Timothy Adams Chocolates

Been here once, got a hot chocolate and I was floored. Come here for a hot chocolate (sipping chocolate), and you will never look at hot chocolate the same way. This place is great.

Such a cute little chocolate shop in Downtown Palo Alto! They provide such sweet and friendly service. The chocolates are made fresh everyday in the store. Great selection of delicious hot chocolates and bubbly.

The bubbly sign beckoned. Is it too early for bubbly? Absolutely not– said the helpful people behind the chocolate/​bubbly bar. So here I sit, going over my work, perched at an ADORABLE table in an ADORABLE chocolate shop, sipping champagne out of a beautiful twenties-​style champagne glass. You know the type. Like the ones the old timey actresses would lounge in in a black and white film.
Oh and they have the most delectable in-​house made chocolates, too.
All this and friendly service, too? I’m in heaven.

Their hot chocolate is decadent, indulgent, sinful and addictive! The service is friendly. It’s a popular destination for late night dates. Seating is limited. My only gripe is that it shouldn’t cost $ 8 for a cup of hot chocolate. Mr. owner please don’t forget regular humans reside in the bay area and its not just a playground for gazillionaires! However, the price keeps me from coming back often, which is great for my waistline.

Interesting place. I have never been to a place which served so many different types of hot chocolate. Sort of like a salad bar, only its for hot chocolate. I think there were like 9 different ones, plus you had 4 choices (I think 4) of type of milk to put in, plus marshmallow or no marshmallow. We each had a different hot chocolate with whole milk and a marshmallow. I sampled everyone’s hot chocolate and they were all delicious and I could tell the difference in taste between all of them. We also tried a couple of samples of their chocolate and the taste was equally as good as the hot chocolate.
There are a few tables inside to sit and some tables outside to sit. There are only two tables that could accommodate more then 2 people.
Service was good, though the girl had to do our entire order twice because she messed up and had to do it over again. Staff was friendly and welcoming.
I was also slightly disappointed when I wanted to order (MT. Tam cheese and crackers) some food and they didn’t have it.
No comment on parking as we were walking around.
If I am in the area and want hot chocolate then this is the place to go! I enjoyed myself and it is worth seeking out this place for a blast of chocolate.

Friendly and knowledgeable customer service. The sipping chocolate is SO GOOD!!! It may be the best I’ve ever had. Also, the regular chocolates are yummy.

Yummy!
The truffles are delectable. I tried the marshmallow, the peanut butter, the dark 72% chocolate, and the caramel. All were delicious but my ultimate favorite was the peanut butter; I got one for free, too :)
My girlfriend and I also ordered drinks: she got a hot white chocolate with a marshmallow and I got the 72% dark chocolate mocha; my drink was not that great… prolly because the coffee was not very good.
Would definitely come again! Next time I come, I will just opt for a drinking chocolate drink and skip the coffee in it. Def need me another one of ‘em peanut butter truffles… yum!

Interesting sipping chocolates ranging from light and creamy to dark and intense. Delicious! However, the bonbons are absolutely amazing! Definitely worth the price for a special treat.

Timothy Adams handmade truffles are in a class of their own. Each chocolate is hand made in small batches right at the store.
The milk chocolate and pistachio are my two run away favorites.

I love to stop by this place with the hubby to enjoy some rich drinking chocolate. Your choice of chocolate (listed by cocoa percentages) melted in to your choice of dairy or nut milk, with flavor add-​in options available. I’m a fan of at least 72% dark.
And how cute is the rabbit theme going all over the place? The place is a cute spot to spend with a friend or on a date night. They also sell a nice selection of chocolates but I don’t make a habit of buying them because they get a bit pricey. You sometimes see them working on creations on their work counters. We had a friendly conversation with one of the two owners (I think it was Timothy?) about the chocolate bars they were working on.

This is one of my favourite coffee/​chocolate places. I have tried almost everything on the menu and most permutations. It’s hard to recommend one thing because you really can’t go wrong with anything. Same goes for the bonbons as well.
I love the Icoa+mocha the best of the lot.

It was a chilly night and my friend an I were looking for a place that served hot chocolate in the downtown Palo Alto area. I was a bit intimated by the sipping chocolate selection. The young lady behind the counter noticed my lost expression and she helped explain the menu to me. She offered me a piece of chocolate to help me gauge the intensity of chocolate I would enjoy in my beverage. I wanted something near the realm of milk chocolate but with a little bit of bitterness. I ended up ordering the TCHO chocolate. It arrived hot and frothy.
I had a truffle with marzipan and a truffle with peanut butter. Both were yummy.
I enjoyed the friendly service. As for the ambiance, I wish there was a bit more lighting towards the back of the restaurant. I also wish there would be more of the cushioned seating; only two tables in the front of the establishment had the white padded seats.

Finally, a great chocolate place! Their bonbons are divine. One shape, many flavors, all delicious handcrafted pieces of joy. Their secret: bonbons are hand made daily. Freshness accounts for a lot of the taste and texture.
I wish it was less expensive but it’s not too bad of a deal knowing of much work they put in each chocolate.

I had the most delicious sipping chocolate here the other day! I ordered the «Serious Milk — Tcho», which I think was around 50 or 60% cacao. I ordered it «togo», so they gave it to me in a really lovely pink to-​go cup. They also dropped one of their complimentary home-​made marshmallows inside the drink, and it kind of just floated around the top of the drink until I finished all the chocolate, and it sort of melted right through the lid container and into my tummy.
I’m definitely coming back to try a different sipping chocolate on their menu, and also a couple of their bon bons!

