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Thursday 11am - 3pm Friday 11am - 3pm Saturday 11am - 3pm Sunday 11am - 3pm

Cocoa & Spice

Name: Cocoa & Spice
Address: 1304 E Market Street, Suite E, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, US
Telephone: +14343265978
Price range: $$

Handcrafted chocolates and confections. Made in Charlottesville, VA We specialize in handcrafted chocolates, confections, and drinking chocolate.

Cocoa & Spice is a chocolate business located next to FIREFLY Restaurant in Charlottesville, VA. All of our products are handmade to order in small batches. Meet the Chocolatier - Jennifer Mowad
Jennifer is a graduate of the Ecole Chocolat Professional Chocolatier Program and apprenticed at East Van Roasters in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to her training as a Chocolatier, Jennifer attended Chestnut H

ill College in Philadelphia, PA, earning a B.S. in Marketing and a M.S. in Instructional Technology. In July 2008, Jennifer relocated from Belleville, NJ to Charlottesville, VA to work for the Institute for Shipboard Education. She has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20 years in a variety of capacities and embraces the value of customer service and creating a warm, welcoming environment for customers.

06/05/2026

It turns out our AC unit is 30+ years old and just can't keep the chocolate cool enough during these warm days 😢

The unit will need to be replaced, so we're going to keep the shop closed until that happens, hopefully within the next 2 weeks.

In the meantime, you can always find our delicious brownie at FIREFLY! I will also add some of our bean to bar chocolate bars and a few other items near the host stand.

Just remember it's going to be really warm this weekend, don't leave it in the car!

Thanks to for coming up with a plan to keep the chocolate safe 😋

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day! Check out for a fun photo of my mom eating a sandwich at FIREFLY Restaurant!!

The shop is open until 4:00 p.m. today. It was a pretty eventful week at the restaurant and unfortunately I wasn't open as much as I wanted to be right before Mother's Day.

Here now if you need anything and I'll have some chocolate boxes available at FIREFLY during the week if you need any graduation presents!

04/18/2026

We're all set up at the Eco Fair at the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont. We'll be here from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with desserts from Cocoa & Spice and FIREFLY Restaurant. We also have our Iced Drinking Chocolate, and Pomegranate Punch.

Our cups, lids, straws, and spoons are all compostable!

We are set up next to Revolutionary Soup, so grab a sandwich or soup, and some dessert before checking out all of the other amazing vendors!!

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04/03/2026

Happy Friday! I've been working with Intern Arthur all week to introduce him to the chocolate making process. He's an 8th grader from Mountain Montessori, completing a week-long internship that ends today.

Please join us at Cocoa & Spice from 11am to 3pm today to sample the product he made! It's a 68% dark chocolate bar made with cacao beans from Cusco, Peru. We have a single origin bar with no inclusions added, and one that includes cinnamon, Chipotle chili, lemon and smoked salt.

Enter via the second red door on Market Street, the bar area of FIREFLY Restaurant, or the double doors in the back parking lot, in between Plenty Cville and JBird Supply coffee shop.

03/24/2026

Our new tempering machine has arrived...hoping it lasts 10+ years like its predecessor!!

Production has been on hold this past month to focus on some things at and while I waited for this machine to arrive. The store will continue to stay closed this week, and will reopen next week so we can host our annual intern from Mountaintop Montessori.

I"ll be teaching the intern the cacao making process and this time we'll be using cacao beans from Cusco, Peru. A place I was fortunate to visit over 20 years ago. Excited to see how the chocolate turns out! Keep an eye out for a chocolate tasting event with our intern, next Friday, April 3rd, 12-3pm.

03/02/2026

I promise I'll post chocolate content once the contest is over!

02/26/2026

Vote for FIREFLY to win an arcade basketball game for the game room! Link in bio!

02/20/2026

My 10-year-old tempering machine finally gave out on me the day before Valentine's Day 😢... Fortunately, I had already dipped most of my truffles and just had a small tray of Rosemary Olive Oil ganache to dip.

I can't/don't want to rely on hand tempering when I have thousands of chocolates to dip, but was able to brush off my skills for this batch!

The shop is open on Saturday 11am-4pm for all of your gift giving and treat yoself needs!

Every purchase made will help me invest in a new tempering machine!

02/13/2026

We added a second vegan truffle today after receiving a few phone calls asking if we have vegan chocolates. Our Coconut & Curry truffle has always been vegan, as well as several other non-truffle items in our store.

Today I made a classic cocoa dusted truffle using the Hibiscus Dark Chocolate that Ian made over the winter break. The truffle is made with coconut cream and agave instead of the traditional heavy cream and honey.

We'll be open 10am-6pm tomorrow if you're looking for a vegan treat for Valentine's Day!

02/10/2026

We still have a handful of heart boxes left, but they are selling fast! As of this post we have 3 purple and 10 brown left. Don't worry, we have plenty of our classic packaging in 2 piece, 5 piece, 8 piece, and 15 piece.

38 piece purple heart, $90
32 piece brown heart, $78

You can reserve one on our website, or shop in person, here are our expanded hours this week:

Store Hours February 10th-14th:

Tuesday: 12pm-6pm
Wednesday: 1pm-7pm
Thursday: 11am-7pm
Friday: 11am-7pm
Saturday: 10am-6pm

Enter via the 2nd red door on Market Street or through FIREFLY Restaurant

Address

1304 E Market Street, Suite E
Charlottesville, VA
22902

Opening Hours

Thursday	11am - 3pm
Friday	11am - 3pm
Saturday	11am - 3pm
Sunday	11am - 3pm

Telephone

+14343265978

Website

http://www.cocoaandspice.com/

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