Beijo de Chocolat

Pricey (think about $ 2.50 apiece), but delicious. Award-​winning though they may be, there’s a point where I’m not sure how much I appreciate how much «finer» their chocolate is than that of other chocolatiers in Chicago, though. If your palate is more refined, by all means, try it out. It’s a tiny space, but if you’re lucky enough to visit when there aren’t too many people about, you will enjoy the quiet, welcoming atmosphere. A charming place to enjoy some coffee and an impressive array of chocolate indulgences.

I’ve been here many many times over the years. I stopped going a year or two ago because, despite some very positive things, I felt it was expensive for the quality and that they really did not keep their items fresh. I’m an avid baker, have some food business experience, and a constant consumer of all treats of all kinds!
My husband bought me a bunch of treats from here this week and I was excited to give them another try. The owners are so nice! They are clearly putting in tons of effort and trying to make this a special spot. Unfortunately it’s the same old problem. The cookies and candy were far from fresh. I want to love this place and support a cute local business, but they are doing themselves a huge disservice by keeping products around for way way way too long. From a business perspective I understand how hard it is to throw away product, but if it means you lose customers because no one wants to pay premium prices for week old baked goods… How is it possibly worth it?

Really cool little café with lots of interesting sweets !! cookies and cupcakes and cakes ! sugar overload ! They have chocolate covered Oreos ! This is what I got but I want to go back and try the award winning chocolate bars. The owner is very friendly and the place is nice for working.

My wife and I bought 10 truffles and cut them in half. What a wonderful sharing experience. Our favorites were The Tropicana (explosion of flavor), The Holy Cow, The Love you long time, Lime, milk beijo. These were awesome. We also had the apple pie toffee which made us feel like we were eating a fresh apple pie. It’s our new favorite candy store in Chicago.

I stopped by there to get a quick coffee and some sweets before work. I wasn’t expecting much from a place like this, yet the people who own this are genuinely nice people.
I was so warmly greeted by, assuming the owners, upon walking in. Although I didn’t order their «famous» chocolate, I ordered a regular coffee and a chocolate cupcake for my work break.
Nothing I ordered was extraordinary, but I will be back because of the people there who appeared to be caring and kind.
While there’s no locally-​owned coffee shop or bakery in the Albany Park neighborhood, this place is probably the closest coffee shop (and I’m not talking about the «SB» because that place is never in my radar), conveniently located within the Albany Park and North Park neighborhoods.
I will come back to try their specialities, gourmet chocolates, for sure!

This is a phenomenal shop off foster! It’s definitely a hidden gem in the North/​Albany park neighborhood. Whenever I go in I am always warmly welcomed by the owner (I think she’s the owner, that is). It is definitely my favorite place to enjoy a coffee/​treat and study. The atmosphere/​lighting is always nice and the music is never too loud. The only thing I would like more is if it was open a little later as I think the college students across the street might come and study more at night.

I contemplated hiding the truth from you all. The truth in that I ate $ 10 worth of chocolate in a span of a few hours because oh my goodness, these chocolates are amazing.
In my defense, $ 10 will only buy you five pieces of chocolate. WORTH IT. Delicious handmade chocolates. My favorite being the strawberry rose. YUM. While a little far away from my ‘hood, it’s worth the trip.

Great neighborhood spot. I’m taking advantage of the free WiFi while waiting for car repairs. Krunch and the other customers are very welcoming and friendly to regulars, neighbors, and new faces.

I worked in a chocolate factory for many years and I must say these are some of the best I have ever had.
If you LOVE chocolate like I do go now! You will be very happy you did.

Ahh. Chocolate.
Today since I had a day off from work I decided to go exploring,
I haven’t had much time lately to check out some new places I’ve been
wanting to try so I decided today was the day!
Oh, this magical place, which has everything Chocolate and then some
is quite Incredible in just about every way.
I met Laura, who is the Pastry Chef here and everything that is made
here is designed by the phenominal Laura, I was taken into the kitchen area
and shown where Laura does her candy making and baking.
And, they have a special Crêpe Menu which they will only serve on
Saturdays, and everyday up until 11am when you purchase a medium drink
they will gift you with a free doughnut!
Is that nice or what?
Well, I think that’s pretty darn nice!
They even have a nice mascot/​statue up on the counter, and lots of cookies,
muffins, candies and cakes.
And, I will admit that I purchased the most delicious chocolate mint chip
shortbread cookies to take home with me, so all you mint chocolate chip
haters out there talk to the hand cause I ain’t hearing it!
So, in ending, Beijo de Chocolat is a really nice place, has great employees/​
associates and lots of chocolate stuff!
Located near the corner of Kimball and Foster in North Park,
A most popular place for sure!
Check them out, you’ll be happy you did.

They have a great selection of treats for good prices. They’ve won quite a few awards for some of their desserts. I wandered in looking for a chocolate muffin (which they didn’t have, to my dismay). I was going to leave and go somewhere else, but what kept me was the very nice and helpful woman behind the counter. She was telling me about all the different desserts behind the counter. I picked up a couple chocolate covered pretzels and a pumpkin chocolate chip muffin, which were both really good. I’ll definitely be going back for more awesome treats!

Recently hosted a baby shower and asked Laura to make the cake. Two layers of amazing! One guest (happily married) asked if whoever made the cake was single, as he would gladly divorce his wife to marry the baker!
We actually fought over the leftovers… winners were obviously the expectant parents but they had to fight for it.
Love, Love, Love Beijo!!!

