Local Chocolatier in Style Weekly

Today’s Style Weekly has a story on Kelly Walker, owner of Chocolates by Kelly which operates out of the Blanchard’s Coffee at 5047 Forest Hill Avenue. The entrance is off the back alley and you will find both coffee and chocolate upstairs.

Unlike some artisans, Walker doesn’t mind sharing her secrets, and teaches monthly classes on the art of confection-making. She hand tempers single-origin Venezuelan chocolate and occasionally Belgian or American chocolates and constantly experiments with new flavor combinations such as balsamic-strawberry chocolate or lemon-mint.

“If there were ever a magical food, it would be chocolate. It’s the food of gods and has been used as currency,” she says. “The way it crosses over class lines is what I find to be so fascinating about it. Everybody loves chocolate or knows someone who does.”

I can speak from experience when I say how awesome the chocolate tastes. For Super Bowl Kelly did a mix of carmel popcorn, chocolate covered pretzels, marshmellows and peanuts that was “kick-rhymes with bass”. If you want to impress someone on Valentines Day you can’t go wrong with Chocolates by Kelly.