Forte Chocolates

forte makes more than just chocolates. I discovered them at the NW chocolate festival in 2015. There were a lot of vendors there and they stood out. I picked up a bag of their chipotle honey caramels… unbelievable. I love chocolate and spice normally, putting the zing in caramel was just heaven. Highly recommend Forte, delicious!

Wow… unbelievable customer service. I ordered 4 chocolate bars but received their salted caramels (which won numerous awards.) When I called the store they said they would overnight the 4 bars and to enjoy the caramels. Forte went to these great lengths to insure my order would be received in time for Valentines Day. I have never seen this level of service from a «mom and pop» store. I am positive all their shipping charges cost more than my 4 chocolate bars.
I found Forte by researching the best chocolatiers in the world. Forte has won numerous world, national, and north american chocolate awards.
Not only is their chocolate some of the best in the world but they treat their customer like they are the most important thing in the world.
Forte officially has a customer for life.
Thank you!

6-​STARS. THE BEST. HANDS DOWN. YOU MUST VISIT.
This chocolate won first place at the World Chocolate Championships in Belgium for a good reason: it’s the world’s best chocolate even when compared to Belgium’s homegrown goodies (and Forte has been placing at this tourney for years!). We are so lucky to have this company call Skagit County Home.
The chocolate is well priced: not inexpensive but FAIRLY priced for the quality of the ingredients and overall product, like flavor which is deep, rich, and complex; texture smooth and clean, like never gritty.
MY FAVES:
My favorites are the classic milk chocolate bar and it’s hip cousin the salted milk choc bar.
The lemon white chocolate bar is divine and quite unique; I normally don’t care for white chocolate. And I recently tried their Almond Toffee… good lawd it’s to die for. The texture is simply incredible.
REQUEST:
I’d love a peanut butter /​milk chocolate truffle or bar. It’s my all time combo, but it’s hard to find in higher quality like this.

Took my family in for an after meal treat. We had never been here before. As soon as I walked in I knew we were in the wrong spot.
We can’t afford this chocolate.
It was $ 3 for a ½ inch piece or Caramel! OMG! I’m sure it was delicious but we let our sons enjoy it, we couldn’t afford to buy any for ourselves.
I was hoping for an experience like See’s. We usually go in there and buy two nice pieces each and it’s about six dollars (resonable). This place is for people who can afford six dollars for a tiny chocolate bar or $ 15 for chocolate bark.
Not the place for us regular people I guess. Guess we’ll stick to See’s and Rocky Mountain chocolate. There we no affordable choices for our family. :(
That being said, the people behind the counter were lovely and helpful. There were samples everything was totally clean and beautiful.
So if you really have a palate and LOVE for chocolate and lots of money to spend on it, this would be the place for you!
The only reason we wont be going back is that it’s WAY out of our price range and dosn’t seem like it has choices for kids and families… which is sad for downtown Mount Vernon.

I find Forte’s to be outstanding on both the quality and customer service fronts.
First, quality: I was introduced to Forte’s at the Northwest Chocolate Festival. Amongst a sea of stellar chocolates, theirs were among a handful that really stood out, especially their Lemon Pepper and Balsamic Vinegar. I never eat white chocolate, but I made an exception for them. My girlfriend also enjoyed their honey dark chocolate.
Second, customer service: sensitive, responsive, and humane. I had trouble with their e-​commerce system and let them know; they gave me a discount on shipping due to the inconvenience. More importantly, the chocolate I was ordering was a time-​sensitive delivery to a terminal patient. When they learned of this, they bypassed their normal system to get my order out the same day, and it was delivered two days later. I was so impressed and so grateful for their efforts above and beyond the call of duty.
Bottom line: great company to buy from. Quality and service. I found them reasonably priced relative to other artisan chocolatiers. Obvious choice!

Holiday gift for others… yummy holiday truffles, like eggnog, balsamic fig, and pumpkin pie, and flor de sal dark chocolate caramels, I tried the peppermint bark and the tiger stripe bark while in the store… so good.