Matthew's Chocolates - Hillsborough

Not only are the truffles and bark amazing but gelato and hot chocolate is also incredible! Absolute jewel

The second part of my adventure was visiting this spot. My friend surprised me for my birthday month and brought me some things to try. Because I loved it so much, they brought me here to check it out in person. It's a cute shop with a plethora of options. I will warn you, this is in the downtown area and I went during Mother's Day weekend. When we arrived he was pretty cleaned out but since I've had some of the chocolates already, I really wanted to try the pie pops. I opted for Key Lime. It's literally key lime ice cream with meringue and a graham cracker crust dipped in chocolate. This hit the spot on a warm day. If you're in downtown Hillsborough, check him out as there are a variety of options from gelato, sorbet, pie pops, drinks, and chocolates. I'm sure they get a lot of traffic and they rotate some options so get there early. Enjoy!

The owner of this chocolate shop is a tad eccentric but has made great relationships with the people of this community and the locals love this shop. The chocolates are TO DIE FOR of course but it's really a lovely experience of a shop and every element of the place is nice. If you're passing through hillsborough and want a chocolate treat, stop here!

Our family was really excited about checking out this shop. The chocolates looked delicious and inviting and the environment seemed intimate and inviting. However, the gentleman who was working there was definitely unfriendly and when my son asked if he could sample one of the ice creams, his expression was very pained and sullen. Prices were not cheap and just because of that alone, customer service should have been stellar. Won't be back. They can keep the ice cream samples to themselves.

I've been here twice and both times I was disappointed. The first time I stopped in the shop was practically empty no chocolate except for a few different clusters which I bought because there was nothing else and they tasted bad and were just a huge mess. There is no specialty coffee because his espresso machine was broken. And there were a bunch of unique gelato flavors but you couldn't tell what they were because there were no tags. The owner immediately apologized for his inventory claiming he was having a horrible day. Okay that's fine I get it, that happens like that sometimes. Then proceeded to go into detail about how he was up all night making bagels and then woke up with a terrible migraine that made him vomit repeatedly. Gross. I was polite about it though. And decided to give the place another chance because maybe he really was just having the worst day ever. I came back a week later. NOTHING CHANGED. Dude, you are only open for 4 out the the 24 hours in a day. Why can't you get it together? I won't be returning, if that wasn't obvious already thanks.