Ocala’s Chocolates & Confections

I love to pop in for a treat after having lunch downtown. They have ice cream, fudge, and all kinds of chocolate, of course. They have your typical turtles and truffles (which are really good btw) but they also have fun stuff like chocolate dipped potato chip clusters and turtle dipped rice crispy treats. They make all sorts of cool seasonal chocolate pieces and you can order custome treats as well as gift baskets. My aunt bought my uncle a big chocolate guitar (he’s a musician) for his birthday and he loved it.

Theres tons of charm at this local gem. Having survived tough times with a small local customer base, this place deserves an outside interest of travelers.
Delicious homemade confections and amazing chocolates.
You’re welcome.

This place is also known as Ocala’s Chocolate and Confections (
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I enjoy this place. It opened about two years ago and I am happy and impressed that they have made it in such a rough economy as Ocala’s post-​crash.
This place is a cosy chocolate and ice-​cream place and they stay open late; 9pm on weekdays and 10pm on Friday and Saturdays. It’s a great option if you are on a date and you need to find an excuse to take the girl somewhere else. Or if you need to satisfy your weekly chocolate craving. Or to divvy up the time between happy hour bar hopping!
I am not a fine chocolate connisseur, but I can tell you that Hershey’s is inedible and that I cannot understand how Godiva got as big as they did for such poor quality chocolate. And Ocala’s Chocolate is far better.
They have excellent dark chocolate which I can speak at length about. I recommend their specialty truffle, which is made from Kirschwassar liquor imported from Germany. I can also speak highly of their dark chocolate raspberry truffle and the dark chocolate butternut toffee; all are creamy and handmade with love. Three kirshwassrer, a raspberry truffle and a dark chocolate toffee (about palm-​sized) was $ 8 and change. Well worth it.
This place also serves ice cream (weird flavors like Blue Moon), but I have never tried it. I am pretty sure they purchase it from someone else, but it’s nice to indulge in their outdoor seating area on a hot day, too.
With the holidays coming up (it’s August, I know!), Ocala’s Chocolate also has these gigantic cornucopias and turkeys made out of chocolate that can be filled with truffles and made into centerpieces. I love this idea, although I have a feeling that would be quite expensive.
And let me rave about the service. I actually first visited this place about two years ago, and the owner introduced himself to me and even gave me a truffle to sample for absolutely free. I have been back and if you strike up the conversation, he will leave you with no lack of stories and anecdotes. The service is always speedy and polite, helpful but not overbearing.
I truly enjoy patronizing small-​town Ocala business, but it’s even better when it surpasses whatever chain competition you can find nearby. I hope this place makes it in the near future and I will be back next time I am in town.