Thornebrook Chocolates

Yes, the place is old… But the chocolate speaks for itself! I got wayyy too many chocolates thinking I may not like something but ended up eating my weight in chocolate lol! There’s lots of options and they even show a little love to the sugar-​free seekers… Not that I’m about that life, but it’s cool those options are made available to those who may be.

Thornebrook Chocolates is, as others have noted here, Gainesville’s only bona fide chocolate shop. As others have also already noted, it is rather outdated in some regards. It’s been here I think since the Thornebook shops opened, which was probably in the middle of the 1980s – seriously. If not in fact one of the original shops, it is close to being one, and I don’t think they’ve really renovated it since. Their chocolates however are traditional but quite good and it’s certainly nice to have a store like this in Gainesville. They probably do the lion’s share of their business on holidays, but whether for a special occassion or not, it’s a great resource to have though I do wish they’d brighten the place up a bit. Their Easter baskets are second to none and while some of the holiday offerings and special baskets do seem, well. .. straight out of the 1980s, there’s a certain charm to that aspect, too, I suppose.

This is a great chocolate shop and to my knowledge Gainesville’s only. The staff is amazing! They are super friendly and will answer any questions you have. I have been in mulitple times but I came through for Valentines day and they made me look great with their chocolate covered wine bottle. If you have never had one you have to come by and get one to try. You can bring in your favorite bottle of wine or purchase one from their selection. They take the bottle of wine cover it place and then you pick, dark, milk or white chocolate for them to cover it with. They then cut out where the logo was wrap it in plastic so it stay good for a while and put a nice bow on it. I thing it was only $ 15.
The rest of the selection is really good. They have all sorts of fun molds and then have a large selection of your standard chocolate offerings. They participate in a lot of festivals so keep an eye out for that. This place is worth a trip to Thornebrook alone.

Nice little chocolate shop in the Thornebrook village area.
Bought some truffles for my Dad’s 75^th birthday and some dark chocolate covered almonds for us.
Had some last night… mmm good

I am not a huge chocolate person, but the milk chocolate here is delicious. The chocolate covered oreos are so delicious, they always are topped with a sugar-​coated heart for valentines day, sports, clovers, easter eggs, candy canes, etc. If you go in the near future, then please get a pack of the milk or dark chocolate covered oreos. Chocolate covered gummy bears are good and guess what else they have? CHOCOLATE COVERED POTATO CHIPS! At first I thought gross who would eat potato chips covered in milk chocolate. Their jellybeans are even better than jellybellys. Also, their display case of chocolates are very good too. I adore their raspberry cream, vanilla cream, chocolate covered strawberrys, and chocolate covered cherries! It is pricey, but worth the money.

Ive been here probably about once a year, for ten years now. If i happen to be in the area, I try to go in and get a few bits o’chocolate. Went in with my boyfriend yesterday and we picked out from the case 3 different kinds, which amounted to about 8 pieces overall. They were delicious of course. Not the best chocolate ive had, but definitely not the worst.
What I really am disappointed in, is the way the place is set up. its dated. It always looks like its going out of business in some way. Little wooden shelves with baskets and clear wrapped chocolates seperated into easter, gator, st pattys day, themes. the cases themselves are too short, and too dark. you have to literally bed over, or squat to see the ones in the back, and even then its not lit enough to see the actual chocolate you want to buy!
They would do well to revamp the place, chocolate has come a LONG way in the past 10 years and thornebrook is being left in the dust.

This is a great place. My favorite is the glaceed apricot in dark chocolate. What I really like about the shop is that they carry everything in milk AND dark chocolate. So if really love a particular filling, you don’t have to get all sad because it only comes covered in milk chocolate, for example, because they have it in dark too! I like their seasonal items and the fact that the store smells super. It is a bit cramped in there though, so I don’t try to take my little ones (who always want to grab everything anyway).

This place is the best reason for me to visit Gainesville! I crave their chocolate covered strawberries and truffles. It’s amazing!!!

When I’m jonesing for some serious, hard core, fresh dark chocolate, this is where I go. The selection is outstanding and the taste is to die for. I’m especially fond of the almond toffee dipped in dark chocolate, and their holiday nut crunch.