Chocolatiers in Tennessee You Should Visit for a Sweet Treat

Cafe Lola Bistro in Johnson City provides a warm ambiance to its wine bar experience. The cafe serves brunch, lunch and dinner. You’ll want to save room for dessert to try the rich chocolate cake souffle. Served with melted chocolate, pour it over the souffle before digging in for a delicious bite. 

• Parking: Free parking is available in the parking lot onsite.
   
• Operational hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5-9:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5-9:30 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday
   
• Special highlights: You can also indulge in the profiterole choux pastries served with a chocolate sauce that compliments the crisp shell and airy interior of the pastry.

Find artisan chocolate in Kingsport at Chocolate Elegance. Gifts are available for every occasion. The custom chocolates are made in small batches with the finest ingredients and then hand dipped for maximum chocolate indulgence.

• Parking: Street parking is available.
   
• Operational hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

When you go to the Apple Barn complex, you need to stop at The Apple Barn Candy Factory where all the candy is made by hand. Chocolate turtles, homemade fudge made with an old wooden paddle and caramel fudge recipes bring out the best flavors for every treat. Buy some for the road or as gifts for loved ones.

• Parking: Ample parking is available onsite.
   
• Accessibility: The Apple Barn Candy Factory is fully ADA accessible.
   
• Operational hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday
   
• Highlights: After shopping, enjoy a meal at the Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant and enjoy ice cream at The Creamery's antique soda fountain, both located onsite.

Enjoy delicious chocolate in Knoxville. Chocolate lovers will want to grab the artisan chocolates, macarons, pastries and lattes in downtown Knoxville at Coffee & Chocolate. Get a box of coffee chocolate macarons and milk chocolate caramel macarons, a Brookie – a fudgy brownie layered with a classic chocolate chip cookie, a box of chocolates including Dubai chocolate and more. 

• Parking: Paid lots, garages and street parking are available around the chocolate shop.
   
• Accessibility: Coffee and Chocolate's downtown location is wheelchair accessible.
   
• Operation hours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily
   
• Highlights: The coffee is roasted in Knoxville and the chocolate is made from scratch, ensuring you’ll have a unique chocolate experience.

When you want to warm up with a decadent cup of hot chocolate, go to Tempered Fine Chocolates where three different chocolates are blended to create a rich, creamy treat. Drinking chocolate, a denser version of hot chocolate, is a European treat you have to try if you want to enjoy chocolate at its finest. 

• Parking: Free street parking as well as paid lots are available onsite.
   
• Accessibility: Tempered Fine Chocolates is wheelchair accessible.
   
• Operational hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday
   
• Highlights: You can book a whiskey or wine pairing as well where you’ll be led through a tasting of chocolates and whiskey or wine to taste the complexity of flavors and how they blend.

Eric and Cassandra Durtschi blend their talents to make Durci into what it is today, sourcing cocoa beans directly from farmers and then minimally processing the cacao to allow unique flavor profiles to shine in their high-quality chocolate truffles and other sweets. Shop for chocolate bonbons, chocolate bars and drinking chocolate. The café serves a variety of chocolate including brewed cacao, frozen hot chocolate, Dubai chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate covered strawberry cream puffs and more.

• Parking: Durci Chocolate has a parking lot onsite.
   
• Accessibility: Durci Chocolate is wheelchair accessible.
   
• Operational hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The cafe is open for lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
   
• Highlights: Durci's sourcing process has won them international awards and they’ve grown to be some of the leading chocolatiers in the U.S. 

Dumplins Bistro & Bakery in Jackson is known for its decadent desserts. If you’re a chocolate lover, you have to order the Chocolate Majesty. A dessert that truly lives up to its name, the dessert is a decadent chocolate and cream cheese blended into a pecan cookie crust and topped with whipped cream. 

• Parking: Ample paved parking is available on site.
   
• Accessibility: Accessible parking spaces, entrance and restrooms are available.
   
• Operational hours: 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday
   
• Highlights: Take home a slice of one of the award-winning German chocolate, double chocolate and Oreo cakes.

Enjoy a variety of chocolate desserts at Sweet Musing Bakery & Cafe in Memphis. Choose a thick slice of black forest cake, chocolate mousse cake that’s light and airy, a chocolate or Oreo crepe, lava cake or a potted chocolate mousse for a lighter dessert. It’s the perfect spot for a sweet treat in the middle of your day.

• Parking: A parking lot is onsite.
   
• Accessibility: You'll find wheelchair accessible seating, restrooms and parking spots at Sweet Musing Bakery & Cafe.
   
• Operational hours: 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday
   
• Highlights: Order an authentic matcha milk tea and enjoy the impressive selection of decorated cakes including chocolate cake, pastries like chocolate croissants and more.

No chocolate list is complete without including Phillip Ashley Chocolates, artisanal, award-winning chocolates in Memphis. Taste the bold, unexpected flavors by ordering a box of chocolates with selections like raspberry jam earl grey peppermint, wild strawberry vanilla bean, Nutella marshmallow, key lime pie and browned butter bourbon pecan.

• Parking: A paved parking lot is located next to the shop.
   
• Accessible: Phillip Ashley Chocolates shop at 1200 Madison Avenue is wheelchair accessible.
   
• Operational hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday
   
• Highlights: Phillip Ashley is a world-renowned, self-taught chocolatier. He was a 2023 and 2024 James Beard nominee and is one of the leading designers of luxury chocolate in the world. 

Since 1958, Sally Lane’s Candy Farm has served up dark chocolate and milk chocolate treats as well as old-fashioned candies and toffees. Original, homemade recipes are used for chocolate frogs, fudge, white chocolate popcorn and more. Stop in for a small batch sweet taste in Paris, Tennessee.

• Parking: Onsite parking is available in front of Sally Lane's Candy Farm.
   
• Accessibility: Sally Lane's Candy Farm has a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking lot.
   
• Operational hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
   
• Highlights: Sally Lane's Candy Farm became famous for their pink and green mints, served since 1958. Bring home a bag for yourself.