The Best Chocolate Shops in Cape Town

Hidden away inside Makers Landing at the V&A Waterfront, Afrikoa is a bean-to-bar chocolate studio that celebrates African ingredients and craftsmanship. While you could simply stop by to stock up on their wide range of bars and truffles, rather stay for the 30-minute experience, where one of the chocolatiers will guide you through the entire chocolate-making journey, from roasting Tanzanian heirloom cacao to producing the final glossy bars of deliciousness. Along with tasting through the range of chocolate styles, you can shop their complete selection of bars, truffles, and confections, and chat with the team about their direct-trade ethos. Their 37% Milk Chocolate bar is the signature best-seller, but also check out their truffles and triple-chocolate salted caramel brownies!

Maker’s Landing, V&A Waterfront

Whether you buy online or stop in at their charming wood-panelled café on Wale Street, you’ll find that Honest Chocolate is perhaps as famous for their colourfully creative wrappers as they are for what’s inside: delicious bars of hand-crafted chocolate made in small batches using organically produced Tanzanian cacao beans and local agave syrup. The result is ethically sourced, bean-to-bar treats that are both organic and vegan. Don’t miss the 54% dark ‘mylk’ chocolate with salted almond (R70), and if you stop by the Café you’ll definitely want to try the double chocolate almond brownie. Chocoholics can also book in for a hands-on chocolate-making workshop at their Woodstock production kitchen.

64A Wale Street, Cape Town

Handmade by a team of chocolatiers in their Century City studio,  the morsels of deliciousness from Hippolytas Chocolate are what you’ll find on your pillow at some of Cape Town’s most exclusive hotels. But happily, you don’t have to fork out for a night’s stay (although we’d recommend it) to taste these exquisite creations. Hippolytas Chocolate offers online ordering, with delivery to your door. You'll find a range of handcrafted chocolate slabs, pralines, and bars on offer, along with colourful and creative ‘Hot Chocolate Stix’ that are perfect for gifting. Their best-seller is the Heritage Collection Luxury Gift Drawer, a 10-piece gift drawer filled with pralines and truffles inspired by classic South African desserts. Think Hertzoggie, Brandy tart, Peppermint Dream, Malva, and Milktart pralines. Delicious!

With a flagship store in the V&A Waterfront, Chocolates by Tomes crafts premium African-origin chocolates. Their boutique offers a decadent selection of artisanal confections, including soft nougat, luscious caramels, and rich brownies. For those looking for value, their Blackheath factory shop features a variety of treats, from truffles to oversized slabs, often at discounted prices. 

Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre, V&A Waterfront

37 Shiraz Street, Saxenburg Park 1, Blackheath

From the team behind TRUTH.Coffee, RAPT is a riotous, rainbow-coloured candyland. Expect bean-to-bar chocolate, hot Choc-O-Lattes from a fountain of liquid Callebaut chocolate, nitrogen-blasted ice cream, and build-your-own chocolate bars. With a healthy dollop of theatrical flair it’s part Wonka, part Warhol. Try the wildly creative ‘Bon Bombs’ by chocolatier Kaylah Greenberg – everything from pomegranate molasses in a lilac log, salted caramel in the shape of a robot, and popcorn ganache in a tiny pink croissant – or book a chocolate-making workshop. Playful, sustainable and oh-so-much fun, RAPT is joy made edible.

39 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town

One of Africa’s first bean-to-bar chocolate factories, Cocoafair chocolate is crafted from sustainably sourced Trinitario beans sourced from Panama. While a large portion of their business is in producing high-quality couverture – the bulk slabs used by chefs and other chocolatiers – they also turn out an impressive range of their own chocolate bars, chocolate-coated nuts, chocolate spread and chocolate drinks. Order online, with free delivery for orders over R500! They also have a boutique on Meerendal wine estate.

For a more affordable taste of traditional Belgian-style chocolates, all hand-made in South Africa, Geldhof Chocolates is a national brand with a solid footprint in Cape Town. You’ll find outlets in Somerset West and Montague Gardens, offering an array of handcrafted pralines, truffles, and seasonal specialities, including an excellent choice of Easter treats.

11 Montague Drive, Montague Gardens

 The Habitat Centre, Somerset West