Moonstruck Chocolate Co

Thank you Alice! You helped me select the best flavors for my gifts. Travel to Portland was never better! Yum on Moonstruck!
My special fav are the sea salt caramels.

Received a box from my sister… What a wonderful treat it was!!! Each piece was it’s own unique savory flavor… all different and delicious! At first I didn’t want to eat them, they are so pretty but I got past that really quick!

I ordered chocolates for my dad and also for my husband for Father’s Day. Dad lives in FL and the delivery was delayed, so they arrived melted. He said they tasted great, even though they were a bit deformed, and when I reported it to Christopher in customer service at Moonstruck, they hustled out a new package. My dad was thrilled with the new box, and I am really thrilled with the great level of customer service. The chocolates (nuts/​chews) and gift boxes are fantastic!

While I am a lover of chocolates, it’s not always easy for chocolates to impress me. Moonstruck did it, step aside Godiva. Tried their deluxe truffle box, sea salt toffee chocolate bar, and Mayan chocolate bar. I loved the truffles, each one was fairly unique and very exquisite, but I loved the sea salt toffee.
The winner had to be the Fortunato chocolate bar. This particular type of chocolate was thought to be extinct for nearly 100 years, but recently discovered in Peru, this combination of floral/​fruity/​nutty flavours make this chocolate bar the most unique and one of the tastiest chocolates I ever had.

OMG!!! Phenomenal! Just discovered Moonstruck in November. In Newport available at Bristol Farms, in Laguna La Rue du Chocolate.
Fell in love with their pumpkin chocolate in November. I ordered their local Oregon Distillery selection. It is the perfect marriage of creamy chocolate and liqueur.
The Love Bugs, only out for Valentines, adorable, raspberry and strawberry.
The green frog whimsically chocolicious !!!

I’ve been ordering Moonstruck chocolates for the past several years after being introduced to them by my partner, who is from Portland. The chocolates are always great and a big hit when I give them as gifts. This year I decided to order them at the last minute for some family Christmas gifts and have them delivered to me at my Mom’s house instead of at home. I placed the order, but had a problem with the website, so called in. The rep was very helpful, but got the address wrong (shipping them to my home address) for delivery on ¹²⁄₂₃. I called in that night, and they redirected them to the correct address. Then next day I got a notice that they would not make it until ¹²⁄₂₆ — fine for part of my order, but too later for 2 boxes of chocolates I needed for the 25^th. I called and left messages (it was the weekend before Christmas and they were closed) thinking there was no hope for me.
On Monday, 12/​23, the Moonstruck customer service people got in touch with me and said they would ship me the 2 boxes I needed overnight for delivery on 12/​24, all at no additional charge, to be sure I got what I needed for the big day. I can only say I was totally surprised and really pleased with the level of service and support. As usual, the reps I spoke with were terrific — helpful, friendly, and courteous. I highly recommend Moonstruck!

Absolutely the best chocolates, I have ever tasted! Purchased for gifts and personally consumed: three spice caramel, coffee caramel, cinnamon ear caramel, champagne truffle, italia cappucino truffle, and sea salt vanilla caramel. Addicting to say the very least.
Texture, flavor, consistency, presentation, and aroma are determining factors for chocolate indulging.
I highly recommend Moonstruck Chocolates and will continue purchasing them for gifts and personal consumption.

Oh Moonstruck chocolate how do I love thee… Let me count the ways…
Your chocolate melts in my mouth and sometimes on my hands… all the more reason to lick my fingers I guess:)
There are so many choices, and you are a premenstrual syndrome’s dream — because as we know chocolate cures cramps, headaches, bloating, and all around wanting to chop the heads and the reproductive organ of all males within reach of those of us suffering from PMS.
The truffles are my favorite — they are like a drug — They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, «No, no, no.»
My only complaint (if I were to have one) is that their chocolate is incredibly expensive — it’s why I don’t go often, which is good because if I did I’d probably weigh 500 pounds.
But oh Moonstruck, I am over the moon in love with you.

I cannot believe how disappointed my husband and I were/​are in the 31% cacao Mayan milk chocolate bar. Waste of 4 $ and my precious tastebuds’ time. It smelled strange and had little taste. The texture and nuts were enjoyable but definitely strange taste. The Milk chocolate salted caramels were good/​tasty, not amazing. I was seriously disappointed after reading so many stellar reviews. We must have missed the good stuff…

I was so looking forward to «meeting Moonstruck’s truffles» and was horribly disappointed with their taste and quality. In other words, I wouldn’t necessarily throw these truffles out of bed, but they are definitely one night stands and not boyfriend material. In fact, they’re not even truffles that I would let spend the night. They are the kind of truffles you ask to leave with the excuse that you have to get up early in the morning.
Seriously. these are no better than See’s. The caramel is too hard – much like the Kraft squares of caramel in the grocery store that are overly sugary and grainy – and the chocolate breaks away from it if you don’t eat the whole thing in one bite. I was equally disappointed with their truffles like the Mayan. Don’t waste your money. Or better yet, buy the lavender caramels from Lillie Belle – same price, but delicious.

I. Love. This. Chocolate. It is amazing. I have never visited the store, but I have purchased the hand-​made chocolates and truffles online, and it is amazing stuff. The best dark chocolate I’ve EVER had … Will definitely keep going back.

