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Dolcetta Artisan Sweets
Melt-in-your-mouth truffles, wonderful chocolate bars, exquisite bonbons, and more are all created in small batches in Seattle by Dolcetta Artisan Sweets using only the finest ingredients. Founder and chief chocolatier Andrea Terrenzio blends premium, pure, and fresh ingredients such as Oregon hazelnuts, Bourbon vanilla beans, high-fat butter, and premium liqueurs with European couverture chocolates. For her 72% candied orange chocolate bars, she goes above and above by candying fresh orange peel.<br><br>
Born and raised in Seattle, Andrea was brought up on Mom's delicious homemade recipes, Dad's homegrown produce, and Grandma's scratch-made baked goods. Of all the culinary disciplines, baking has always been her love, and the kitchen has always been her "happy place". "Who wouldn’t want to be next to the oven on a gray Seattle day waiting for brownies to come out?" She started baking in coffee shops after college then eventually moved into restaurant pastry chef positions in a number of Seattle's favorite restaurants like Restaurant Zoe, Quinn’s, Rover’s and Campagne. "After 15 years in restaurants I wanted a different sort of challenge." Dolcetta was born in 2014 from her passion for chocolate and a desire to put her culinary skills to the test and do the most good. "I love creating, and specializing in chocolate allows me to be both chef and artist". Her signature bon bons are indeed a work of art, Andrea individually airbrushes each bon bon mold with a coco butter "paint" that she blends and layers, adjusting the spraying distance for different effects and designs and adds some hand painted finishing touches like cherry stems.
In Andrea's opinion, food has the ability to bring people together and promote healing in addition to being a basic need. Throughout her vast travels, she has witnessed firsthand the generosity of individuals who share their food, no matter how little they have.
Everything is handmade in Seattle at Georgetown's Equinox Studios. Dolcetta uses premium European chocolates that are non-GMO and Fair Trade and Andrea adds her own flavor, color combinations and artistic flare. Experience pure bliss with every bite of Dolecetta's chocolate creations.
Dolcetta is a Social Purpose Corporation . . . "I'm trying to use my powers for good and spread joy, what better way than with chocolate?"
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