Rocky Mountain Chocolate

Featured Ontario Location
70 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
905-468-0800

Corporate Head Office & Factory
5284 Still Creek Avenue, Burnaby, BC
604-298-2462

Handcrafted Confections with Roots in British Columbia

In 1988, husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Brian and Tammi Kerzner opened a small chocolate shop in Whistler, British Columbia. From that single location in one of Canada’s best-known mountain destinations, Rocky Mountain Chocolate grew into a national confectionery company with more than 45 locations across Canada.

More than three decades later, British Columbia remains central to the business. Rocky Mountain Chocolate’s corporate head office and factory are located in Burnaby, while its original Whistler Village location continues to welcome visitors in the community where the company began.

Building a Canadian Chocolate Company

Expansion began relatively early. Just two years after the Whistler shop opened, Rocky Mountain Chocolate expanded east with its first Winnipeg location in 1990. The company subsequently developed a franchise network that brought its chocolates and confections to communities across the country.

Today, that franchise system is an important part of the business. Yet the company continues to emphasize handcrafted production, describing its chocolate creations as handmade and produced in small batches.

Chocolates, Caramel Apples and the Rocky Experience

Rocky Mountain Chocolate has built much of its identity around the experience of visiting one of its shops.

Its hand-dipped caramel apples have become one of the company’s signature products. Fresh Granny Smith apples are coated in house-made caramel before being finished with chocolate and other toppings. Fudge, boxed chocolates, bars and seasonal confections round out the collection.

Many stores also allow visitors to watch products being prepared, turning chocolate-making and confectionery into part of the retail experience.

The company’s product history includes other recognizable creations. Its distinctive peak-shaped gift box appeared in 2000, while its chocolate-and-caramel Bombs were introduced in 2015. The smaller Meltdown chocolate peaks followed in 2020.

Celebrating Canadian Flavours

Rocky Mountain Chocolate’s Canadian identity extends into its products.

Its current Canada Collection includes chocolate creations inspired by Canadian imagery and flavours, while individual products incorporate ingredients such as maple syrup and Saskatoon berries. The company’s Canadian Maple bar, for example, combines milk chocolate with maple flavour and maple syrup flakes.

These products give the company a natural connection with Canadian tourism. Its stores can be found in destinations ranging from Whistler and Vancouver to Niagara-on-the-Lake and major Canadian airports.

From Whistler to Communities Across Canada

Although Rocky Mountain Chocolate has grown far beyond its first shop, it continues to identify itself as a Canadian, family-run business. Its Burnaby facility also includes a factory store, connecting the company’s national retail network back to its British Columbia production base.

The company has also used its national reach for charitable partnerships. In 2025, for example, Rocky Mountain Chocolate collaborated with Make-A-Wish Canada on five limited-edition chocolate bars, with the company stating that 100 per cent of the proceeds from each bar would be donated to the organization.

From a single Whistler shop to more than 45 locations, Rocky Mountain Chocolate has become a familiar part of Canada’s confectionery landscape. Its combination of handmade chocolates, caramel apples, Canadian-inspired products and destination stores gives the company a different identity from Canada’s small bean-to-bar makers while still earning it a place in the country’s broader chocolate story.

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