This Louisiana chocolate shop named one of the best in America by USA Today

USA Today recently released the results for the 2025 Reader’s Choice Awards for the 10 best chocolate shops across the U.S.

All the chocolate shops on USA Today’s list of winners are independently-owned and offer delicious and distinctive confections that are made with premium ingredients.

Among the winners for the 10 best chocolate shops is an artisan chocolate factory and shop located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Piety and Desire Chocolate in New Orleans ranked 4th best chocolate shop by USA Today

Piety and Desire Chocolate, located in New Orleans, Louisiana at 2032 Magazine St., was ranked by USA Today 10Best as the fourth best chocolate shop in the U.S.

Piety and Desire Chocolate is a bean-to-bar chocolate shop that crafts specialty chocolate bars, bon bons, ice cream, beverages and other high-end desserts in an old-world inspired cafe setting.

“Just as its holy beginnings as a ‘food of the gods’ led to its transformation into a seductive delight, so we strive to strike the perfect harmony between reverence and passion in the balance of science and art, the parity of piety and desire,” says Piety and Desire Chocolate.

This shop factory begins its process by growing and harvesting Cacao pods, then, the Cacao seeds and pulp ferment and then are laid out to dry. From here, the Cacao beans are ground and refined. The last steps of the process involve conching and tempering the Cacao until it’s perfect and ready to be enjoyed.

USA Today 10 best chocolate shops across the U.S.

1. LaRue Fine Chocolate: Greenville, South Carolina
2. Vesta Chocolate: Montclair, New Jersey
3. Garcia Nevett Chocolatier de Miami: Miami, Florida
4. Piety and Desire Chocolate: New Orleans, Louisiana
5. Saratoga Chocolate Co.: Saratoga Springs, New York
6. Bedré Fine Chocolate: Davis, Oklahoma
7. The Xocolate Bar: Berkeley, California
8. Videri Chocolate Factory: Raleigh, North Carolina
9. Cacao & Cardamom Chocolatier: Houston, Texas
10. Pizzelle’s Confections: Huntsville, Alabama

Presley Bo Tyler is a reporter for the Louisiana Deep South Connect Team for Gannett/USA Today. Find her on X @PresleyTyler02 and email at PTyler@Gannett.com