On Monday the 16th of September we picked up our rental car and Josh began his excellent driving on the other side of the road. On this day our final destination was Pitlochry for two nights. From Stirling we headed out on the A9 northeast through Perth and onwards to Pitlochry with a side trip along the A827. At the last round about by Perth we pulled in a Service station to fill the gas tank. That Service station was loaded with cars and large semi trucks! Yikes! All along the way we were thanking our LORD again for such fine weather and his great care for us.
Our first planned stop for the day 10 miles from Pitlochry was Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier which was just 5 minutes off the A-9.
Iain created his special Chocolate Kitchen and magical chocolate shop in a small village in Highland Perthshire, an area renowned for its dairies, berries, honey, and natural beauty. It took 3 years and 120 variations of recipe and techniques to create the first Velvet Truffle. His team comes from local families that share the passion for craftsmanship and his apprentice chocolatiers train for over 3 years.
The Chocolate Lounge was fun and unique.
After being seated in the Chocolate Lounge it took some time to decide on what to order. It was not easy to make our choices.
Three of us chose the 4 piece selection of Chocolates.
I decided to go with the All Things Chocolate Experience! Thick dark hot chocolate, a Salted Caramel Dark Heart, Dark Chocolate Cake and a Coffee. I did share my cake.
After we indulged we enjoyed poking around their gift shop and chocolate shop.
We made a few purchases and it was time to head further out on the A827 to Kenmore. More on that journey next.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
I love the decor in the chocolate shop!!! What fun!!
Goodness Ellen this shop looks delicious! Love seeing the sights and tastes of Scotland. Your cake is making my mouth water. Happy Friday!
What a cute shop! I am sure all the chocolates were delicious and the cake would be my choice, yum! Great photos! Take care, Happy Friday and have a great weekend.
…sweet!
This place looks like a lot of fun. The mirror– gasp! The little elf door– 💜. Thank you for “taking” us there today. 😀
What a fun experience! I enjoyed viewing your choices…I love chocolate! xx
What a lovely trip! Thank you for sharing all these pictures! Wish I could go to Scotland. It’s a dream trip. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Oh my, what a wonderful experience that must of been. That shop looks amazing.
I would love to go to this chocolate store and not just for the chocolate. the decor is charming. Super photos as always, thank you Ellen.
Oh gosh that post made me feel very hungry. What a wonderful and fun place. B x
Great photos and I’d sure like a piece of that chocolate cake!
We got so used to driving on the left when we lived in Scotland (4 years) that when we came back to the states both sides seemed normal and it took a while to make the adjustment. 🙂
That has to be one of the best vacation stops ever!! A chocolate kitchen and lounge – oh my! And it is adorable. “It was hard to decide what to order” – what an understatment!! I have to add to this to my bucket list (well, if I had a bucket list!!)
What a fun and delicious chocolate shop! I especially like dark choclate.
Oh my goodness Ellen. What a thorough recap of your amazing trip to Scotland. I have to go back and reread some of your posts. I can’t seem to keep up these days … Hope you are all well and enjoying these last days of October! Hugs …
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Somehow I missed this post, but what a fun little shop and tasting area. That cake looks so good!
Wonderful report of the journey through Scotland. I enjoyed reading, because it`s a dream to travel one day to the Highlands. Years ago I was fourth time in Ireland and loved this country.
I do hope you will be able to travel to Scotland some day. It is a worthwhile trip.