River Forest Chocolates

The shop is cute. The lady who helped me was lovely.
The chocolates though I’m afraid are not as good as I had hoped.
I see they’ve gotten rave reviews for novelty chocolates– and I don’t doubt that from the items in the shop.
I tasted a hazelnut truffle– it had no flavor other than sugar. The interior was not a traditional truffle filling, more like a chewy cream filling. The pistachio truffle had the same chewy texture. It did have a some pistachio flavor. Neither seemed to have actual nuts, I assume it was liquid flavoring perhaps? Same with mint. No mint flavor, a stiff almost fudge like center. The salted Caramel was tasty. Good buttery flavor in the caramel.
The chocolates are tooth aching sweet I’m afraid. Too bad.

River Forest Chocolates is amazing-​great great chocolates and cute treats. I ordered custom chocolates from Donna for my wedding and was blown away with the product. She was able to customize the chocolates by putting pictures on them and everyone at the wedding was enamored by the taste and uniqueness of the chocolates. Donna was great to work with and you can tell she really takes pride in her company. Highly recommend this place.

This is a cute, fun little shop. Free parking on Lake St in front of building. Yummy, creatives treats for all ages. Came here for some special Easter treats. Also came for V-​day, of course! Great little shop run by local family — once bought chocolate dipped kettle chips — YUM!!! Didn’t see them last time in, but it was crowded at Easter (shop is tiny). Make a stop here…

River Forest Chocolates is a great little spot to grab some wonderful chocolate treats in River Forest.
The old front door shows its age and character by sticking (you need to be «buzzed» in). From the street, the store appears, perhaps, more botique than it needs to, but walk in and have a look around. There are delicious and whimsical chocolate items throughout the store. There’s also a nice section full of the more pop-​culture «classic» candies, including Cracker Jack in a throwback looking box (it made me wonder if the «Prize inside» was a metal toy, or, at least a hard plastic one…).
A variety of molds are utilized. Some include: Pianos (perfectly proportioned little chocolate pianos); Cameos (they actually look like jewelry); Cappucino Cups that look like miniature cups of cappucino; there were so many others… I don’t remember… There were many different truffles, caramels, creams, toffees, barks, and more…
I grabbed two Pretzel Wands — one milk chocolate, one white chocolate — and one Cappucino Cup. All three were delicious.
I’ve got to keep going back to discover my favorites. Every town should have a shop like this.
Street parking is available throughout the neighborhood.