Monica’s Chocolates

Stopped in on a whim… so glad we did! The shop is filled with chocolate galore as well as other gifts and Peruvian items. When we entered a young lady offered us a sample which we happily accepted as she told us about the chocolates and other products. I was very impressed with her knowledge and professionalism. My only complaint with the shop was that there was so much to choose from it was hard to narrow it down to a few purchases! Happily writing this review as I eat my chocolates… trying not to eat them all in one sitting. Put Monica’s on your must stop list while in Lubec!

If you find yourself on the road to Lubec and onward to Canada, take a few minutes and stop in at Monica’s and buy all the chocolate. Yes, all of it because it is that good. I don’t kid when it comes to chocolate.
While I didn’t have the opportunity to meet Monica, her assistant was there and brought out a tray of chocolate samples (easiest way to win me over as a consumer). Yum. My husband and I tasted a variety of bonbons, each seemingly better than the last.
We walked out of there a little poorer but with a sizable bag of chocolates. Parents back home in landlocked states (Oklahoma and Nebraska) got apricot and almond bonbons, bourbon filled truffles, and dark chocolate turtles as a way of saying thank you for watching our dogs and child for a week. I loaded up on dark chocolate pecan bonbons and a dark chocolate molded lobster… all gone before we arrived back at our rental home an hour away. Mission accomplished.

Monica’s is an unexpected gem on the rustic Maine coast. Who would expect to find delicious homemade chocolate, savory Maine-​made condiments, and a trove of Peruvian alpaca-​wool products and jewelry within sight of the ocean.
The sweets are clearly the specialty and there’s surely something for every taste. The cranberry and blueberry clusters (milk and dark chocolate) is just amazing.

Wonderful treats and wonderful people who work there. Stop by and you will be hooked!

Incredible chocolates, especially love the blueberries covered with dark chocolate but beware as they are on the pricey side.

Legitimately some of the best chocolate I’ve had on this side of the Atlantic and it just happens to be on a near-​deserted highway at the end of the world (or at least the continental United States). We were pretty gleeful upon entering to be served delicious samples. We tried their bonbons — filled with almonds and a Peruvian dulce de leche-​like cream — sinfully good. Then we sampled the blueberry wine truffles — blueberries, wine and chocolate seem like they were made for each other. After that, we knew we had to bring some home. I mean, how often are you in a chocolate shop where everything is made in house? Deciding what to get was no easy task considering the crap ton of choices that all looked so good — if it didn’t break the bank I probably would have opted for one of everything.
The shapes are really cool and the seashells looked so realistic that it took me a minute to realize it was actually chocolate. We ended up taking the peanut butter and caramel filled sea cucumbers, which I thought were pretty hilarious. I mean, I have seen quite a few chocolate animals in my day, but never one shaped like a sea cucumber. We also took home some of their Maine Needhams with potato, coconut, and blueberries, which I have yet to try but am pretty damn excited to do so.
They also have beautiful jewelry and alpaca clothing — expensive, yes, but from the look and feel of it, super high quality.
I was kind of shocked that we were the only ones there. I mean, I know it’s a little out of the way, or let’s be real — seriously out of the way, but it’s honestly worth the seven hour drive from Boston. But hey, even if you’re not ready for that kind of commitment — they have a website where they ship to the rest of the country! I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy that the Internet exists.

We stopped into Monica’s Chocolates after seeing a ton of great reviews on another unmentionable website. It was totally worth the visit. We met Monica and she was delightful. Everyone we met in the Lubec area seemed to want to tell us their life story and Monica was no exception. Her story is a reminder of how our country has provided amazing opportunities for some of its immigrants. It sounds like with luck, hard work, and the support of native Lubecians (?), Monica has made it happen with her chocolates. She seems like a very nice person with a well-​organized and seemingly well-​run store. We have been enjoying her chocolates which she also offers samples of in her store.
I recommend stopping by and checking out her wares which include some well-​priced jewelry and other items. It’s located about a mile and a half before Lubec’s downtown on the right side of 189 if you’re heading north.

We can only echo and update briefly what the previous Unilocaler wrote. This is a delightful little shop alongside Highway 189 just outside downtown Lubec. The specialty is chocolates, diverse and delicious, but surprisingly the stock includes some wonderful, lovely jewelry and clothing. Monica is Peruvian, and on her trips home she acquires a variety of native goods which she sells for quite reasonable prices. We found a gorgeous brown alpaca sweater for $ 125 and several appealing and slightly exotic pieces of jewelry (both under $ 30). Monica is a very pleasant shop owner, and she makes a mean hot chocolate. We’re so glad we stopped by and suggest you shouldn’t miss it.

This is a beautiful, well laid-​out store (in a white, private home) right on Route 189. The displays are thoughtfully arranged and the chocolates are worth the slightly steep price tags. The marzipan cremes were my favorite, followed by the raspberry wine truffles. My husband loved the nut clusters in white and milk chocolate.
I came for the chocolates but stayed because the man behind the counter was on a personal call for about 15 minutes. All the while I waited near the register with chocolates in hand. He was very lucky that I wasn’t keen on stealing his identity (or stealing from the store), because he gave out all his personal information on the phone (it sounded like he was applying for car insurance) and often had his back to me. He seemed completely unfazed by my presence, and definitely was in no rush to help me. When he abruptly ended the call, he made no apologies. Huh…
Luckily the chocolates were worth the wait. Make sure you stop here on your way into town. But if the clerk is on the phone, you might as well come back later. It might be a while.