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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Tampa Bay Times. Updated September 2026.
William Dean Chocolates · Belleair Bluffs
One of the area's original artisan chocolate makers, a Belleair Bluffs shop where each colorful confection is made by hand; its chocolates even turned up in Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games film. The counter carries bonbons, signature bars, macarons and drinking chocolate. Order a box of the bonbons.
Peterbrooke Chocolatier + Gelato Tampa · Carrollwood
A Carrollwood chocolate shop on North Dale Mabry Highway run by mother and daughter Jennifer Hill and Sydney Morton, who moved it from downtown Tampa and make the chocolate from scratch in-house. The counter fills orders from chocolate-drizzled popcorn and chocolate bars to custom pieces such as a bar printed with the Tampa postcard mural or a hollow chocolate football filled with popcorn, with gelato alongside. Order the chocolate-drizzled popcorn.
Toffee to Go & More · South Tampa
A South Tampa shop on Bay to Bay Boulevard built on the Schalk family's toffee recipes: milk chocolate almond, dark chocolate pecan and white chocolate macadamia nut. It is now a dessert cafe as well, pairing the toffee with dessert bars, ice cream and Kahwa coffee. Order the dark chocolate pecan toffee.
Schakolad Chocolate Factory · Downtown St. Petersburg
A downtown St. Petersburg chocolate shop on Central Avenue, owned by a mother and daughter, with truffles, chocolate-covered strawberries and French pastries. Order a box of truffles.
Hampton Chocolate Factory · Channelside
A Sparkman Wharf chocolate shop for picking up chocolate bars and other sweets to give, with truffles and chocolate bars handcrafted in Tampa. The shop also serves a giant soft-serve cone: five pounds of ice cream piled onto two chocolate-coated waffle cones. Order a chocolate bar or a box of truffles.