artisan chocolate makers founded 2007 founder bill brown headquarters pinellas county florida united states products chocolate truffles lemongrass truffles coconut truffles more owner bill brown website http www.williamdeanchocolates.com william dean chocolates is an artisan chocolate maker in the belleair bluffs section of largo in pinellas county florida . their chocolate truffles are handpainted in delicate designs including the marble swirl of purple bronze and red on the pb & j a purple dotted port wine with fig and a lavender truffle in a butterfly shape . the business is owned by chocolatier bill brown who founded it in 2007 . it is named for his father william and grandfather dean . valrhona chocolate is used as well as authentic ingredients some exotic . the tampa bay times called it a rising star in the world of hand crafted chocolates that has won more than 60 national awards including best in show at the new york chocolate show and 11 gold medals at the san francisco international chocolate salon . whoopi goldberg is a fan and helped publicize the startup . 1 william dean chocolates coconut and lemongrass truffles are pictured in a scene of the the hunger games . 2 3 references edit the other day a pot of passion fruit was reducing on a small induction heater while a pot of plums figs and cherries in port wine waited to be pureed . brown buys lemongrass from a small asian market in largo . he uses fresh key limes and other fruit some of it bought at publix or costco . tom scherberger william dean chocolates artisan truffles adored by fans from norman love to whoopi goldberg december 15 2010 tampa bay times jeremy campbell hunger for these chocolates march 30 2012 myfoxtampabay fox news 13 who said that march 28 2012 florida trend external links edit william dean chocolates website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title william dean chocolates & oldid 727601738 categories chocolaterieschocolate companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 june 2016 at 01 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view