Bittersweet Confections

Handmade chocolate truffles, chocolate dipped strawberries, custom blended coffee and hot chocolate, and espresso drinks. Red velvet cupcakes, wedding cake cupcakes, filled cupcakes including bananas foster filled with praline mousse. Petite chocolate cakes filled with chocolate mousse. Serving fresh fruit tarts, fresh baked muffins, scones, croissants, bagels and cinnamon rolls. Eclairs filled with chocolate and vanilla pastry cream, cheesecakes, and fresh baked cookies. Handmade marshmallows, salted caramels, pecan and almond roca, cherry almond bark, and dark chocolate fudge. Wedding cakes, birthday cakes and custom designed cakes. Corporate gifs, custom chocolate molds and custom blended truffles.

Owner and chocolatier, Cheryl Scripter created Bittersweet Confections in 2002 with a mission to create a superior line of handmade chocolate truffles that reflect the personality and flavor of New Orleans. Using local ingredients and European chocolate, she began selling her products at local outdoor markets. As her business grew, Bittersweet Confections was able to open a retail store in 2005 in the Uptown section of New Orleans. However, in August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home and business. Temporarily closed for nine months, she was able to share kitchen space with other chefs until February, 2008 where her Canal Blvd. location opened on Valentine’s Day. Proudly serving New Orleanians’ the finest artisan chocolates, handmade pastries, cupcakes and custom cakes was again interrupted by another unfortunate obstacle. Bittersweet was again temporarily closed for six months until moving to a new, larger location in the Warehouse District of New Orleans.

Cheryl S.
Business Owner
Scripter worked in the corporate world of advertising, marketing and public relations for ten years after college. Pursuing her dream of one day going back to school and learning the art of pastry and chocolate, she opened Bittersweet Confections in 2002 in her hometown of New Orleans, LA.