Ashby Confections

Delicious chocolate, wonderful ingredients and mostly locally sourced!
Friendly, helpful, fun place to be!!! Great place to pick up a little gift.

Hard to believe such an exceptional chocolate shop is in Scotts Valley. I routinely order very expensive boutique chocolate from San Francisco, New York, and Europe, but now I also make a weekly stop at Ashby for Jennifer’s wonderful creations. Her dark rocky road made with housemade marshmallows has converted several rocky road-​haters, including myself. The agave tortoises are so good that even someone that dislikes caramel loves them. Everything in the shop is fresh and beautiful, and you can tell how much care goes into everything they make. I love the local fresh ingredients that she uses — taste the dark chocolate orange truffle and you can taste real orange! And the peanut butter cups have this awesome extra crunch from crushed graham crackers, they’re delicious. The bars are solid and substantial, a great value, and even better is that you can make up a custom bar with whatever you want in it and they’ll make it for you. How cool is that? I love the quality of her chocolate and the unusual things she comes up with — you never know what crazy wonderful thing she’ll have when you stop by, sometimes a once-​only experiment or a new favorite that sticks around. Jennifer is very responsive to requests and she and her staff will go out of their way to make a customer happy. This particular customer is VERY happy every time I go in!

The love, expertise and creativity that goes into each piece is evident from the moment you walk in this charming little shop. First of all, delicious chocolate. Next, interesting flavors and variety. All displayed beautifully, with samples generously offered. Well worth a stop. Toasted coconut turtles were especially excellent. Satisfied and planning to return for some unique treats next time I’m in the area.

This is my go-​to place for special occasion chocolates.
The selection is very diverse, with lots of unique options and choices. I always know that the best ingredients and quality go into each chocolate.
My favorite thing about this place is how passionate the employees are about what they do, it really shows in their product, but also packaging and the big smiles they have on their faces when they tell you about the various different creations.

Staff is helpful and knowledgeable. Chocolate is unique and delicious. All around this is my favorite place to buy chocolates for gifts (and some for myself haha). My personal favorite is the Ghost pepper caramel. Prices are of course higher than your average chocolatier in the area but what you are paying for is edible art. Worth every penny!

Jennifer and Sam are awesome! The chocolate is delicious and I got to sample the favorites. They both helped me pick out a custom box, great experience and highly recommend!

I just moved to Scott’s valley and by chance discovered this choclatier. Jennifer is a passionate craftsman of fine confections. I have lived in Paris. And this is the closest in quality that I have come upon in the states. Go try some today!

Liquid Toffee — sounds like a potion from Harry Potter! Get some — buy one or two or a dozen: they are scrumptious and melt in your mouth! I wish I had more!

OMG! So I finally tried Ashby’s Confections by buying one of their Dark Chocolate «Turtles» at New Leaf, and let me tell you, those were the best «Turtles» I’ve ever experienced!
I’ve had many, but this one took it to a different level. It set the bar high!

I know chocolate… have had some of the best in the world. Jennifer makes some of the best confections i have ever tasted.
Scotts Valley is lucky to have a world class chocolatier makjng unique and creative confections.
Her caramel is perfect.
The molded confections are perfectly glossy and without flaws… super careful work.

I travel around the world for work. I like to find the best chocolate in each city and bring some home for my wife. Of all the places I’ve gotten chocolate, Ashbey’s is one of the best.
Absolutely amazing chocolates, good selection and fantastic service.

Tried these chocolates at a chocolate festival in Santa Cruz and as far as I’m concerned, these are the best chocolates in the bay area.

Some of the better chocolate I’ve had in quite awhile. Highly recommend this place. My personal bar is based on the quality of their Dark chocolate.

