Delicious & unique flavor combinations, if you enjoy high quality chocolate, then you will fall in…read morelove with Columbia Gorge Confections! This shop knows how to do chocolate! Bars, truffles, pairings with local Runcible Cider and more.
Where to begin? You have probably seen their brightly wrapped chocolate bars at gift shops around Hood River and throughout Oregon, in shops that curate the best of what our state has to offer. With names and flavors that represent:
- Dahlia: dark chocolate, tart cherries, Rose & pistachios
- Mazen Toffee: dark Swiss chocolate, Oregon hazelnuts
- The Hook: Dark Swiss chocolate with candied blood oranges
- Love: dark chocolate, pistachio, Rose, strawberries
- Lavender Valley: Dark chocolat, strawberries, pistachios, Rose & lavender
- Hood River Lavender: white Swiss chocolate, lavender, candied lime & blackberries
- Dee: White Swiss chocolate, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries & tart cherries
- Carrot Cake: swill milk chocolate , carrot, coconut, pineapple, Oregon hazelnuts & spice
These are not your ordinary bars to be consumed in a rush. They are to be savored.
Put together a custom Easter basket, birthday or anniversary gift and fill it with different chocolates and other confections of your choosing. They carry gorgeous decorated cookies from another local artisan and Jacobsen's sea salt, jams & preserves, even local wine and cider.
Or pick up a S'mores kit with homemade marshmallows, homemade graham crackers and dark chocolate For your next camping adventure. Or for your own backyard, which is what I did! There are other varieties of the S'mores kits too. Like a milk chocolate, marshmallow and gluten free shortbread.
The owner has really put together a charming shop with her kitchen in the back where the magic happens. In the shop area she even has an area dedicated to other creator's; there is jewelry, wine, decorated cookies, and right now (April, 2022) some Girl Scout cookies.
In the display counter are yummy donuts and bars, some gluten free, some vegan. They make cakes, too! Columbia Gorge Confections is for everyone because everyone loves a sweet treat! I have several gluten free friends, and some vegan, and when they come to visit, Columbia Gorge Confections will most definitely be on the list of places I take them!
Located on 7th street near Oak Streer, right behind Evoke Tasting Room.