Anette’s Chocolates

Its location in the Oxbow makes it a convenient stop while exploring the market. They have some interesting items — lots of wine infused candy (of course) and even beer brittle! They do have samples to try like their fudge sauces, chocolate sauces, and some candy samples. I really enjoy their chocolate sauces like their port chocolate sauce.
My friend did buy a box of 6 chocolates for us to sample — we had the raspberry truffle and the coconut truffle, but nothing to write home about compared to other chocolate shops in the Bay Area. I did really like their mango/​raspberry squares — they were like jelly candy covered in sugar. It was like eating jellied dried mango covered with sugar, same with the raspberry. Super tasty and would recommend trying some of those. Also their dark chocolate honeycomb is really good too — sweet and crunchy inside paired perfectly with the bitterness of dark chocolate.
I’ll have to check out their DT Napa location, since I’ve read it has a bigger store and there’s even an ice cream shop inside. While I enjoyed tasting their chocolate sauces, I couldn’t justify buying one whole bottle for myself knowing it wouldn’t get a lot of use, especially when the bottles are a bit expensive (their 5 oz bottle is $ 10). I think having them on a sundae would be great though…
Don’t get me wrong. It’s a great chocolate shop to check out while at Oxbow… but it doesn’t quite compare to other chocolatiers in the Bay Area as far as price and flavors go. It gets stars for their convenient location, samples, and those fruity sugared squares (funny how the one candy i enjoyed from them was NOT chocolate… and I love chocolate!).

I like Anette’s but they are a bit pricey for me. One small piece of chocolate is almost $ 2 (something like $ 1.5 or $ 1.75 per item). For something smaller than my thumb, that is excessive. I get by weight or multiple pieces but I’ve had gourmet chocolates that weren’t that high. I would rate them much better if their pricing was not so outrageous!

After spending the afternoon at Oxbow Public Market and the surrounding areas, I decided to end the day with a few pieces of chocolate for later that night after our drive back to San Jose. I picked about 6 pieces from their display cases. While I don’t consider myself the chocolate expert, I have been to many good chocolatiers in my life (Teuscher and Cocoabella are at the top of my list, but I’m definitely not too good for Sees. Stay away from Godiva though).
In short, the chocolate here was a little too sweet and didn’t have that «oomph» factor. It wasn’t horrible, but just didn’t have enough to make me want to come back and try other things. With Three Twins Ice Cream and Ca Momi in the same shopping area, I’d much rather go to those places first for my sweet tooth craving.

Nice chocolate store in the Oxbox market. I really enjoyed the almond crusted, brandy, and cabernet filled truffles. It was ~$ 6.50 for 4 pieces, so not that bad price-​wise. Great for a snack or dessert if you’re looking around in the Oxbow.

pretty disappointed-​spent $ 40 on a box of chocolates which were just not very good. I liked the triple berry kind but none of the others really stood out. I bought some chocolate covered caramels at a random farmer’s market stand that were simply amazing… just reminding me of how much I didn’t like these ones.

Here’s my problem with Anette’s: the chocolate itself is really quite good but the fillings leave a lot to be desired.
We chose five different chocolates ($ 1.40 each) and, based on the names alone, expected great things. The Mauna Kea had a super-​chewy caramel base and a large macadamia nut covered with milk chocolate and sea salt. There was way too much sea salt and the caramel and macadamia just didn’t jive well together. The Peanut Butter Drop was just awful; how do you ruin peanut butter and chocolate?! I have no idea where they got that peanut butter filling but I wish Anette could get her hands on a jar of Jif– anything would be better than what she’s putting in there now. The hazelnut offering had teeny-​tiny pieces of chopped hazelnut and maybe chopped crisped rice (?); it was too crunchy and not at all hazelnutty.
The best piece was dark and milk chocolate blended together; like I said, the chocolate on its own is good, very creamy and rich… I would just stick with that.

Anette’s Chocolates is an Oxbow must-​stop
Salted Caramel — nice dense, chewy, caramel w/​a good ratio of chocolate surrounding & the perfect ratio of salt to give it that sweet /​salty quality I always seek in my caramels
Milk Chocolate Honeycomb — light & crunchy honeycomb w/​the perfect thickness layer of chocolate
Mac-​Caramel Flip — this was a mini version of the classic pecan turtle… whole macs & chewy caramel all topped by a dollop of milk chocolate
Basically, you can’t go wrong here w/​your choices & our list of go-to’s is growing to the point of ridiculous… and this is NOT a bad thing!

Too much good food in this market! after hitting up all the gluten free things next storefront over, i had to control myself. So I got only 4 chocolates. 2 pistachio turtles and 2 Danish Flødebolle. Both were quite tasty but also a bit sweeter than what Im used to in my chocolates. Girl working the front was super cute and I think that’s how they draw you in!

