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The best chocolate shops in New South Wales

As chocolatiers raise the bar on chocolate-making, we've rounded up of our favourite places to shop for the ultimate choc hits.

The Gourmet Traveller Team

Chocolatiers throughout the country are raising the bar on chocolate-making to a dark art form. Here’s a round up of our favourite places to shop for the ultimate choc hits.

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

Slabs of white, milk or dark chocolate with added hazelnutty crunch. http://justwilliam.com.au/

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

The cornucopia of chocolate wares includes the likes of doily-lined silver trays of dark chocolate and raspberry bark, truffles dusted with everything from gold leaf to blueberry crumb, Turkish delight and decadent caramel fudge. http://justwilliam.com.au/

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

Doily-lined tray of the finest chocolate truffles. http://justwilliam.com.au/

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

This beloved hole-in-the-wall was opened 32 years ago by company director, Suzanne Francis and her third-generation-chocolatier husband, Rodney. “We’d always dreamed of having our own shop, and now we have adult customers who used to come in when they were children,” she says. http://justwilliam.com.au/

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

Just William Chocolates, Paddington

The charming interiors of hole-in-the-wall, Just William Chocolates. http://justwilliam.com.au/

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

The Darlinghurst site is where everything is handmade. The chefs can be seen making (then serving) dark chocolate truffles, rocky road with Caribbean single-origin chocolate and cherry brandy, or vanilla bean and white chocolate fudge. http://kakawachocolates.com.au/

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Kakawa chocolatier and pastry chef, Jin Sun Kim and her partner, David Ralph, have brought some of Notting Hill’s white-painted English charm to their two Sydney shops. http://kakawachocolates.com.au/

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Beautiful Kakawa chocolate truffles handmade on site. http://kakawachocolates.com.au/

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Pre-packaged slabs of the finest, hand-crafted, single origin chocolate from Kakawa, Darlinghurst. http://kakawachocolates.com.au/

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Kakawa, Darlinghurst

Kakawa chocolatier and pastry chef Jin Sun Kim worked under Swiss-trained master chocolatier Keith Hurdman at Melt in London’s Notting Hill. http://kakawachocolates.com.au/

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