Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates

I have never had a chocolate I didn’t like from this place! They are visually beautiful and taste heavenly. The store is well presented, clean, nice atmosphere, and friendly people. It is pricey, but I would rather eat ONE piece of delicious, rich chocolate, than 5 pieces of average, OK chocolate… and that is the difference.
Their gelato is yummy too. When I want to give a special gift, I get a few pieces in a box for a friend. Very pretty and appreciated by everyone.

My favorite part is the environment followed by their coffee and gelato. The gelato is extremely smooth and tasty. Their staff is always so cheerful and friendly. Will return. Highly recommended.

This place has the perfect, relaxed atmosphere with sofas and chairs here and bar hightops there. It’s in a great location for ladies to stop by during a shopping expedition or for a couple after a great dinner date nearby! Try their Affagato! Choose any gelato of your liking and they pour cold expresso over it — perfect for when you can’t choose between a dessert or coffee after your dinner! I’ve heard they have the best hot chocolate in town, but I haven’t had the pleasure yet. I usually take a large group of 20 people in on Valentine’s Day and the service is always great!

I love their gelato and chocolates! The employees are always so helpful and cheerful. I know I can be a bit annoying and indecisive and this is definitely not the ideal place to go to for people like myself but I really do appreciate how patient the employees are. Every. Single. Time. I enjoy coming here with friends either to study or catch up on life. Great atmosphere.

Great artisan chocolate. Good environment and location. They also offer, coffee, hot coco; gelato and wine.
Strongly recommend for couple come here to try their wine sample; if comes with three pieces of chocolate. It’s so good

For our 25^th anniversary I wanted to get my wife some extra special chocolates. And this place really fit what I wanted. Their selection is very large with many unique and interesting types of chocolate confections. The lady that assisted me was very helpful and eager to please.
They have 3 sizes of already prepared sampler boxes but my wife prefers chocolates without that surgery cream filling. So I asked the server if I could get a large sampler box size but without any cream filled ones. The request didn’t faze her at all and she set to building a box for me right away.
Their prices are a tad steep as the chocolates are on the small side but once you try them you’ll know they’re worth it.
My wife absolutely loved them!
I highly recommend this place if you’re looking for some interesting and fine chocolates especially if you’re looking to impress someone special.
P. S. Try the one with a piece of real 24 K edible GOLD on it. It’s not everyday you can eat real gold.

Came here for the first time ever!
This is a very cozy looking sweet shop that offers everything from coffee to gelato to macarons but they specialize in handcrafted chocolates.
The employees here are the true stars! Very knowledgeable about the wide selection of menu items and make great recommendations. After talking to the employee, I decided on a few macarons and an almond joy coffee drink, both were delicious! Expensive albeit.
Overall, this place is quite a treat. and definitely something I can only treat myself to once in a blue moon, as it will literally break the bank!
Definitely worth trying if you’re wanting to splurge a bit!

My child and I love visiting this place! Chocolate at its finest, quality over quantity. It is a little pricey, but what you get is unbelievable and so worth it. So we don’t go as often as we like, but that makes it even better on special occassions. The ice cream selections are just wonderful as well. Gotta try this place out at least once!

Tasty chocolates but VERY pricey. $ 2.25 each for tiny pieces of chocolate. Good news is that I couldn’t over indulge!
The venue was darling and the floppy eared chocolate bunnies were so sweet looking.
We enjoyed the tasty ice cream a lot. Streams of people came in while we relaxed on the couches so I’m pleased that there are a lot of non-​budget conscious folks to support this high end specialty chocolate shop.

If you need coffee or chocolates or both go to this awesome place. Great selection and service! The dark chocolate are just great!

This would be a greast place to take a first date to make an amazing first impression!
Our (adult) kids brought us here while we were visiting and we had much smarter conversation!
The wine/​chocolate pairings were delightful and enjoyed in a comfortable atmosphere. (Bring your credit card, you probably don’t have that much cash on you.)

First, this place is all about quality over quantity. They sell handmade culinary masterpieces created from the finest ingredients: amalgamated little pieces of happiness! We have had, and enjoyed, the wine and coffee too. The gelato is a hit with my daughter and if you have time to do a pairing life is good for you. This is a must try place.

Incredible customer service! I placed an order for delivery. Kaitlin went out of her way to make sure to find a delivery person so my order could be delivered to a location outside of the regular delivery area today. My package was delivered within 2 hours! Thank you so so much for making this a great shopping experience. I live in California and found you on Unilocal!My friends in Wichita were happy to receive your chocolates. Thanks again!

When you walk into this shop the delicious smell of chocolate immediately hits you! The place itself is beautiful and the chocolates and drinks are amazing. The salted carmel is my personal favorite and the hot chocolate is to die for! I could spend a whole afternoon in this place catching up with a friend or just enjoying the relaxing environment!

A great chocolate shop, but come in with the expectation to drop some cash. The shop has a great cool and comfortable atmosphere and changes products frequently for the change in seasons and holidays. I went for the second time last night. My boyfriend and I got six chocolates and paid $ 14. They were expensive but worth the experience!

These are expensive chocolates, but they are the best in town.
When I am on the east side of Wichita I have to come here for a treat. My only negative about Cocoa Dolce is that they never seem to have macarons in stock. They are my favorite, but when I visit they only have vanilla. They had cherry limeade in stock once and that is my absolute favorite! Also their maple bacon caramels are delicious.
I would avoid their chocolate covered bacon, it tastes burnt. Which is unfortunate because their chocolate is divine and I love chocolate covered bacon just not here.
Their alcoholic chocolates are very tasty and a scoop of gelato is perfect in summer.

