Joseph Schmidt Confections

I’m still so sad that Joseph Schmidt closed down shop at Santana Row. They had *the best* truffles. You can still order online through

Another tragic loss in 2009.
RIP, Joseph Schmidt.

I’m usually a bitter dark chocolate fan, I will need to come back to review after I finish the box.
Delicate chocolate pieces with rich flavors. I got the signature 15 piece as a gift.

Don’t you just *love* it when a promising new competitor (*cough* Joseph Schmidt *cough*) gets bought up by a huge corporation (*cough* Hershey’s *cough*), and then next thing you know the quality appears to go down and then the store is closing?
And not just this little Santana Row store per the staff, as in ALL the stores. Yes, they are getting SHUT DOWN.
Joseph Schmidt will disappear off the face of the earth in a few weeks leaving nothing but a memory of cute little truffle mounds behind. Per staff, the factory has already stopped producing. What’s in stock at all the stores is all that’s left.
And all of it is on sale. We bought some little truffles for the road. I’m almost afraid to eat them.
Get your little piece of history while you still can. It’s rather saddening really.
And you don’t want to hear what’s been happening to the Big H’s other purchase, Scharffenberger, either –_-.

I read the great reviews and decided to try it before they closed.
Are you kidding me?
I walked in and their were 2 sales girls there. I was the only customer their and they ignored me. I waited for them to offer me a free sample which never happened. I asked for the most popular salt chocolate truffle for a whopping $ 2! I was so disappointed! It tasted like an ordinary dark chocolate truffle, nothing special. The wrapping was annoying. Difficult to open and impractical. They gave me a free sample after my purchase and the sample wasn’t any better.
Overall, I’m not surprised their going out of business. Service was crap and so were their chocolates.

The countdown is on. Joseph Schmidt’s last day is June 29^th! :(
They’re already starting to mark down items. Slicks are $ 1.99, truffles are $ 1.49.

It’s very sad to me that J. Schmidt won’t be doing his own chocolates anymore :(The economy sucks. It’s going to be all about the Scharffen Berger and Dagoba now, but he’ll somehow play a part of that. I’m going to miss all those cute holiday confections.
I think it’s nice that they give you a sample. It doesn’t have to be to your liking. If you don’t like it, don’t accept it. This ain’t See’s.

My big sister and I were here buying gifts for several people and since easter was over, there were tons of easter chocolates on sale. The pretty lady at the counter gave me and my sister chocolate samples and then she gave us even more after we purchased $ 80 worth of a 3pk truffle. The store itself is very well organized with french music playing.

I hate going in here because the staff is sooooooo obnoxious. First of all, they give you samples… they offered a dark chocolate one, but I’ve never been a dark chocolate fan, so I asked if they had a milk chocolate one… SHE TOOK AWAY MY SAMPLE. Geez, if you don’t have a milk choc, JUST SAY SO! I could’ve brought it home for my mom, or maybe, JUST MAYBE, i would’ve tried it and maybe changed my opinion on dark chocolate [doubt it, but hey, it could happen.
Only reason I go here is cuz of the black & white truffle. They’re super yummy. Too bad they have such crappy service.

Great customer service, but no longer my fave. I bought a whole bunch of Christmas goodies… the chocolate is overwhelming of richness… can’t enjoy the flavor. I think I have a new favorite chocolatier… since I think this one is now owned by a huge company — Hershey! Whom also owns Scharffen Berger and Dagoba. Hmmm… I’ll wait to go to the ferry building and get some Recchiuti. Mm… nummies.

One early evening my daughter and I were walking around Santana Row and since we both love chocolate, we had to stop in this store. The girls in the store were so sweet and gave my daughter more than one sample. It was close to Halloween so we got a cute little box of assorted truffles. They were yummy.
This store is very nice and layed out nicely. It’s easy to see everything and it smells so good! YUM! I loved the customer service too. They answered all my questions about ingredients and pricing.
I will come back next time I’m at the Row.

I had a seasonal box of large 8… peanut butter and jelly. salted caramel; to be honest it was difficult to distinguish between the flavors. I had no idea what was what. Funny aftertaste. I was really disappointed with these and had high hopes.

I’ve been contacted by a JS rep and informed that the raspberry does now, in fact contain real raspberries (the 4^th ingredient no less!) and that I’ve been misinformed and artificial colors are perfectly safe.
At the end of the day, whatever improvements Hearshy makes, it is still mass produced garbage marketed and priced as artisinal.

I’m giving this place a 3.5 stars, as their raspberry truffle is really yummie, but it is toooo damn big.
Other than that, you can purchased everything elsewhere.

We walked in to check out the fishy boxes of chocolate. I ended up with one salted caramel truffle and one english toffee. The salted caramel was amazing. There was sea salt in the chocolate… I was in heaven.
The english toffee also had tiny pieces of toffee in the chocolate shell. Not as good, but very very good.
The prices are high, but so is the quality. You really only need one of these bad boys to satisfy… they are so rich!

This is pretty much a one sided review as I am a pushover for good chocolate and I’m a repeat customer at the San Francisco location.
I didn’t buy much due to time constraints as we were just killing time until our Winchester Mystery tour was ready. Which turned out to be pretty zzzzzzz. I got 3 of the cream filled slices; 1 dark lemon, 1 white orange, and 1 dark ‘something. i forgot already: P + 1 free truffle sample. Everything was superfantastic, as I expected. However, the white orange was a bit too sweet, bit too creamy/​heavy. Got my chocolate fix and was sporting an ear to ear grin for a while :)

This place is amazing. Why are these truffles so good!!! AH! Yummy stuff.
Pricy yes, but high quality chocolate comes at a price…

Cute little chocolate shop with all the Joseph Schmidt and Scharffenberger chocolate you could want. Also the adorable Scharffenberger t-​shirts. ;) Pricey stuff, and no samples — doh!

Yummy, decadent truffles that J and I have to share because they’re big and rich. The gift boxes are cute – perfect for gift-​giving. The prices are rather expensive, but worth it if you love chocolate.
I could’ve given them 4 stars, but I wasn’t too fond of the customer service. I came in wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, and was totally ignored by the saleswoman behind the counter. A woman in a business suit walked in, and she was helped by the saleswoman. I was going to buy a big box of chocolates, but was discouraged and settled for a small box of truffles instead.

Gorgeous decadent truffles you can purchase in pre-​packaged gift sets or individually from the counter.
The sales lady saw my mom and I eying the Scharffen Berger chocolate bars… and then offered us tiny samples of the extra dark, bitter sweet and mocha bars!
Looking forward to the holiday season so we’ll have an excuse to visit JS again!