In Pleasanton, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) there used to be a little
shop that specialized in delicious chocolate made from, of all things,
cheese. The shop closed (last I can remember it would have been around
1991 or 1992)and since then I have never been able to find another
place that sold or made such a confection. The place was called
Joanna's or Joanne's Cheese something...  Can any one tell me of a
place that sells this, online or off (prefer around the Bay Area). I
know it sounds weird, but the taste was really out of this world, very
strong chocolate with just a smidgen of cheese flavoring, mmmm...
Thanks!

Hi, bluesky!

Many decades ago, I remember ordering some wonderful neufchatel cheese
chocolates from a catalog of Wisconsin food products. Unfortunately, I
cannot remember the name of the catalog. I haven't located enough
useful material to post an answer, but I hope some of the things I've
found may be useful.

Here's an article about a French chocolatier who uses cheese in his
candies:

http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/01/26/intl/intl.1.html

A recipe for making your own cheese-filled chocolates:

http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/special/2002/newchocolate/mcgee.html

From the Goat Lady Dairy website:

"CHOCOLATE GOAT CHEESE TRUFFLES

Ordinarily chocolate truffles are made with eggs or cream or butter.
Instead of these we only use our fresh Fromage (so lower in fat and
cholesterol) blended with semi-sweet chocolate and coated in Dutch
cocoa to make an extra-ordinary delight tasting somewhere between
fudge and cheesecake.

...To order Goat Lady Farmstead Cheese please phone or e-mail us for
availability and prices.

336-824-2163 goatladydairy@mindspring.com"

http://www.goatladydairy.com/Products.htm

Oakdale Cheese & Specialties offers chocolate cheese truffles, but
apparently they don't sell online:

http://spendtheday.org/article.php?sid=13

Here's a cute "cheese chocolate":

http://store.yahoo.com/gdcom/storcheescho1.html

Best,
Pink

Hey-

Growing up in Michigan, I often went on family vacations in the
northern part of the state. In touristy places, especially, like
Traverse City and Mackinac Island, a chocolate-cheese is sometimes
sold in the ubiquitous fudge shops that trap MI vacationers.

I couldn't find a link to any mail-order companies from N. Michigan,
but I found this link to a place in Frankenmouth, MI....another
tourist destination (in SE Michigan) that celebrates early settlers'
German heritage. They sell plain chocolate cheese by the pound, and
also flavored chocolate cheeses. From what I remember, chocolate
cheese tastes a lot like fudge, but with a slightly sour, cheesy
taste. I'm not a big fan, actually.

http://www.frankenmuthcheesehaus.com/fch/home.nsf/public/chocolate_flavored_cheeses.htm

Also, the dairy club at MSU claims to have invented chocolate cheese.
I think you can order it from them as well. They have pictures of the
chocolate cheese-making process as well on this website:

http://www.msu.edu/user/dairysto/CHEESE.htm

Hope that helps.

Here's a possibility:

"Goat Cheese CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
 Assortment of 4 varieties. Great gift item already boxed to give to friends!

 Price:$12.95"  

http://www.goatboyz.com/Store/htdocs/gourmet.html

Jean-Paul Hévin's website offers these yummy-sounding chocolates:

"Created by Jean-Paul Hévin for the new millenium, discover the
aperitif chocolates with époisse, livarot, goat cheese or roquefort
flavour."

http://www.jphevin.com/anglais/produits/liste_produits.php?id_cat=4

Prices:

Aperitive Cheese Chocolates Ballotin 16 pc.      13.50   
Aperitive Cheese Chocolates Ballotin 27 pc.      22.50   
Aperitive Cheese Chocolates Box 45 pc.      39.00

Here's a recipe for "Chocolate Cheese Fudge" that features Velveeta!

http://www.foodtv.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_22063,00.html

A website from which you can order chocolate cheese fudge:

http://www.paolicheese.com/cheese/52

Here's another chocolate cheese fudge you can buy online:
http://etalinc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=cuba&Product_Code=1281&Category_Code=CHEESEAC

Hi bluesky-ga,

It looks like someone else is nostalgic for the chocolate cheese
candies from a shop in the Cheese Factory Building in Pleasanton.

http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/4925c/b852c/4/?o=2
This is the Cheese Factory Building... in name only now. Built in the
early 60's, this place used to actually make cheese on the premise for
many many years. My mother would stroll me down Main Street and a loud
whistle would blow and out would come all this steam, like a blinding
fog and the strong smell of Swiss Cheese. I thoght it was the giant
cheese monster and nearly had to be hospitalized for my nerves
everytime we passed by the place. Needless to say I don't eat Swiss
Cheese. But... it later dropped the cheese production and just sold
the cheese, along with fine local wines, crackers, lunch meats, and
sold the most AWESOME chocolate cheese candies... yes they were
actually very very good. Now, sadly, this place is the Pleasanton
Cheese Factory in name only. It now actually houses a bar and several
eateries.

Hi bluesky, 
I too lived in Michigan, and remember exactly the choclolate cheese to
which you refer. (At least I believe I do.) About 20 years ago, on 27,
going from Lansing to St. John's, on the west side, was a small
restaurant/gift shop. I believe the name was Herbrucks, and it had a
mouse on the roof. They sold authentic chocolate cheese. Firm, almost
like cheddar, but dark, and chocolatey, with just a smack of sour
taste, like henny88 describes. The cheese I used to buy had nuts in it
as well. This restaurnat also had a sign telling how MSU developed
this cheese. I never found the identical cheese anywhere else in the
world. I found a reference to Herbruck Farms in Michigan, but no way
to reach them.

Now that you have me hankerin' for some, I'll continue to look!

crabcakes-ga