If you have a sweet tooth, you’ll want to check out these Bariloche chocolate shops for a taste of Patagonian artisanal chocolate and other sweet treats!
Bariloche is for chocolate lovers and if you have a sweet tooth you’re going to want to check out some of the chocolate shops in this city.
The best place to do so is along Calle Mitre, also known as Bariloche’s Avenue of Chocolate. There are so many chocolate shops clustered together, that you can’t walk more than a few steps without stumbling upon one!
Whenever we visit Bariloche, we like to make time to hit up at least one chocolatería. Not only are these good places to stock up on souvenirs – who doesn’t like to receive artisanal chocolate as a gift? – but you can also enjoy pastries, ice cream and even hot chocolate.
In this guide, we’re going to share some Bariloche chocolate shops you simply cannot miss. Plus, we’ll tell you all about the Chocolate Museum and the annual Chocolate Festival. There’s a reason Bariloche is the chocolate capital of Argentina!
1. Rapa Nui
The most famous chocolate shop in all of Bariloche is Rapa Nui. This is a large establishment in the city centre featuring a cafe, an ice cream parlour and an indoor skating rink! We like to visit at least once whenever we’re in Bariloche.
The cafe has a beautiful art nouveau interior with colourful stained glass, lots of woodwork, and these beautiful pastry displays that are ever so enticing. It’s a nice place to linger, do some people-watching and plan what to see and do in Bariloche.
The one chocolate we always order at Rapa Nui is the ‘Franui’, a Patagonian raspberry bathed in a layer of white chocolate and another layer of milk chocolate. They sell these by the tubful; they are Rapa Nui’s specialty and they are delicious!
We’ve also been known to frequent Rapa Nui’s ice cream shop on a daily basis during the summer months. They have really good ice cream featuring lots of fun flavours like dulce de leche, tiramisú, and sambayón (made with egg yolks and sweet wine).
Address: Mitre 202, Bariloche
2. Mamuschka
Another well-loved chocolate establishment in Bariloche is Mamuschka. We have visited a few of their locations since they have shops all over Patagonia and Argentina.
Mamuschka was founded in 1989 and they produce 110 different types of chocolates. This place is hard to miss thanks to its bright red sign and matryoshkas – the Russian dolls that are stacked one inside the other.
The front of the shops is all about chocolate, and this is where you can build your own assorted box of chocolates.
They also have a café which I would highly recommend for a sweet breakfast or afternoon tea. Here you can sit down and sample some of their patisserie. We ordered a platter with raspberry alfajores, dulce de leche petit fours, mini apple tarts, lemon pie, pecan pie and more.
Address: Mitre 298, Bariloche
3. Del Turista
Del Turista is an artisanal chocolate shop in Bariloche that has been around since 1964 and they have since expanded to multiple locations across Argentina.
This is a chocolate chain that we have encountered numerous times during our travels across Patagonia and it’s always fun going in to build a box of chocolates.
However, they are more than just a chocolate shop; some of their locations also sell pastries, artisanal ice cream, and even local craft beer from Bariloche.
At Del Turista, you can get bonbons, chocolate bars and chocolate en rama which is a rolled chocolate with a branch-like design. You can also get some Argentine specialties like alfajores and conitos (dulce de leche cones bathed in chocolate).
Address: Mitre 239, Bariloche
4. Benroth
Benroth Chocolates was born in 1965 in the city of Bariloche. It was founded by Bernardo Benroth, who together with his family, has created one of the most prestigious chocolate brands in Patagonia.
The chocolate recipes at Benroth have been passed down from generation to generation, and to this day, the products are still made by its owners with all of the production done by hand and in plain sight.
Benroth offers a variety of chocolate flavours: bitter, semi-sweet, milk and white.
And don’t even get me started on the seemingly endless combinations of toppings and fillings: dulce de leche, almond, cereal, peanut, walnut, coconut, raisins, mint, strawberry, raspberry, Nutella, and so much more.
Aside from their main Bariloche location, you can also find them in Villa La Angostura and Buenos Aires.
Address: Beschtedt 569, Bariloche
5. Abuela Goye
The name Abuela Goye means ‘Grandmother Goye’ and the chocolate shop was named so by Luis Brogge in honour of his grandmother, Esther Cretton de Goye.
Grandma Goya arrived in Bariloche from Switzerland in the 19th century and settled in what would become the Swiss colony, today known as Colonia Suiza. The early settlers dedicated themselves to working the land mainly growing wheat, oats, and cold-weather fruits, but they also began to produce sweet delicacies, including chocolates and pastries.
A few generations later, this gave rise to a chocolate shop, which has since expanded with locations in the Llao Llao Hotel and Buenos Aires.
