until said lady enlightened me.
I ended up getting two boxes — one for my colleague, and another for myself (might as well treat the person I love most too, right?). Being the cunningly practical and financially-​obsessed Chinaman that I am, I quickly did the math and concluded that due to economies of scale/​volume discounts, it would be foolish to purchase a gift box of any quantity less than 8 or 12 (seriously, if you’re shopping here at all, you *might as well* get the bigger boxes — you get a better bargain for yourself, and you don’t run the risk of looking like a cheap bastard when you hand the box over to the recipient of your gift).
The chocolate was very good, I’m not going to lie. Unfortunately, since the law of diminishing returns really hits a high-​end shop like this *hard*, I am sorry to say that I *did not* like the chocolate enough to be willing to brave automobile hell for return trips here … for myself, that is. I can probably see myself coming back here again to buy chocolate for other people on my Cool List, because quite frankly … everyone else seems to love the chocolate here *way* more than I do.
If you enjoy chocolate but never been here before, you should probably give this place a try. Looking at the reviewer aggregate, odds are you’ll love this place.

Thank you John Kelly Chocolates for being apart of a very important moment in my life. I first heard and tasted John Kelly Chocolates at a friend’s wedding I went to. I thought the chocolates were amazing. I was planning to propose to my gf and I bought a huge box of john kelly chocolates. When I went into the store I believe it was bryan who helped me out? He was so nice and I told him what the occasion was for and he helped me out no problem and even made sure the arrangement in the box was perfect because I told him I was going to hide the ring inside the box. He tied a nice bow on top and I was on my way.
When I proposed my now fiancé said yes. But then we were able to share the chocolates with our close family and friends afterwards and it was just a beautiful and simple moment. Thanks john kelly hopefully your chocolates will appear at our wedding reception as well!