We hand craft Hedonist truffles and chocolate treats with French chocolate and fresh, natural ingredients. Each piece of Hedonist chocolate has a character all its own because it is rolled, cut, dipped and decorated by human hands in small batches. A hedonist is someone whose life is devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasures. We find our bliss in chocolate and hope to help you do the same.

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Our Story

It is important to us that chocolate be a joy, not only to consume, but to create.

-Zahra Langford, co-owner

Zahra and Jennifer started Hedonist Artisan Chocolates to bring pleasure through good chocolate; first to the Rochester, New York community and now the nation.

Jennifer's fascination with chocolate grew after working at a small chocolatier in California. Her background in Leisure Studies motivates her to create opportunities for people to experience happiness. For Zahra, who grew up in a home where sugar was a rare treat, owning a chocolate shop was her ultimate childhood dream. When the couple moved to Rochester, New York from California (after a pit stop in Michigan for grad school), everything fell into place when they realized the town needed an artisan chocolate company.

While working corporate day jobs, Jennifer and Zahra combined their backgrounds in design and chocolate making, found a kitchen space in their city neighborhood, and developed a menu of flavors to delight the senses and provide an experience that could only be called hedonistic. In January 2007 they launched the business.

Visit Hedonist Artisan Chocolate’s Rochester kitchen to meet Jennifer and her apprentices. This unique space is open so you can see the chocolate making process. In the meantime, please indulge in our chocolate...and feed your inner hedonist!