Founded by Chef Claude Franques, Claude’s Chocolates is well-known for their European-style artisan bon bons and truffles. Visit their retail shop in St. Augustine’s historic district and see how their chocolatiers handcraft artful confections in small batches using only natural ingredients, free from preservatives.

Inspired from a single homemade fudge recipe, Henry and Esther Whetstone entered the chocolate industry in 1966. While Esther was creating and testing different recipes of fudge, Henry was busy hand-carving moulds to create solid chocolate gators and dolphins. Within in a year, they were selling 13 different flavors of fudge along with an increasing assortment of hand-dipped chocolates.

Now owned and operated by Henry and Esther’s daughter, Virginia, Whetstone Chocolates operates three retail stores and manages wholesale accounts for brands such as Nestle’s, Hershey and M&M Mars. Get an insider look at their 10,000 square-foot factory, as well as one of their retail stores.

Celebrating 40 years of chocolate making in 2023, Peterbrooke Chocolatier is a “neighborhood chocolate shop” offering a wide selection of European-styled handmade chocolates through a distinctly American experience. The first shop opened in Jacksonville’s historic San Marco neighborhood in 1983. Today the brand has nearly 30 locations throughout the Southeast, including Florida, Alabama and Georgia. Take a tour of their first retail store, as well as their chocolate factory.

Sweet Pete’s is the largest candy store in the southeast. Located in an historic 22,000 square foot mansion in the heart of downtown Jacksonville, Sweet Pete’s not only offers thousands of varieties of candy and hand-crafted chocolates, but they bring guests into the candy making experience.