• Judge, Chocolate Bar Salon
  • Loved the velvety smooth richness of Delysia’s drinking chocolates, especially the Golden Dark, it’s like liquid gold!

    Judge, Hot Chocolate Competition
    International Chocolate Salon & Taste TV
  • Delysia Chocolatier’s Salt Lick BBQ Dry Rub chocolate bark is the best tasting, best textured chocolate bar.

    Judge, Chocolate Bar Salon
    International Chocolate Salon & Taste TV
  • I loved everything from Delysia Chocolatier – cream of the crop for ingredients, originality, and taste.

    Judge, Spicy Chocolate Salon
    International Chocolate Salon & Taste TV
  • Delysia continues to make some of the world’s best vegan chocolate. Truffles have excellent texture & flavors.

    Judge, Vegan Chocolate Competition
    International Chocolate Salon & Taste TV
  • Delysia makes absolutely the best hot cocoa I’ve ever had.

    Judge, Hot Chocolate Competition
    International Chocolate Salon & Taste TV
  • Delysia Chocolatier’s chocolate molded cowboy boots are awesome!

    Judge, Chocolate Bridal Salon
    International Chocolate Salon & Taste TV
  • The white peach balsamic truffle from Delysia Chocolatier was a stand out among the competition.

    Judge, White Chocolate Salon
    International Chocolate Salon & Taste TV



Continuing its award-winning run receiving an impressive 88 awards in 2022, Delysia Chocolatier has been named 2023’s Best Chocolatier and Confectioners in the Americas with the highest honor, Six Star Award: Grand Master Chocolatier by the International Chocolate Salon Awards and Taste TV. Honored as the Best Chocolatier and Confectioner a total of ten times, the Austin-based chocolatier was a big winner in 2022 with over 88 awards in total, including 20 gold medals and 22 silver medals, and dominating in the Spicy Chocolate, Hot Chocolate, and White Chocolate competition categories.

Delysia Chocolatier has been awarded a Grand Master Chocolatier in the Americas title a total of ten times, recognizing the chocolatier’s continual excellence in creating delicious, handcrafted confections using only the freshest ingredients and the finest quality of chocolate from sustainably and ethically sourced cacao. To qualify for this title, Delysia Chocolatier received the most votes from the panel of judges, which included national and regional magazines, newspapers, and expert chefs who evaluated hundreds of fine chocolate artisans and large-scale producers.

Our mission is to take gourmet chocolate to new horizons of excellence, pushing culinary boundaries in the most deliciously innovative ways possible. It is a labor of love to make everything by hand in our Culinary Center using sustainable chocolate and the freshest, highest-quality ingredients. It is an honor to be continuously recognized for our decadent chocolate confections and adventurous flavors.

Read the full press release here.

See all of the awards won by our Chocolatier through the years.

Meet our Chocolatier


Delysia Chocolatier’s award-winning chocolates truffles continue to gain notoriety worldwide. We are honored to have been named 2023’s Best Chocolatier and Confectioner in the Americas by the International Chocolate Salon and Taste TV.

Annually, Delysia is recognized for its innovation in the chocolate industry, including products across all its product lines such as truffle artistry, chocolate bars, drinking chocolates, and confections.

Taste award-winning chocolate

Chef Nicole Patel blends tradition with innovation to create unique indulgences that have made her a Top 10 Chocolatier in the Americas, as well as a Grand Master chocolatier. Try one of our award-winning confections today.

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