The Resource for Chocolate Designs

At Chocolates à la Carte, we view our mission as nothing less than the redefinition of the chocolatier's art. Our quest is to create artistic chocolate designs that are as delicious as they are distinctive. We strive to go beyond traditional definitions of design, quality and taste to create truly exceptional chocolate products.

Founded in 1986 as an outgrowth of a Southern California retail chocolate store, Chocolates à la Carte has grown to become the leader in original high quality couverture chocolate designs. Under the direction of founders Rena and Rick Pocrass, Chocolates à la Carte has developed over 1000 exclusive designs for chefs in major 5-star hotels, resorts, country clubs, cruise ships, airlines, premier restaurants and even the USA World Cup Pastry Team.

Chocolates à la Carte offers you virtually unlimited opportunities to create distinctive signature chocolate sensations. Whether you select new designs for each occasion, present a single design in imaginative new ways or work with us to create a unique, one-of-a-kind design for your exclusive use, you could easily serve a different chocolate dessert specialty every day of the year. Chocolates à la Carte is the resource for chocolate designs.

The Resource for Chocolate Solutions

At Chocolates à la Carte, we're genuinely committed to finding the right solutions for every one of our customers. We do everything possible to make it easy to do business with us, including revising our policies, procedures and systems, when appropriate. If you want us to do something special for you, just ask. We may not be able to satisfy every request, but we'll do our level best. That's guaranteed period!

When we started doing business, Rena Pocrass was the sole designer and creative resource. We've come a long way since then! Today, Chocolates à la Carte operates from a 110,000 square foot plant and has over 200 employees. Rena Pocrass is still the creative inspiration, but she now has a pool of excellent designers on staff, and consults regularly with a large number of world-class pastry chefs. The end result of this increase in creative resources is simply that we can do even more intricate, more sophisticated, more impossible designs in chocolate. Rena and her extended family of creative individuals makes Chocolates à la Carte your resource for chocolate solutions.

The Resource for Gifts and Amenities

It has always been our vision to expand the broad recognition of our unique product designs, while maintaining a reputation for excellence and being recognized as an industry leader for quality chocolate products for special occasions and gift giving.

There are some good reasons why our high quality, distinctive chocolate designs have become extraordinarily popular as gifts and amenities with executives, hospitality managers and people in just about every kind of business. It's partly because our Chocolates à la Carte staff continues to be the leader in developing sensational new designs that make your gifts unique and ensure that they will earn you a WOW! It's partly because of our exclusive packaging and shipping capabilities. We believe the most important reason for the growth of our gift and amenity business is because we listen carefully to each of our customers and respond to their specific needs. At Chocolates à la Carte, we never forget our vision, nor our commitment to excellence.

The Resource for Signature Chocolate

At Chocolates à la Carte, we do not choose to be a common company. Our team members are obsessed with integrity, service, quality and continuous, perpetual improvement. We have a passionate belief that we can do anything!

If you really want to go beyond our selection of over 1000 copyrighted designs and create something unique, just ask. If we can do chocolate sunglasses for Jack Nicholson, chocolate harmonicas for David Letterman, chocolate saxophones for President Clinton and chocolate pianos for the Grammy Awards, we can very likely help you create the signature dessert you want. Chocolates à la Carte is your resource for signature chocolate.

The Resource for All Your Chocolate Sensations

At Chocolates à la Carte, we value integrity in our actions and commitments, as well as accountability for excellence to our customers and team members. We strive for improvement as individuals and as a company, by creating an environment of trust and mutual respect.

We believe that attitude is everything. Our attitude at Chocolates à la Carte is simply, "We can do it!" We understand the reasons for our success, and we know that the only way we can grow is if our customers grow.

Our unique shipping policy offers a good example of our attitude. Instead of considering shipping chocolate as a problem, we developed exclusive packaging techniques which enable us to ship anywhere, anytime with a 95% guarantee against breakage. We keep an inventory of 40 to 50 of our most popular chocolate designs so we can offer same-day shipping with over-night delivery on orders received by noon Pacific Time. Customers ordering any of our more than 1000 made to order original designs should allow a minimum of 5 working days for us to produce and ship their order, longer for custom orders. And if there is a special emergency, just ask. Our "We can do it" attitude is just one of the reasons Chocolates à la Carte should be the resource for all your chocolate sensations.

Call us toll free at 800-818-CHOC (2462) and put us to the test. Ask about our exclusive designs, the quality and taste of our chocolate, our packaging and shipping or our presentation ideas. Ask us something really hard. See for yourself what kind of an attitude we have.