Drost’s Chocolates

Drost’s is the absolute BEST! We live over in the Denver area and this is a must-​stop for us every time we come over to the Western Slope. It is far better than anything we can find by us. We love supporting family-​owned and operated gems like this… Especially when they are as nice as these guys. They are so kind and always remember us!
The best kept secret is that they have THE most delicious, 100% homemade candied orange peels! They can only make them in small quantities but they are to-​die-​for. We always buy them out. This last time we even called ahead to have them reserve a whole batch for us :)

Lovely little shop that smells intoxicatingly of chocolate.
We found this on our trip to to Grand Mesa (from Grand Junction to Delta and back to GJ).
I never expected to find such a green of a chocolate shop here.

I would seriously drive two hours to eat these chocolates. We stopped in on a drive over Grand Mesa and you couldn’t find a nicer place with more delicious treats.
Mr. and Mrs. Drost are the chocolatiers and they’re incredibly friendly. You also have a unique opportunity to visit a museum of antique cash registers, which Mr. Drost collects (he has more than 100 and they are pretty cool).
Don’t miss the variety of hand-​dipped truffles and fudge, as well as the nut clusters and caramels. Very reasonably priced, as well. We were expecting to pay twice as much as our order totaled.

Terrific chocolates and really nice people!

While driving a 75 mile loop over Grand Mesa from Grand Junction down Highway 65 to Delta then back to Grand Junction we passed a shop that we were recommended to stop and check out. Drost’s Chocolates in Eckert, Colorado is a cute shop serving ice cream treats, handmade chocolates, fudge and other creations as well as a great museum of old cash registers. Their sign out front advertises Sundaes, Splits, Shakes, Sodas, Cones, Parfaits, Floats, Drostys, Coffee, Espresso and Cappuccino.
The interior is tight with counters bursting with homemade chocolates as you walk in. As your taste buds shop and pour over the treats, shelves full of souvenir goods and gifts also pull you in closer. After a chocolate overload a few steps down then turns into a long corridor serving ice cream and other frozen treats inside a museum of beautiful old cash registers. A few small tables and benches are available to sit down to eat or play a game of chess while taking in the surrounding history. The walls, shelves and every nook and cranny are full of cash registers and relics from the past.
After browsing the museum and looking at everything, we bought a dish of ice cream for the road. Chatting with the employees, a conversation of our dogs waiting in the air conditioned car came up. They gave us a broken sugar cone full of dog treats to make sure the pups were also happy as we loaded up and left Eckert.
Drost’s is a must stop for anyone passing by as a visitor.