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chocolatier

American  
[chaw-kuh-luh-teer, chok-uh-luh-, chawk-luh-, chok-luh-, shaw-kaw-la-tyay] / ˌtʃɔ kə ləˈtɪər, ˌtʃɒk ə lə-, ˌtʃɔk lə-, ˌtʃɒk lə-, ʃɔ kɔ laˈtjeɪ /

noun

  • chocolatiers
    plural
  1. a person or firm that makes and sells chocolate candy.


chocolatier British  
/ ʃɔkɔlatje, ˌtʃɒkəˈlætɪə /

noun

  1. a person or company that makes or sells chocolate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of chocolatier

From French; see origin at chocolate, -ier 2


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Shares were 7.8% lower after the chocolatier cut its guidance and said the war in the Middle East would likely hit tourism sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

A dark chocolate, peanut-butter cup from a local chocolatier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

During the Gold Rush of the mid-1850s, Etienne Guittard, a French chocolatier, sailed to California like many others, hoping to strike it rich.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

British chocolatier Richard Cadbury introduced his “fancy box” in which he packaged his company’s chocolates in heart-shaped boxes.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025

It’d been so long since I’d talked to Mom that I could’ve become a world champion chocolatier and she’d never have known.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

Many high-end chocolatiers and bakeries insist that Iranian and Turkish pistachios are higher quality and better suited for baking because of their oil content.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

As a result, some chocolatiers are in no rush to add more cocoa back into products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“A lot of the smaller players — the bean to bar guys, the chocolatiers — they are beyond stressed,” said Judy Ganes, president of J Ganes Consulting.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

This strait-laced hamlet of thatched roofs, wine tasting rooms and chocolatiers is obsessed with its image as a charming Danish village.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023

It was created by a team of chocolatiers and model makers for Slough-based confectionery firm Mars Wrigley's.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023

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