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Founded in 2005, Intrigue Chocolate celebrates the discovery of flavor through fresh truffles, craft chocolate, cocoa, and tasting experiences.
Today, Chef Aaron Barthel and Karl Mueller make Intrigue Chocolate in Chisholm, Minnesota and ship nationwide.
116 W Lake St
Chisholm, MN 55719
Also open for select Chisholm community events.
Stop in to shop chocolate, pick up an online order, and see what we're making. Check our website and social channels for additional open dates.
Shopping another day? A selection of Intrigue Chocolate is available throughout the week directly across the street at Casey Drug, one of our local wholesale partners.
From farmer to botanist to brewer to baker to chocolate maker, Chef Aaron Barthel's life has been an exploration of fine and simple things. He began as a chocolatier in 2005, focusing on infusing a world of flavor into simple ganache truffles. Intrigue has since grown to include small-batch craft chocolate, cocoa, and tasting experiences while keeping flavor discovery at the center.
At Intrigue Chocolate Co. we celebrate exploration, enrichment, and enjoyment. We want chocolate to give people something worth discovering, talking about, and sharing.
Intrigue began in Seattle in 2005.
In 2010 we opened a kitchen in Pioneer Square, and over the years the neighborhood became the center of our retail, tasting, and education work. Our Seattle spaces were places to taste fresh ganache truffles, discover unusual flavor combinations, join classes and pairing events, and talk directly with the people making the chocolate.
That experience shaped the way we still think about Intrigue today: chocolate is not only something to buy, but a way to explore flavor and give people something worth talking about and sharing.
Our Pioneer Square retail shop is permanently closed. After an amazing decade of retail in the neighborhood, we relocated Intrigue Chocolate to Chisholm, Minnesota. The setting and operating model have changed, but the same small-batch, flavor-driven approach continues here at our chocolate factory.