International Chocolate Salon announces 2024 Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners winners

The winners are based on the combined total number of Gold and Silver Awards plus previous ratings received.

International Chocolate Salon announces its 2024 Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners winners

The International Chocolate Salon has announced the 2024 award winners for the title Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America.

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America are based on the combined total number of Gold and Silver Awards plus 4.5/4.0/3.5 star ratings received by each entrant in the previous year's TasteTV Chocolate Salons in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and fall (SF).

Also taken into account are the ratings received in the standalone International Chocolate Salon Award Competitions for Best Caramels, Best Toffees, Top Chocolate Bars, Truffles, White Chocolate, Best Hot Cocoa and Drinking Chocolate, Vegan Chocolates, Spicy Chocolates, Sugar Free, and others.

This year’s Six Star Grand Masters include:

aL chocoLat Boutique
CocoTutti Chocolates
Creamed Honey Co
Delysia Chocolatier
Michael's Chocolates
Panache Chocolatier

This year's Five Star Master Chocolatiers include:

Ambrosia Sipping Chocolate
Sandhill Chocolate Company
Socola Chocolatier

See the Superior Chocolatier and Exceptional Chocolatier honorees here, and view all Award Certificates for the current rankings here.

A Best in America awards presentation will take place during the San Francisco International Chocolate Salon, the weekend of April 7. The International Chocolate Salon will publish more details about this shortly.

Liz Parker Kuhn is the senior editor of Candy Industry and Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, and has worked at BNP Media since 2012. She has written for CBS Detroit as well as for her own blogs. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. Liz can be contacted at (248) 839-7156 or at parkere@bnpmedia.com.