Donnelly Chocolates

Visited this small shop on Mission the afternoon of New Year's Eve:
https://www.donnellychocolates.com/

Met Henry Donnelly at the cashier. He suggested reports of whale sightings from around 11:00 a.m., down at the beach. We later would check things out, but did not see anything.

Read more about their recent recognition:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/20130213/national-geographic-names-richard-donnelly-fine-chocolates-one-of-10-worlds-best-chocolatiers

Richard Donnelly, incidentally, attended Ripon College in Wisconsin.

The chocolate looks very smooth and consistent in color and dense. We purchased a dark chocolate ice cream bar with sea salt, a bar of dark chocolate dark French roast, a peanut-butter dark chocolate bar, and a dark-chocolate caramel sea salt bar. All delicious.