Boehm's Chocolates - Issaquah, Washington
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N 47° 32.096 W 122° 01.945
10T E 572823 N 5265065
Boehm's Chocolates have been manufactured at this location since 1956. Choose from over 150 varieties of hand dipped chocolates in the Edelweiss Chalet, location of the gift shop.
Waymark Code: WM180G
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2007
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Boehm's Chocolates have been manufactured at this location since 1956. Choose from over 150 varieties of hand dipped chocolates in the Edelweiss Chalet, location of the gift shop.
Julius Boehm (1897-1981), the original founder of Boehm's Candy Kitchen in Issaquah, WA, was of Swiss-Austrian decent. After immigrating to the United States in 1940, he and partner George Tedlock opened the first Candy Kitchen in the Greenlake area of Seattle.
In 1956 the company moved to Issaquah where he built the Edelweiss Chalet and a beautiful Alpine Chapel in the shadow of the Issaquah Alps. To this day the Issaquah Boehm's Candies plant manufactures over 150 different confections.
Free candy factory tours are offered July to mid-September; call ahead for reservations. If you can't get on a tour, just walk outside and peek in the side windows. Open Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Adjacent to the chocolate factory is a shady garden with a replica of a Swiss chapel.
Store Type: Chocolatier
Specialty: chocolate truffles
Hours: 9am to 6pm M-Sat, 11-6 Sun
Website: [Web Link]
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