Annette’s Chocolates was a stopover while waiting for my breakfast at Casa.
there were endless shelves of mini truffles @1.25. didn’t see any free samples. just bought 6.randomly.
eats: 6 various truffles: 1.25@
–mostly all very sweet
–not much chocolate differentials tasted.
–skipped nuts, just took chocolate solids, flavors.

Review refers to online store purchase…
Husband received Anette’s Chocolates from a vendor for Christmas and it was so delicious that I insisted he order some for Valentines. It arrived quickly, packaged perfectly. We had the truffles variety box and it was fabulous — with some very unique flavors (wine infused, etc.). They were fresh, delicious, and the perfect consistency. At Christmas, we had a nuts /​chews mix and they were equally high quality and diverse in flavor options.
Will be ordering again!

Wonderful selections of chocolates! They also have a great selection for syrups to put on your ice cream. Definitely a must when in Napa!

Every time I’m at Oxbow I have a habit of stopping by Anette’s. Just to stare. And try their liquor infused chocolate syrups. I’ve visited their other location (also located on First St) but I hardly get anything there except for gelato.
However over the summer I was on a serious salted caramel hunt and I tried Anette’s, both in dark and milk chocolate. Their chocolates are divine! The chocolate tastes very quality and the caramel was buttery and thick. The salt it’s topped with adds a nice kick of balance. I do prefer the dark chocolate piece over the milk one.
The only other piece I’ve tried from them was the Lemon Truffle which was decent. The dark chocolate overpowered the lemon which was a shame.
While these pieces are pretty pricey, I’d say they’re worth a try. At least once (:

Delicious chocolates. Purchased several sets for Christmas gifts. Not the best chocolate I’ve ever had but very nice.

This was an awesome place to go for a chocolate fanatic. I went a couple weekends ago and after sampling their liquors and fudges numerous times, settled on their Belgium chocolate liquor. For Thanksgiving, I tried it with my cheesecake, and it was the perfect mix of chocolate and cheesecake.
Do try their brittles! They had a Chili Lime Tequila Tortilla Brittle, and the flavor of the salty tortilla chips and smokiness of the peppers was so unique.
The staff there is very friendly, and you can sample nearly everything in their store.

Not as impressed as other reviewers. Nice little shop to stop in after dinner for good chocolate as they’re open till 9 inside the Oxbow Public Market. They have a variety of different truffles and wrapped bars as well. I was particularly interested in trying the Peruvian chocolate — as Ninja is from Peru.
I did a proper sampling — several truffles from the case plus a sampler of their 65% cacao bars from different countries. Overall, they’re pricy & just okay. Not bad… but not Nuubia.

I guess that I like chocolate after all so any place where you can grab a few pieces to sample after dinner while walking around is a good place on my list.

Stopped in the Oxbow Public Market after eating at Gotts and noticed the little chocolate counter. The smell of chocolate filled the air so I of course had to buy something. Everything was extremely fresh and tasted like a slice of heaven or at least what I would assume heaven tastes like. The first bite you take will send you into a trance with its perfection and unique combinations. I can’t remember the last time I tried chocolate candies that tasted so good. It is pricey but worth every penny.

Expensive nice chocolate place. they have chocolates/​truffles that you buy by the unit. it’s 1.25 each. they have really nice ones. we tried a few and really liked them.
they have lots of chocolate infused sauces and syrups. these look yummy but they are very very sweet, you can’t take more then a drop and it’s too overwhelming. too bad.
they don’t have gelato in Oxbow but they do a few blocks away from there. nothing special.

They have two locations that we know of.
1. oxbow market (smaller outlet)
2. main location (1321 First Street, Napa, CA 94 559)
We drove to Napa few weeks ago just for Anette’s. However it was very disappointing for us. Last year we stayed at the new hotel across street from Anette’s. We bought some truffles and they were delicious. However this time we wanted the ultimate experience of getting the best hot chocolate and we thought who could do it better than Anette’s. Well that is not the case the girl who made the chocolate for us really skimped on the chocolate — I had to ask her to put more choco in it. Even then it was not enough. She kept skimping. It needed sugar to make it sweet.
Go to any good hot chocolate place and you will know the diff. In fact we have two places so far that we like and I will get those reviews in soon.
Now their other chocolate is pretty good and we bought truffles and they were very good. We also bought the chocolate syrup and its awesome on desserts specially vanila ice cream — But their hot choco sucks so avoid it.
In our opinion they don’t deserve more than two stars [at this point]

Anette’s Chocolates is at the Oxbow Public Market, this is a second location. They have a location at 1321 First St, Napa.
I got to try their chocolate Cabernet sauce w/​some Three Twins ice cream-​I thought the sauce was just ok.
I liked and got their Firey Beer Brittle for $ 9.95. You can try it at the counter — just ask. They also have regular Beer Brittle and a Cabernet Brittle.
Credit cards taken. The bag they gave me fell apart by the time I got to the car so be careful. The glue on the bottom doesn’t hold up.