Baxley's Chocolates

Baxley's Chocolates offers hand-crafted chocolates, brittles, fudge, caramel corn, and more. We also carry locally made gelato and ice cream available in cups, cone, milkshakes, malts, and ice cream sandwiches. We offer chocolate making classes in our shop for kids and adults. Go to our website to sign up for classes or to order our offerings online. 

The Beginning

Baxley’s Chocolates began in the life work of Russell Baxley, a food scientist whose career focused on developing new food products, especially incorporating peanuts. From the late 1960’s until his retirement in 1989, his consulting services included working with chocolate makers in the US, England, the Netherlands and Japan. Russell loved the chocolate making so much he began making confections at home over the holidays and a new family tradition was born. Russell’s son, Steve enjoyed developing the recipes with his father on visits home from his work at Western Carolina University. The recipes for Sugar Plums and Peanut Butter Meltaways came from their experimentation. With the encouragement of friends, Steve and his family decided to sell their creations at the University’s annual Christmas Bazaar. For seven years, Steve, with the help of his wife, Beth, and daughter, Lauren, sold their handmade chocolates at their Three Bears Chocolates booth.