At Chocolatería Abuela Goye, you can expect to find chocolates, truffles, bars, bonbons, alfajores, ice cream and gourmet pastries.
Address: Mitre 442, Bariloche
6. Chocolaterie
Chocolaterie began in 2015 in Llao Llao and is the work of the VanWynsberghe family whose ancestors arrived from Belgium with a passion for chocolate-making.
At Chocolaterie, they are well-known for their delicious hot chocolates, which are prepared using the traditional recipe from one of the oldest cocoa roasters and chocolate shops in Belgium.
You can choose the type of hot chocolate you want: Intenso topped with cacao powder, Patagonia with juniper, Clásico Belga with chocolate shavings, Picante with smoked paprika and freeze-dried raspberries, Americano with marshmallows, Perla Blanca with white chocolate, and Especiado with various spices and crunchy cereal dipped in chocolate.
If you’re visiting Bariloche in winter, you’ll especially want to make time to visit Chocolaterie to warm up with a chocolatey drink.
Tip: Chocolaterie offers a chocolate-tasting experience that runs 40 minutes. You can book it directly on their website.
Address: Av. Exequiel Bustillo km 15.5 Local 2, Bariloche
7. Frantom
Frantom opened its doors in 2002, and they’ve since become a well-respected name in Bariloche’s chocolate scene.
Frantom doesn’t have a huge variety of products, but that’s because they pride themselves in being an extremely artisanal chocolate shop. For example, they have one person who makes nougat by hand all year round, and their premium line of painted chocolates is meticulously done by hand.
Their star products are their chocolate bars – semi-sweet, milk and white – with nuts and red fruits. Their chocolates en rama, millefeuille with dulce de leche and alfajores are also stand out favourites.
Aside from selling chocolates, Frantom also has a cafe and pastry shop on site.
Address: Mitre 201, Bariloche
8. Delicias de la Patagonia
Delicias de la Patagonia opened in 2013 with the goal of creating delicious and healthy chocolate.
Because food is medicine – even chocolate! – they use natural and organic ingredients from local producers. They do not use any type of preservatives, colourings or chemical flavourings.
Their product range includes bonbons with all sorts of fillings like coconut cream, chocolate mousse and limoncello.
Meanwhile, they have an assortment of chocolate bars with nuts, raisins, cereal, peanuts, blueberries and forest berries.
And, we cannot forget their alfajores covered in dark chocolate or white chocolate and filled with either dulce de leche or berries.
Address: Mitre 281, Bariloche
9. Riche Patagonia
Riche Patagonia is a boutique chocolate shop in Bariloche with a second location in San Martín de los Andes.
They have a huge variety of chocolate bars with almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, walnuts, cereals, coconut, dulce de leche and more.
Another item you’ll find at Riche Patagonia is turrón, a nougat confection made with honey, sugar, egg white and toasted almonds.
Their chocolate-covered fruits and nuts are sold in tins and are an especially popular gift.
Plus they also sell honey and fruit jams made using regional ingredients so you can gift your loved ones a taste of Patagonia.
Address: Mitre 258, Bariloche
10. Chocolates Torres
Chocolates Torres was founded in 2005 and it’s another Bariloche chocolate shop quite well known for its artisanal chocolate.
They sell an assortment of chocolate bars, bonbons, and some more elaborate hand-painted chocolates shaped like animals.
Aside from chocolate, they also have a patisserie section where they sell cakes and pastries. Some of their most popular cakes are the Black Forest Cake and Torta Catedral, a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse and Italian meringue that’s named after a local mountain.
Address: Mitre 222, Bariloche
Bariloche Chocolate Museum
Aside from visiting some of the chocolate shops on this list, I would also recommend checking out Museo del Chocolate Havanna.
Havanna is one of Argentina’s most beloved brands and best known for its alfajores. Their museum does a deep dive into the world of chocolate covering its history from ancient Mesoamerican roots to its arrival in Europe, as well as its subsequent global spread.
The chocolate museum has some impressive sculptures of foxes, pumas and condors which are made entirely out of chocolate!
After visiting the museum, we exited through the Havanna cafe, so of course, we were tempted by a coffee and some sweet treats. I would say this is a good activity for a rainy or snowy day in Bariloche.
Bariloche Chocolate Festival
Since we’re talking about all things chocolate, I also have to mention Bariloche’s Fiesta del Chocolate.
This annual chocolate festival takes place during Semana Santa or Easter Week which is a big holiday in Argentina.
Fiesta del Chocolate is a week-long event of chocolate tastings, hot chocolate, live performances and meet-and-greets with the Easter bunny.
During the festival, they even create the longest chocolate bar in the world along Mitre Street. The 218-metre chocolate bar is then available for tasting.
It’s a fun event for chocolate lovers and also families with kids.
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