Farm-to-Fork Friday: A look at Ginger Elizabeth’s chocolate factory in West Sacramento
FRIDAY, WE’RE IN A CHOCOLATE FACTORY. YES. GINGER ELIZABETH’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT IS JUST AMAZING TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND LEARN ABOUT YOUR STORY AND HOW YOU KIND OF GREW UP NEAR FARMS NEAR APPLE HILL AND WAS WORKING AT HIGH HILL, RIGHT? AND THAT’S WHERE YOUR PASSION REALLY FOR NOT JUST BAKING AND CHOCOLATES, BUT BRINGING THE FARM AND FARM TO FORK FRESH TOGETHER WITH DESSERTS AND CHOCOLATES. OH, ABSOLUTELY. I LOVED GOING DOWN THE LANE, PICKING BLACKBERRIES AND WHIPPING THEM INTO BLACKBERRY COBBLER. THAT’S WHERE I GOT. THAT’S WHERE I GOT MY LOVE FOR ALL OF THIS. I COULD SEE IT. AND THEN YOU STUDIED ALL OVER THE WORLD, NEW YORK AND PARIS UNDER CHOCOLATIERS, AND THEN YOU BECAME OBVIOUSLY FAMOUS CHOCOLATIER HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH TWO LOCATIONS, GINGER ELIZABETH ON J STREET, RIGHT IN SACRAMENTO, AND THEN IN FOLSOM AND BROADSTONE. SO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, YOU HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL PLANNED. TELL US ABOUT THIS BOX. YES, THIS IS OUR 2025 ADVENT CALENDAR. IT’S A NEW DESIGN. IT IS A CUBE AND I’M OBSESSED WITH CUBES. SO I’M REALLY EXCITED TO UNVEIL THIS FOR US TODAY. I LOVE THIS PINK BOX AND THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING. IT’S BEAUTIFUL. SO INSTEAD OF AN ADVENT CALENDAR THAT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GET LITTLE DIFFERENT SQUARES THAT YOU CAN PULL OUT AND YOU GET SOMETHING NEW FOR 24 DAYS, 24 DAYS. YEAH. AND SOME DAYS, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO TURN IT A LITTLE TO GET TO THE NEXT DAY. OKAY. SO YOU’RE GOING TO SHOW US HOW TO MAKE THREE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN HERE. LET’S START WITH THE PASSIONFRUIT BONBON CALIFORNIA PASSION BONBON. IT’S LIKE A GANACHE. AND WE GET ALL THE PASSION FRUIT WHOLE. WE CUT THEM, WE. AND WE MIX IT WITH CHOCOLATE. THIS DOESN’T EVEN HAVE CREAM IN IT. IT HAS SO MUCH PASSIONFRUIT. YEAH. AND IT GOES THROUGH A BIG WATERFALL OF MILK CHOCOLATE. AND THEN ON THE OTHER END WE GO AHEAD AND DECORATE THEM. THESE ARE DECORATED WITH A GROUND UP FINE COCOA NIB. MAKE YOUR OWN CANDY. YES. TELL US ABOUT THE THE PEPPERMINT OIL. WE GET THE OIL OF PEPPERMINT OIL. WE MIX THAT INTO OUR TEMPERED WHITE CHOCOLATE. AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR HOUSE MADE CANDY CANE INSIDE. AND THEN WE LAYER IT WITH BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE. I DON’T THINK BARK IS COMPLETE WITH JUST WHITE CHOCOLATE. I REALLY LOVE PUTTING A BITTERSWEET AND A 70%. IT’S NOT A SEMI-SWEET AND WE MAKE OUR OWN CARAMEL IN A BIG COPPER KETTLE, AND WE INFUSE THAT WITH A LOCAL LAVENDER, AND THEN WE POUR IT OUT INTO SHEETS, AND THEN WE CUT IT INTO TEN MILLIMETER CUBES. THOSE LITTLE CUBES GO INTO BASICALLY A COATING MACHINE THAT WE HAVE AS A SPECIAL MACHINE THAT COATS ALMONDS AND MACADAMIA NUTS. ALL THESE PISTACHIOS. BUT WE LAYER IT WITH A 70% BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE. SO WE HAVE THESE LITTLE SNOWFLAKES THAT MATCH THE SNOWFLAKES ON THE ADVENT CALENDAR AND ON THE INSIDE, THERE IS OUR G. SO IT’S JUST A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE REMINDER, A LITTLE EXTRA. THANK YOU, AND SOMETHING FUN TO LOOK FORWARD TO AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEARS. HOPEFULLY MAKE IT A COLLECTIBLE ITEM SOMEDAY. SO WE LOVE A LITTLE SPARKLE. THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. GINGER ELIZABETH, THIS IS AMAZING! THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR ADVENT CALENDAR AND THE MAGIC BEHIND YOUR CHOCOLATES AND EVERYTHING. JUST IN TI
Farm-to-Fork Friday: A look at Ginger Elizabeth’s chocolate factory in West Sacramento
Updated: 1:42 PM PST Nov 21, 2025
Its starting to look a lot like Christmas at Ginger Elizabeth’s.On this week’s Farm to Fork Friday, KCRA 3’s Lisa Gonzales takes us to Ginger Elizabeth’s chocolate factory in West Sacramento to get a sneak peak at their 2025 advent calendar cube, which is available in stores or online to ship nationwide.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
Its starting to look a lot like Christmas at Ginger Elizabeth’s.
On this week’s Farm to Fork Friday, KCRA 3’s Lisa Gonzales takes us to Ginger Elizabeth’s chocolate factory in West Sacramento to get a sneak peak at their 2025 advent calendar cube, which is available in stores or online to ship nationwide.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel