{"id":8259,"date":"2025-12-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/?p=7452258"},"modified":"2025-12-08T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:00:00","slug":"in-photos-kelowna-chocolate-shop-has-unique-handmade-items-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/news\/8259\/in-photos-kelowna-chocolate-shop-has-unique-handmade-items-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"iN PHOTOS: Kelowna chocolate shop has unique handmade items for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you have ever wanted to eat a Christmas ornament, but were worried about swallowing sharp plastic, a chocolate and pastry shop in Kelowna has what you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Helman co-owns Karat Chocolate and Pastry Boutique<\/a> with her husband Julian. She said they have whipped up an assortment of cool chocolates and treats for the holidays season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don’t use any preservatives or food dyes. For the holidays this year, we have some really cool items,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a hand painted chocolate Grinch head, a hot chocolate bomb filled with cocoa and marshmallows so it melts when you pour hot milk over it, bonbons that look like ornaments and a gingerbread man who is secretly chocolate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have hot chocolate bombs, which are a big hit. We’re just restocking them right now. The first batch is already sold out,” she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A chocolate bonbon at Karat Chocolate and Pastry Boutique in Kelowna. INSTAGRAM\/karatchocolate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The wife and husband duo have been running the shop and cafe for the last 10 years, and it’s won more than 60 international chocolate awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karat has its shop and cafe on Ellis Street, but its products are stocked at wineries and shops around the Okanagan as well as online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe is a chocolatier, so everything that I’ve told you about is handmade by us,\u201d she said. \u201cHe is the creative, the chef, and I\u2019m in the front of the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The inside of one of Karat Chocolate’s hot chocolate bombs. INSTAGRAM\/karatchocolate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cBuy Canadian\u201d movement this year where people focused on shopping locally isn\u2019t something new for Karat. Helman said that the shop has always tried to be involved locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have lots of very loyal customers that we love, and we try to stay community-focused,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said it\u2019s always great seeing people come in and see new, chocolaty creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy favourite is when little kids come in. I’m a mom, and I love when children come in, and I get to talk to them, and serve them, and just see their little faces, and how excited they get,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chocolate gingerbread man at Karat Chocolate in Kelowna. INSTAGRAM\/karatchocolate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I’m a mom, and I love when children come in, and I get to talk to them, and serve them, and just see their little faces, and how excited they get.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":8260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1810,706,704],"tags":[],"region":[547,548,549,550],"class_list":["post-8259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"post_modified":"2025-12-08T04:00:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:00:00","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/inwine-Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-4.17.48-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8259"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=8259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}