Anyone remember what’s it like to be a 6 year old walking into Disneyland for the first time? That’s how my heart felt when I discovered this bay area gem.
I had just finished eating at the gross Mexican place in the center. Disappointed from my meal, mouth still tasting like old refried beans… I started to pull away when I saw a big sign that said «Chocolate Store.» I was game. I pulled over, parked and walked into my dream.
Thanks to Ashby, I know what Willy Wonka’s factory would smell like (minus the oompa loompas). We were greeted by a very nice lady who said «I just cut up our samples board.» There aren’t many other phrases I wanted to hear at that moment. We tried the sour candies, the smores chocolates, bark, white chocolate, and even the amazing key lime pie chocolate. The lady I previously mentioned, just happened to be Ashby. She (and her staff) were unbelievable friendly. Not just that, they were EXCITED about all the chocolate. When I saw something amazing… they would be just as excited as I was.
So the chocolate/​candies are beyond amazing
The owner/​staff is fun and friendly
AND… what I thought was awesome… is the DESIGN of all the candies. These aren’t just make some chocolate and sell it type deal here. Ashby puts time and care into her confections… then time and care into the presentations. I wish I had taken pictures of the crazy/​awesome art work on the chocolate… guess I’ll have to go back.
Oh yah… and this is pretty important, everything is made from real, non processed ingredients. The sour candies are made with REAL FRUIT (BANANA sour strips are the best).
THANK YOU ASHBY FOR SHARING YOUR CONFECTIONS!

Love this place. My man and I love to go there when we have a sweet tooth. The chocolate is so good and the combos are out of this world. Like chocolate and poprocks! Also you can get the best Sunday there over the summer! My favorite are the handmade tortoise candy! Yummy!!!

We discovered Ashby Confections last night !! What a great find!!! My husband and I are chocoholics (isn’t everyone?) and were amazed at how tasty and rich these creations are!!! We had finished dinner at Jia Tellas and strolled down to take a peak since it is so close. Jennifer greeted us with samples and a smile. It is so cozy and nice we sat down and continued to have various delicious!!! confections and the most amazing sundae EVER !! She uses organic ice cream, homemade fudge sauce, super good homemade whip cream and it is topped with pieces of pecan heaven! So GOOD! Everything was so good we kept trying more even though we were stuffed from gorging at dinner.
My friend is vegan and was so happy to be able to join us for dessert because Jennifer has vegan chocolate. I sampled the vegan cherry chocolate and it was rich and tasty.
This shop is ever bit as good as Saratoga Chocolate and much more affordable!!!
It is the PERFECT place to stop after dinner for a very satisfying, delicious dessert !!!
We will make it our routine after dinner at Jia Tellas (which we frequent often) and it will be our Chocolate Shoppe of choice from now on for special occasions as well as when we just want to relax and enjoy a bit of heaven.

I love things that come in little boxes… The 4 pack of Ashby Chocolates is the perfect little gift. I love that you can hand select the pieces you want to include in the box.
Their chocolates are made without preservatives and delicious!

I was fortunate to meet Jennifer and get introduced to her lovely chocolate creations at a Valentine’s Day Dinner gathering. I was able to try the pure bitter chocolate truffle and some of the infused chocolate bites. Not only are they sweetly decadent, I really enjoyed the detail of how they are decorated/​crafted. Now, will plan to make a pit stop at her shop in Scott’s Valley each time I head over the hill to the coast from Silicon Valley.

This place is amazing! My husband had brought me home truffles a few times from this place and I was very impressed. I am a dark chocolate lover who has tried chocolates from all over the world and these truffles stood out! Finally he took me there himself so I could check out the other awesome stuff they had there. I bought the Lemon Meringue Marshmallows which didn’t have dark chocolate in them but were amazing nonetheless! The marshmallow are homemade with just the perfect amount of lemon flavor. They are then coated in white chocolate and toasted coconut. I also tried the Turtles. The pecans were fresh and were coated in the perfect amount of dark chocolate, caramel and sea salt. The salty/​sweet ratio was dead on. I ended with a dark chocolate caramel truffle with sea salt. Perfect! The owner was there when we came in and she was so friendly and even gave us both samples of some of the treats. We will be back for sure! This place would be a great place to get a gift for someone or to bring home a treat to your significant other. So glad we found this amazing Chocolate Shoppe so close to home.

OMG. I thought I had tried hot chocolate, but the Hot Chocolate Royale blows every other hot cocoa attempt out of the water. Maybe it is the fluffy-​slow-​to-​melt-​homemade marshmallow or the authentic organic whipped cream atop the perfectly blended cocoa. Or did I forget to mention that it is then topped with drizzled melted chocolate and a yummy chocolate curl? Swoon!!! And while you are sipping on that, the eye candy (excuse the pun) will leave your mouth watering for more. Awesome shop, awesome and super friendly owner. Definitely a new hangout spot for sure!!!