I love fancy chocolates, so of course I had to stop in here. I ordered a bunch of random chocolates, each were $ 2. Each one was very flavorful and definitely worth it. Beware though, the chocolates with alcohol are not just infused with alcohol, but basically have a shot of liquor hiding in the chocolate. I bit into it and just got rum overwhelm my palate. That’s fine if you are into that, but I was not expecting it. I would not get the alcohol chocolate again, but LOVED every other one! DELICIOUS.

Love this place! Haven’t had anything I didn’t like. Staff is helpful, have good suggestions and are friendly. The wine/​chocolate flights are really neat and make for a fun date night. The liquor chocolates must be taken in one bite or you’ll have a mess on you’re hands & all the alcohol down the front of your shirt.

If you are ever desperately looking for something to do with a girlfriend you perhaps do not know well yet, or an after dinner thing with your mom on a special occasion. Or maybe you just make a lot of money, (good for you butthole) Cocoa Dolce is a fun place to go. You are greeted by a friendly staff and the smell of gourmet coffee and a case of simply gorgeous handmade chocolates. The atmosphere is upscale casual, and the staff is ready to make suggestions as the selection is overwhelming. They offer chocolate and wine pairing flights, or you can take your chocolates to go as a gift. A fun place to visit, but be prepared to drop some cash.
I returned with a work friend a long while after my wedding, one of my bridesmaids did a shower for me there. I can’t imagine what it cost, but it was lovely.

I knew Cocoa Dolce was going to be good, but I was surprised at just how comprehensive this chocolate shop really is. From chocolate samplers that make Whitman’s look like it came out of a generic drug store gumball machine to coffee or gelato or wine and beer pairings, it’s almost too well-​conceived to believe it’s born and bred in Wichita. In short: if you’ve ever had a positive experience with chocolate, you owe it to yourself to visit. In long: here’s 93 mini-​reviews of every type of chocolate I could find:
Mayan — If you’re familiar with Mexican hot chocolate, you’re aware of the pleasure that can be had from mixing spices and chocolate. They also are wont to adding chile for a bit of heat. This bittersweet ganache combines the two to great effect ****
Champagne — not much of the brut Cava comes out in the ganache of this truffle, but the extra bit of acidity that is there is hard to miss, and the sugar crystals that surround the morsel do well to replicate the bubbles. ***
Burnt Caramel — I like the smokiness of the burnt caramel that surrounds this ganache, though I wish it was more than a drizzle. ***
Raspberry — the tart raspberry purée melds with the 57% cacao to make a smooth and mild treat. ****
Cinnamon-​Orange — large hits of both the titular ingredients come to play. They use real orange zest.
Crème Brulee — while the emulation was fairly sound — all you really need is a hard and crusty sugar top — the resulting product was merely ordinary. **
Salted Caramel Ganache — with your first bite you start to get the deep caramel flavors, then as you continue to chew the flavor intensifies and then it culminates with a big hit of the fleur de sel. Not something I could eat by the handful, but the one was fantastic. *****
Gianduia — I had a hard time identifying this one because it wasn’t nearly as well-​presented as the one in the picture, but the small amount of hazelnut praline still was able to carry the nutty flavors fairly well while still placing the focus on the chocolate. ***
Cocoa d’or — I’m not in the habit of eating precious metals, but the gold was really trying to sell this as a premium bonbon, though I think the 75% cacao did a fine job of that on its own. ***
Lemon — a significant departure, the white chocolate confection serves well as a foundation for other flavors, and you definitely get those mild lemon notes, though after having the orange zest in the cinnamon-​orange, I don’t think it was imparted as well. ***
Strawberry Balsamic — good sweetness from the jam and the dark hints of balsamic play well against the white chocolate ganache ****
Classic — title says it all. Quick hit of the bitter cocoa powder followed by the creamy sweet ganache ***
Strawberry — more fruit than chocolate, but I’m a fan of the sweetness ***
Amaretto — more almondy than the gianduia was hazlenutty, but I liked the latter’s subtle approach a bit better. ***
Mocha — rich, dark Kahlua chocolate. Coffee and chocolate belong together ****
Coconut cream — I’m not normally a fan of shredded coconut, nor almonds, really, so this one was more of a high-​end Almondy Joy for me. **
Irish Cream — despite being listed as having only a «hint» of Irish Cream, the coloring and flavor makes it taste nearly half and half ***
Key Lime — the next level from the Lemon, the coconut here serves as the crust to the lime-​zested white chocolate ganache. Again, not really in the spirit of the rest of the chocolates, but I like the change-​up ****
Maple Cream — Maple and chocolate pairs better than I would have thought. ****
Carmello Noce — the vanilla bean caramel cream got a bit lost amidst the dark 70% ganache ***
Blueberry Pie — These white chocolate creations are fun. They should just have a collection of these. ****
Pepper — Much more of a hit from the chiles than in the Mayan. I think I prefer this one to its very similar cousin ****
Tahitian Vanilla — the mouthfeel of the ganache was a little smoother than normal, perhaps thanks to the vanilla Stoli ***
Scotch — You can certainly taste that scotch, and it goes down just as smoothly as the chocolate ***
Sinful Mint — the idea of mint and chocolate is not new, but I liked how it’s shaped like a little emerald ***
PB&J — I was expecting more of an in-​your-​face peanut butter flavor like a Reese’s, but the homemade peanut butter here is much more subtle, and it doesn’t really come out until after the little jam sliver (the same one from the Strawberry Balsamic, I imagine) leaves the party ***
Margarita — Oh, man. I don’t know about the tequila, but the orange, lime, and salt flavors were all out in full force. ****
Mezzanotte — a more intense version of the Mocha, though the anise flavor of the Sambuca pull it in a slightly different direction ***
Curry — the white chocolate ganache is certainly a change, but there’s a significant fragrance from the curry ****
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