At the start of our drive on the Cabot Trail, we stopped into Cabotto Chocolates. We were immediately greeted by a woman that worked there, she explained all of the chocolates and standing at the counter you can look in through a window of the chocolates being made. We wandered the little shop and made our choices for chocolates. We purchased a few of the truffles and bought two packages of the maple walnut leaves. We ate the truffles immediately and they were incredible. The chocolate on the outside was thin and the soft centers were so creamy and flavorful. They are hard to make and these were perfection. We devoured the maple walnut leaves while on the cruise ship and darn, I wish we would have tried them before we left, we would have bought more. The maple flavor was subtle but there, the interior was a bit creamy with tiny pieces of walnut. They literally melted in our mouth. There were six per package and we ate the entire package in one sitting. Cute shop, great chocolates and friendly staff. read more

Cabotto Chocolates - Store Front - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - Englishtown, Nova Scotia

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One of the destinations advertised on the Cabot Trail Artisans Loop. I pretty much visited all of the destinations, including this one. What's nifty is that there is a large window showing the back room where you can see some of the employees creating chocolate pieces and bars in the back. As inventive as Cabotto Chocolates tries to be in their various offerings and as much as I wanted to like the chocolates, a lot of the hand-crafted chocolates either falls short or have an off-flavor. The basic callets (milk chocolate, dark chocolate, etc) that they use are fine with regards to texture and flavor. However, the flavored chocolates are to be avoided. I could not finish the maple walnut leaves or the butter rum dark chocolate bar, as they have terrible off-flavors and after-flavors that were difficult to get past. I had to throw the chocolates off due to how off-putting the additional flavors were. It seems that those chocolates were made with flavor additives, and not actual maple and rum. Does it make a difference? No idea, but I wouldn't recommend getting those two flavored chocolates. You're probably safest just getting the regular non-flavored chocolates. 1.5-2/5 read more