{{Short description|Company that manufactures chocolates and sells them directly}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2013}}{{Distinguish|text=chocolatieres}}[[File:Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut.jpg|thumb|Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut]] [[File:San Francisco Ghirardelli square.jpg|thumb|Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Francisco, a chocolate shop and manufacturer.]] A '''chocolaterie''' is a type of business which both manufactures chocolate confections and sells them, at the same location. It is usually a small family business, often operating at only one location.{{Disputed inline|for=contradicted later in paragraph|date=May 2026}} The word is of French origin, and shops named as such are common in France and Belgium. The term is also used to designate larger chocolate production companies, such as Chocolaterie Guylian, many of which started as smaller shops. This type of store operates in other countries, such as the US, Canada, the UK and Germany,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10027537/Bacon-flavoured-chocolate-anyone.html |title=Bacon-flavoured chocolate, anyone? |publisher=Telegraph |date= 2013-04-30|accessdate=2013-05-03|last1=Baker |first1=Andrew }}</ref> sometimes using the French term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postcity.com/Eat-Shop-Do/Eat/April-2013/Drink-This-MoRoCos-Iced-Debauchery/ |title=Drink This: MoRoCo's Iced Debauchery - Eat - April 2013 - Toronto |publisher=Postcity.com |date=2013-04-24 |accessdate=2013-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=John Lee |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/activities-and-interests/the-worlds-best-trips-for-chocolate-lovers/article10803011/ |title=The world's best trips for chocolate lovers |publisher=The Globe and Mail |accessdate=2013-05-03}}</ref> Stores which sell candies and chocolate but do not produce their own brand are called confectionery stores, or other names depending on the region. The related occupational term is chocolatier, though this term is also used sometimes to describe chocolateries, such as Godiva Chocolatier.
==History== {{Main|History of chocolate}} Until the discovery of the New World, the cacao tree was unknown to Europeans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/chocolate/history.html|title=History of Chocolate}}</ref> The Spanish were the first to bring cocoa beans to Europe along with cocoa grinding equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechocolateway.eu/countries/spain/history/|title=HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE IN SPAIN|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-date=2019-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127070631/http://www.thechocolateway.eu/countries/spain/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 18th century, the invention of the hydraulic press by Doret and the steam-driven chocolate mill by Dubuisson allowed for the beginning of mass production of chocolate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldstandards.eu/chocolate%20-%20history.html|title=The history of chocolate|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826044151/https://worldstandards.eu/chocolate%20-%20history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The first chocolaterie opened in Paris in 1659.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.godivachocolates.co.uk/the-history-of-chocolate-europe.html|title=The History of Chocolate: Part 2 - European|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403065840/https://www.godivachocolates.co.uk/the-history-of-chocolate-europe.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Usage== As an example of the term's usage, the novel ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' was entitled ''Charlie et la Chocolaterie'' in France. The novel and 2000 film ''Chocolat'' are set in a chocolaterie.
==See also== * Candy making * Schmidt's Candy * List of chocolatiers – a biographical list of chocolatiers * List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers
Businesses which produce and sell foods at one location: *Brewpubs *Coffeehouses – also roast coffee beans on the premises * {{portal-inline|Food}}
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