I cannot say enough about this place. I have been a patron since they first opened up when my son was just a baby, he is 15 now and I am so happy that this locally family owned business has been able to thrive due to their wonderful confections, great down town location but most importantly their love for their craft as well as their customers. They have always made my family and I feel welcomed and appreciated whether we be popping in for a quick scoop of ice cream or placing a large holiday order. Not only is their chocolate better than anything you can buy in any store from one end of Marion county to the other, but their prices are fair as well. I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for philosophy, however it is my opinion that at Ocala Chocolates & Confections you get a high quality product but the prices are more than fair and worth every penny. Don't believe me? Go check it out for yourself? There's no comparison between store bought, mass produced chocolate and what they have to offer whatsoever. And lastly if you are an Ocala local and you find it important to patronize locally-owned businesses and that is another reason to stop in and treat yourself. You have my word that you will not regret it! In fact you're only regret will be that you hadn't been there sooner! And if you're on a diet, or diabetic or you simply don't like chocolate confections, buy a treat for a friend, a co-worker, your kids or grandkids or a neighbor and make their day a little bit sweeter! You can't go wrong when buying for that hard to buy for someone in your life. I highly recommend Ocala Chocolates and Confections and as long as their doing business they will continue to have mine and I hope you'll stop by and give them a try and fall in love with them too!...
Read moreI went for ice cream with my daughter. We each bought a dipped waffle cone and some chocolate covered strawberries. While I was eating my cone I noticed a black hair melted into the white chocolate. It was clearly melted into it and the. Coated in sprinkles. I tried removing it but it was hardened in. No big deal, it happens. I discretely went up to the woman and showed her the hair. I had only taken maybe three licks of the ice cream mine you. It wasnt like I ate most of, or even half of the cone, I hadn’t even cashed out yet. The woman was super rude and told me there was absolutely no hair and it was a crack. I said there is definitely hair, and it’s not a big deal I just would like a new ice cream. She continued to argue with me, telling me in wrong, and wouldn’t m even let me touch the cone to show her. I said have your younger girl look, and here I’ll shine my flash light to help you. I expressed this isn’t a huge deal, I just don’t want to eat an ice cream cone with hair embedded into it. She finally says “ ok, I’ll replace it, I am not sure how that happened” in what felt like a patronizing tone. It was honestly ridiculous the way she treated me and handled it. Hair happens people, it’s how you handle it that matters. She caused a scene in front of the multiple couples in the small space, when I was intentionally discrete to be respectful, and made me feel bad for even asking for a replacement for my uneaten hairy cone. I would never go back just because of the way she treated me. And two single cones and three strawberries was over 23 dollars. She wasn’t losing money by...
Read moreIf you want a good experience - call back when the girl is available to take your order. One of the guys there is totally useless and very hard to understand on the phone. Slurring his words and just did not care whether or not I even placed an order. I had ordered before (when the girl helped me) and had chocolates delivered to my wife at her job. Very pleasant experience as she helped me pick out different things to send on the same-day delivery. The chocolate was delicious, but man, trying to order again with that one guy was terrible so I just quit half way through and said I'd call back on another day....
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