Such a cool addition to DTPA. The store itself is decorated to perfection, love the colors and the overall feel.
The chocolate itself is delicious! All of the individual chocolates are great, some favorites being the bourbon chocolate, sea salted caramels, rocky road, and the marizpan. The sipping chocolate is also a sweet treat to get when its chilly out or you are craving some serious chocolate decadence.
I love stopping by here after grabbing dinner elsewhere on University Ave. After we eat, we are usually pretty full but still craving something sweet to finish off the night and this is always the answer! You can get as much or as little as you want. My boyfriend and I usually get either 2 or 3 chocolates to share or we split a sipping chocolate. The staff is really nice and helpful and you can tell they truly love and appreciate their craft. We make it a point to bring our guests here!

Asked for a 99% chocolate (no sugar) with spice.
End up receiving 65% with a «complimentary» marshmallow pushed into the cup before the chocolate. Why? Staff says this is the one I want instead.
Really. I say no sugar. I get sugar.
Just to be sure I ask what is the point of putting a marshmallow in the order. Staff shrugs. It’s just what they’re supposed to do. Push marshmallow.
So I get sugar at the bottom of a cup of sugared sugar. So sugar on top of sugar for an order that was meant to be without sugar.
Take a sip. Ugh. Disgusting. There is no spice. I say «I don’t taste any spice». I’m ready to send it back and call it all a mistake.
Staff says nothing in response. They look at me, look at my table. They then grab my cup out of my hand without asking, put a new marshmallow in and pour sugar in on top of sugar.
I’m confused. My ask for 99% chocolate and spice with * no sugar* has gone completely awry.
Somehow I’m being pushed *again* into a cup of sugar on sugar as if there is only one outcome and it’s dictated. I feel like I ordered buttered toast no jam and was given a cup full of jam with some breadcrumbs on top.
«The taste of toast»
Staff coldly and abruptly ask «do you like peanut butter?» Yes, I say I do. I wonder why they don’t ask «how’s the sugar» first or «is the sugar on sugar ok». Perhaps they don’t really care what I want or like.
A chocolate ball is put in front of me without comment. I bite into it.
OMG this is the most disgusting I have ever bitten. This is not peanut butter. This is a wad of sugar, mixed with sugar and covered in sugar. There is not even a taste of peanut.
What is going on here?
Have these people completely lost their mind, addled by overdosing on sugar? Can they not tell that they are essentially serving poisonous levels of a substance, as if the theory of a flavor is an excuse for poison? I don’t even taste chocolate at this point. My body starts to go into shock. I can feel sweating, heart-​racing. And I’ve only just sipped a tiny cup (4 oz?).
I realize the owner is lurking behind the counter. There he is observing from afar. I know it is the owner because his role is exposed by two elderly fake blond women sitting in the back lazily trying to flirt with him. One woman, without provocation, tells me I should appreciate my sugary marshmallow sugar lump because it changes the body chemistry and she’s a vegetarian who eats gelatin made from pig. I swear I am not making this up. I silently wonder if this is the dumbest person I have ever met, or if these are the symptoms of sugar poisoning, as she continues to utter complete nonsense.
Have I entered a Dali painting?
The owner comes out from behind his counter and hugs these two women a little too long. Squeeze of the arm. Smiles. Awkward silence.
I puke a little into my mouth. Tastes like sugar.
I regret everything I’ve tasted and seen up to this point. If only life had an undo button.
Run, don’t walk, away from this hazardous place.

First let me say the chocolate here is outstanding. The woman behind the counter was very helpful and assisted me with making my selection. My gift was very much appreciated and delicious!
However, from a customer experience, I had an odd experience here. There was a person who was evidently a ‘regular’ in the shop and stood at the end of the counter forcibly interjecting their opinion & trying to answer questions I was asking the counter person!
I get that this person may be familiar with the product and was perhaps feeling the info was helpful, but it wasn’t, in fact, I found it rude and boorish.
Please sit down.

Very cute chocolate boutique! I definitely love the décor and ambience, and it is a great place for friends to catch up and just chill. The drink menu is actually located at the cashier so you will have to walk up to the cashier to see it (I thought the menu was on the wall so I kept searching for it –_​-​)
I ended up ordering the 72% chocolate with 2% milk. I opted out from the handmade marshmallow because I thought it would be too sweet for my drink. The quality of the drink was pretty good but I felt like my hot chocolate was not hot enough and I prefer a darker chocolate. I still like Monique’s hot chocolate more, but for my next visit, I will definitely try the darker hot chocolate and maybe the handmade marshmallow.

So far I’ve only experienced the sipping chocolate. Ordered the Machu Pichu 65% coco at $ 5.75 a cup, mixed with Hazelnut milk. Mmmmmm, so gooood! Me love chocolate and want some more.
As for the truffles, they cost $ 2.50 a piece. I don’t see myself paying that much for a piece of chocolate, but you never know? Maybe one day I’ll say «F» it, and give it a try? I’ll just keep going back to try out their different cocos.
The store is super cute. Filled with a ton of bunny related decorations. It is a small store, but they were able to utilize the space and make it so if you feel like enjoying your snacks there, you can.

Woohoo, a new chocolate shop in town — of course I had to try it!
I got six truffles, each of them costing $ 2. The flavors are varied, but not quite adventurous. Also, the quality of truffles wasn’t consistent. Bourbon and cognac flavors were both luxuriously rich with an edge (i.e., delicious alcohol). We didn’t quite like Crème Fraiche; it unfortunately tasted like sour cream mixed with chocolate, but not in a way that complements each other.
Over all, I think Monique, just a few steps away, is definitely a better call than this place in terms of more adventurous and interesting flavors. But these truffles are a different style from Monique’s and to those who prefer this style, Timothy Adams would be a good place to go.