Barking Dog Chocolatiers

Specialties

We handcraft elegant truffles, delectable bark, personal and business favors, chocolates with a smile (dark chocolate paws or hearts with Pop Rocks), and other delicacies.

Our flavors range from traditional (such as dark chocolate raspberry and milk chocolate peanut butter) to more adventuresome (such as dark chocolate grapefruit-​habanero, milk chocolate banana daiquiri, and dark chocolate Jameson’s Irish Whiskey).

Our company has 3 basic principles:

1. All profits are donated to local charity.

2. Everyone is a volunteer — no salaries are paid.

3. All products are handcrafted.

Want an entertaining program or evening for your guess? We’ll custom design a chocolate tasting to meet your needs.

History

Established in 2000.

Joal, a retired pediatrician, and Debbie, a retired biology professor, have been making chocolates and pastry in Charlotte since early 1997. In response to requests from friends to buy their chocolates, they founded Barking Dog Chocolatiers in early 2000.

Since then, they have had the wonderful fortune to train with expert pastry chefs and chocolatiers in Paris, Montréal, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and other locations. They concentrated their studies on chocolate chemistry, recipe development, flavor blending, candy design, and basic techniques. In addition to their own chocolate business, they serve as chocolatiers for Bonterra Dining & Wine Room in Charlotte.

Meet the Business Owner

Joal and Debbie F.

Business Owner

Retired pediatrician Dr. Joal Fischer and retired biology professor Dr. Deborah Langsam are both management and labor. This husband and wife team designs, tests, produces, packages, and distributes everything coming out of the kitchens. Joal is the Grand Poobah and Debbie is the Lord High Everything Else of the organization.