I can’t believe they don’t have more reviews. I #%&*(& love this chocolate! I wish I lived in OR. I would be going there every payday and plopping down half my paycheck for their sinful, erotic, better than sex goodness.
I first had them when one of my former bosses went to OR on a business trip. He brought back one of their 24 pc collections. Amazing! I sadly finished the box in 2 days. I couldn’t help myself! And I was greedy and left it at my desk at work. Didn’t dare bring home to share with my children. They would of polished the box off before I even took off my shoes.
He went back to OR a few months later and brought me back another box. Loved him for that! Just wish he didn’t do that thing that got him in trouble and caused him to leave the company. Now who is going to buy me their chocolate? Guess I will just have to find me a Sugar Daddy or wait till I get my next tax return to buy some. While they are so good, they are very expensive.

I actually rented in St John’s for a short while, and glad I did. I had the pure pleasure to be whisked back a few decades, and enjoy the leisure saunter and stroll to gorgeous Cathedral Park as well as to the nice, new Safeway (it was back in 04), and the dainty, historic downtown.
Moonstruck was just down the way, just north of the St John’s bridge, the glorious architectural wonder that was by far the tallest bridge in town. I always tried to purchase Moonstruck there, but they were never opened.
Hence, I ended up purchasing either at the PIoneer Place Rotunda downtown, or else the location in the Pearl. Chocolate milkshakes took on a whole new meaning. As well as their decadent, extremely indulgent truffles and bars. I remember the thrill of purchasing something there. with the same ebullience of Xmas coming early.
When I moved back to CA, I had heard there was one in the Marina district. Then, when I actually tried to drive there, it had already closed down. Allegedly, there is one available in Walnut Creek somewhere… or else settle for Bristol Farms. As recently as last month, they were still selling this Portland chocolatier’s creations.
Moonstruck and Pix Patisserie… among the top chocolates in the Pac NW.

I reviewed this here because, well, I live here and so do you, and reviewing their shops in Portland really does either of us only scant good. But, having tried the Moonstruck brand several times since 2007, I wanted to make sure Seattle Unilocalers know about what I think is one of the best lines of new chocolates to come along in years.
I’m as horribly picky about chocolate as I am about everything else. If I’m going to buy chocolate, I want texture, flavor, aroma, finish, imagination and value. For the past five years, since opening our wine shop in Woodinville, I’ve spent a lot of hours researching chocolates and tasting around to find bars we could sell in the shop, as a complement to our wines. After tasting over 100 different bars, we settled on Domori, Amedei, Cluizel, and Fiori. Eventually our customers made it clear that we didn’t need any bars but Fiori, and we had trouble keeping those in stock because the demand was so strong. At the time, Judye and I decided that Fiori would be our yardstick: a chocolate would have to be at least THAT good to get in. We wound up only selling Fiori, right up until the fateful flood. Moonstruck was fairly new to Seattle at the time and we hadn’t had time to taste it by then.
Moonstruck would have gotten in.
There are eight different bars: Milk Chocolate Mayan, Organic Dark, Ivory (white), Milk, Dark Chocolate Espresso, Milk Chocolate Peanut Brittle, and the two absolute stunners, Dark Chocolate Chile Variado and Dark. Each one is among the best I’ve tasted from anyone, with the lone exception of the Peanut Brittle which sounded better than it tastes. The chunks of brittle are nothing special and peanuts, while one of my favorite flavors, are just peanuts here, albeit surrounded by one of the most voluptuous milk chocolates I’ve ever found.
I won’t go into fanatical detail here but I have to mention the last two, the stunners. Moonstruck Dark is a bar that has a lot in common with Fiori’s «Giorno» in that the inclusion of Trinitario, the rarest and richest species of cocoa bean, gives both a silkiness, creaminess, and natural sweetness that more common chocolates, made from the universal Forastero which accounts for about 80% of all the world’s chocolate production, simply cannot deliver. It melts slowly on the tongue, unlike many high-​cacao content bars that crack into chalky shards when you bite in. The flavor profile is complex and different: citrus fruits, molasses, cherry, smoke, and wood flavors predominate and I picked out a dozen more trace notes as I went along. It left a pleasant, woodsy aftertaste and no appreciable bitterness.
The real shocker, though, was the Chile Variado, that same decadent Dark, infused with very finely powdered ancho and chipotle chiles. Unlike many bars that purport to carry chile flavors (the movie «Chocolat» bred a LOT of bad chocolate), the Variado delivers it in a distinct, bold, and very flattering way. The sweet roasted note of the chipotle comes wafting through the other flavors as a deep smoky undertone, with the ancho providing the spicy, pungent fruit flavors and woodsy tang. The chocolate is assertively present but balanced beautifully with the chiles and you’re left with a finish that is dark and mellow but HOT, the same spice heat that you’d get in a chipotle sauce on your burrito. It’s a surprising, fascinating chocolate bar; one that begs for repeat tastings, which I can promise you it’s gonna get at my house.
Moonstruck is available at QFC, Whole Foods, and Central Markets, as well as at most good chocolate shops. They also have five shops in the Portland area.

«Can I see the rejects or do you just put a bunch in a bag? Do you charge for the bag? I got a box. Babygirl, where’s the box?»
Daddy’s taken me along on this adventure. You see, he’s discovered Moonstruck Chocolate (my mom’s favorite) has a factory up in St. John’s. And we all know what a factory means, right? A factory outlet, right?
So here we are, last year’s Valentine’s box dutifully saved, ready to be filled with discount chocolates. Ha, the old man has really topped himself. Well, maybe not as bad as the year we went by the funeral parlor for leftover roses. But I digress.
Here’s the problem. There’s no outlet here. Chocolate for sale, yes. Tours even, though they’re booked pretty far out. You can view the production line through a window. But no discounted, rejected chocolates.
Daddy’s disappointed but not defeated. Somehow he talks a 10% discount out of the girl behind the counter. I don’t know how he did it. Probably the same way he convinces my mom not to divorce him.