Dark, gilded & utterly decadent
Six chocolate bars, stone-ground, tempered by hand and wrapped in real gold foil. Run your cursor along the top and the chocolate drips. Peel the foil and the bar is yours.
Six bars. No shortcuts.
Each one starts with the same single-origin cacao and ends somewhere a little different. Hover a bar to lift it from the shelf.
Four bars. One perfect gift.
Pick any four bars and we nest them in a sable lacquer box tied with gold ribbon, with your message handwritten on the card. Tap the box to lift the lid.
Small details, slowly made
Everything about our bars is measured, from a grind you can't feel to the exact degree that gives the snap.
Twelve squares
A generous 2.5 oz bar scored into twelve squares, each stamped with our ampersand.
Stone-ground
Ground on granite for three days until it measures 18 microns, finer than the tongue can feel.
Hand-tempered
Worked on marble to the degree that gives a mirror shine and a slow, even melt.
Gold-wrapped
Folded in real gold foil, sleeved in its own color and numbered by batch.
The snap lives between 31 and 32 °C.
Tempering lines up cocoa butter into stable crystals. Too warm and chocolate sets dull and streaky; too cool and it seizes. Slide the thermometer and watch the finish change.
Or find your flavorOnly real ingredients
Cacao, cane sugar, Carolina peaches and pecans, real honey and tea. No palm oil, no fake vanilla.
Made in small batches
Every bar is poured in small batches and numbered, so you always know exactly which one you're holding.
Wrapped to be given
Every order arrives in our sable box with gold foil, ready to give or to keep for yourself.
The chocolate bars
Free shipping over $60. Warm-weather orders ship with cold packs, Monday through Wednesday only. Add a name in gold to any bar.
Build The Gilded Four
Choose any four bars. We nest them in a sable lacquer box tied with gold ribbon and tuck in a handwritten card. $68 for any four.
Chocolate, by subscription
New seasonal bars before anyone else. Skip or cancel any month.
Your name, in gold.
Custom-sleeved bars for wedding favors, church anniversaries and client gifts, from 50 bars. We'll print your names, date or logo on the gold band.
Plan an orderBean to bar in four slow steps
It takes about nine days for a cacao bean to become a gold-wrapped bar.
Roast
Beans roast at 121 °C for 26 minutes to wake the fruit without burning the floral notes.
Winnow
The beans are cracked and the papery husk blown away, leaving the nibs that become chocolate.
Conch
Nibs and cane sugar turn in a granite grinder for 72 hours until silky.
Temper
Hand-tempered on marble to 31.5 °C, poured, cooled, foiled and numbered.
“Chocolate should feel like a gift before it is even unwrapped.”
Sable & Gild takes its name from heraldry. Sable is the old word for black and gild means to cover in gold: dark chocolate dressed in gold foil. Our seal, the script S&G, is pressed into every square.
We make six bars. Two are pure dark chocolate for people who love cacao as it is. The other four carry the South in them: Carolina peaches, Lowcountry pecans, sweet tea and wildflower honey. Every one is tempered by hand, wrapped in gold and numbered by batch.
Whole cacao beans from northern Peru are sorted by hand and slow-roasted.
The beans are cracked and winnowed, leaving only the nibs.
Nibs and cane sugar turn in a granite stone grinder for 72 hours until silky.
The chocolate rests so its flavor can settle and deepen.
Tempered on marble to 31.5 °C, poured, and filled with peach, pecan or tea.
Each bar is folded into gold foil, sleeved and stamped with its batch number.
Packed in an insulated sleeve and sent on its way to you.
Before you unwrap
How long does shipping take?
Orders leave our kitchen within two business days. Standard ground takes 3–6 business days; Express arrives in 2. Pickup in Columbia is free.
Will it melt on the way?
From May through September every order ships with a cold pack and an insulated sleeve, and only Monday through Wednesday so nothing sits in a warehouse over the weekend.
How should I store a bar?
Cool and dry, between 15 and 18 °C, away from strong smells. Skip the refrigerator; humidity causes sugar bloom. Unopened bars keep for 12 months.
What are the allergens?
Everything is made in a kitchen that handles milk, tree nuts, peanuts and soy. Sea Island Praline contains pecans. The Signature 72% and Midnight 90% contain no milk ingredients but may contain traces.
Can I put a name on a bar?
Yes. On any bar's page, add a personal sleeve for $4 and we'll print up to 18 characters on the gold band. For 50 or more, see Weddings & corporate gifts.
Can I return chocolate?
Food can't be returned, but if anything arrives damaged or melted, send a photo within 7 days and we'll replace it.
Write to the kitchen
Custom orders, weddings, corporate gifts, press, or a note about your favorite bar.
Email
info@woodcrestunlimited.com
Phone
(803) 599-6163
Kitchen
Columbia, South Carolina