Beijo is Portuguese for ‘kisses,’ like Bisou in French. It is pronounced ‘Bay Joe.’
The chocolates are superb. Beijo is across the street from North Park University and around the corner from WTTW Channel 11 studios. Best of all, it is only a short skip and a jump from the Tre Kronor and the Sweden Shop, making holidays a breeze when gathering ideas.

i LOVE this place! Hands down one of my favorite places in Chicago. It’s pretty expensive so I usually only come here once every month or so, but it always cheers me up after a bad day. The woman who owns the place is always behind the counter and is so sweet! Definitely get the dark chocolate Brigadeiro truffle, and the Sesame & Ginger Toffee. The boo-boo’s are a great deal– truffles that come out of the mold not looking as shiny/​pretty but still taste amazing are offered in baggies for about 5 – 10 pieces at $ 5 a bag! Flavors vary, but it’s an unbeatable deal.

Came in to this cute little chocolate shop to escape from the heat outside. They offer a variety of chocolates in different flavors. They also have coffee, latte, ice cream, cookies, cupcakes, etc. The owner and his wife (or gf) are super friendly as well. A must try!

I think one thing to keep in mind when going to Beijo is that their chocolates/​candies/​truffles are bomb! The service is great too. It is obvious how passionate the owners are about their business from the second you walk in.
The coffee, on the other hand, not so bomb. It’s not even bad, it just really has absolutely no taste. I love good coffee, and after going to school in this neighborhood for years, I know I would have spent more time in Beijo is their coffee/​espresso was 50% better. Maybe I am a bit harsh, but really, college students love coffee and places that are open at weird hours of the night.

This review is written from the perspective of a coffee junkie who walked in with the hopes of finding a great cuppa joe and a decent muffin.
The gentleman behind the counter was friendly enough — actually super friendly to the young ladies coming over from North Park University. Ahem.
The coffee was just coffee — nothing special — I was surprised it was served in paper/​styrofoam and not in a mug as I did not order to go.
The carrot muffin was nasty. It was bland, hard and crusty (not the hard and crusty in a good way either, but in the been sitting out too long way).
Yes, I know, this is a chocolate shop — I will go back sometime and try a morsel or two sometime — although even some of the candies appeared as if they had been under the lights a long while.
I suggest this shop clean the coffee maker regularly and start brewing something delicious like Metropolis or another independent local.

Do you have a sweet tooth?
Me too!
Apparently, my beagle does as well.
I was walking my beagle and realized this charming store was open, went inside to see doughnuts, chocolates, caramel, candy, chocolate bars galore!
I ordered a coffee and was told there is a free doughnut with coffee purchase.
Yes please, Wow, the doughnuts are huge!
I bought another doughnut, cinnamon-​sugar crusted, to be nice to Boyfriend, sleeping in after a very long week at work.
Those cinnamon-​sugar doughnuts are so big, fluffy, light and delicious that my Beagle wondered what all the fuss was about… even after I gave him a minuscule bite of my own…
Then as Boyfriend slept in, Beagle waited for his moment, crept into the kitchen, jumped the counter and devoured the entire doughnut.
Yes, the whole thing, which I’m sure was bigger than his beagle tummy.
The sugar-​evidence was all over his snout, he even dragged the torn and empty bag remains to his bed, where he cuddled with the sweet smell, remembering how good his free doughnut tasted. My beagle is a hungry thief and a huffing hoarder who appreciates fine baked goods a little too enthusiastically. I tried to take the shredded bag and he growled at me. I can’t blame him, That’s how good these are.
Every morning since, I check to see, wishing we have enough time to go to buy a couple doughnuts and share… with deprived Boyfriend, who sadly, is the only one in the house who has not yet tried these remarkable doughnuts… I always seem to be running heartbreakingly late, too late to buy doughnuts.
When I have an extra twenty minutes, one of these mornings, that doughnut will be sublime… They are truly a delightful treat.
Un-​officially endorsed by my beagle.

Ok, I only indulged in 2 pieces of chocolate, but they really were ‘woohoo! as good as it gets!’ That award winning dark chocolate that they make is, by itself, worth living for. I also had a fleur de sel caramel. Delicious. I don’t know if it was a blessing or a curse that I was already 200 miles away from the store when I ate them. I do know it is worth seeking out this shop. My friend who introduced me to them assures me that the brownies are top notch. I checked the website… it doesn’t appear that they ship. Bummer.
Go Green! Go White! :-)

I heartily affirm what John B. wrote: hooray for the small business owner who is proud of her wares. I appreciate an interaction with a shopkeeper which imparts me with useful information preparatory to making a purchasing decision, without feeling aggressively sales-​y. After a few minutes of solo browsing, I was certain of what I wanted, but after the owner’s description of their international-​award-​winning Brazilian brigadeiros… well, I had to buy a couple of those too. So the sales pitch worked, but it was the cheeriest and least pushy sales pitch that you can imagine.
So how was the brigadeiro? Wonderful. The dark chocolate was my favorite, but the milk chocolate was also delightful.
Of course I didn’t walk out with nothing but a couple of chocolates.
The chocolate-​covered pretzels were excellent, and for once I have found a chocolatier who doesn’t use stale pretzels – or allow their pretzels to become stale before being sold. And the chocolate-​chip cookies ($ 5.50 for a bag of about a dozen), while plain, are also quite good.
I enjoyed several of the truffles, but while the chocolate quality is very high, most seem lacking in their own special flavor. For example, the chili-​cinnamon chocolate was delicious but I would love to feel some more heat. Similarly, the peppermint bark featured fantastic chocolate but little peppermint. This was a theme as I tried several other candies – cappuccino, coconut, chai. Excellent chocolate, but not enough overall flavor.
Beijo de Chocolat is definitely worth a visit if you are anywhere near and/​or in a sweet mood. Support your local chocolatier!