Amsterdam is the largest cocoa port in Europe and home to more than two dozen independent chocolatiers. This page is the hub for everything chocolate in the city — what to taste, where to walk, where to buy gifts and where to find the working ateliers behind the scenes.
Amsterdam Chocolate Factory (Leidsestraat 87) for single-origin bars and bonbons. Puccini Bomboni (Singel, Staalstraat) for boldly flavoured pralines. Van Stapele (Heisteeg) for one warm chocolate cookie. Pompadour (Huidenstraat) for an old-school sit-down hot chocolate. All within a 15-minute walk of each other.
The Negen Straatjes for traditional confectionery, De Pijp for small bean-to-bar makers, the Jordaan for historic chocolatiers, and Leidsestraat / Leidseplein for the city's only artisan chocolatier on the main shopping street.
We're at Leidsestraat 87, three minutes from Leidseplein, seven minutes from the Rijksmuseum, six minutes from the Bloemenmarkt. Open daily 10:00–22:00.
For artisan handmade chocolate, Amsterdam Chocolate Factory on Leidsestraat 87. For Belgian-style pralines, Puccini Bomboni. For a chocolate cookie, Van Stapele. For hot chocolate in a tearoom, Pompadour. All four are within a 15-minute walk.
Amsterdam is famous for its single-origin chocolate bars (made from beans landed at the Port of Amsterdam) and for being the birthplace of the cocoa press, invented by Coenraad Van Houten in 1828.
Yes — Amsterdam Chocolate Factory delivers across the Netherlands and the EU. courier delivery is available within the Amsterdam ring road.