by
Marley Confections
california confections
Marley Confections is a boutique chocolate shop in Montecito, California, creating small-batch caramels, ganaches, pralines, chocolate-dipped Ojai oranges, pistachio butter brittle, chocolate bars, and holiday confections with a distinctly California point of view. Our flavors draw from local ingredients, classic European technique, and everything we love about the Golden State.
We work with carefully chosen ingredients, including ethically sourced cacao, organic sugar and cream, European butter, and local ingredients like spirits from Central Coast distilleries, locally roasted coffee, California nuts, and Ojai citrus. We do not use artificial flavors or preservatives, just excellent ingredients treated with care.
shop online!
If you can't find our confections locally, we have you covered
shop locally!
Find our retail partners in Santa Barbara and Montecito
current favorites
Marley Confection Collections
Handcrafted caramels, nutty pralines, and silky chocolate ganaches come together in our Marley Confection Collections, all made locally in Montecito. Our 12-piece Classic, Heart, and Caramel Collections are made for gifts and occasions worth marking, while our 6-piece boxes are built around whatever fabulous California mood strikes you: mellow, golden, or a little after-dark.
Chocolate Dipped Ojai Oranges
Slices of Ojai oranges meet dark chocolate in one of our most distinctly Californian confections. Bright, zesty, and bittersweet, it’s a little sunshine preserved in a giftable glass jar, ready to share.
Pistachio Butter Brittle
We make our pistachio brittle with organic sugar, plenty of European butter, local pistachios, and fresh orange zest. Crisp, deeply caramelized, and bright with citrus, it’s less old-fashioned peanut brittle and more California in a snap.
Marley Chocolate Bars
For our Marley Bars, we have chosen exceptional chocolates made from cacao grown in Bolivia, Tanzania, Ecuador, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire. They range from a rich 45% dark milk chocolate to a sophisticated 75% dark chocolate. Carefully selected inclusions, including toasted coconut, Japanese black sesame, and Peruvian cacao nibs, are chosen to bring out what makes each chocolate distinctive. Every bar is finished in our unmistakable sculptural pattern.
California Gold Confections
This collaboration box was created for our friends at Field+Fort. We packed a lot of local flavor into this beautifully designed box. It’s everything we love about living in the Golden State; oranges from Ojai, almonds from the Central Valley, pistachios from Santa Barbara, local Whiskey and Amaro liquor. Exclusively available at Field+Fort in Summerland, CA.
about marley
Margaret ‘Marley’ Van Sicklen is a graduate of the Ecole Chocolat Professional Chocolatier Program and has participated in advanced training courses at the Melissa Coppel Chocolate School in Las Vegas. Marley has been a life-long “home pastry chef” since the age of 7 when she discovered that she could actually bake her own cookies.
As a small business in California, we love to support our local community whenever possible. Buying local is our goal. Not only does it guarantee the freshest ingredients for our products, but it means that we get to invest in another local business.
frequently asked questions
We ship Monday – Wednesday so your chocolates don’t spend a lonely weekend in a warehouse. $15 flat rate in the continental U.S. Warm days may limit shipping. No returns on food, but if something’s not right, let us know within 48 hours – we’ll make it sweet again.
Please see our Shipping & Refunds policy for details.
We love to be part of celebrations large and small. Please call 805-727-3701, or email us at info@marleyconfections.com, to discuss custom options to make your event extra special.
We recommend that you consume our confections within 2 weeks. It’s best to store them in a cool, dry place. We do not recommend refrigeration, as condensation can dull the beautiful shiny chocolate.
We have partnered with a few retail stores in Santa Barbara and Montecito and encourage you to shop with them if you are local. You can find an up-to-date list at: marleyconfections.com/local/
We are proud of our ingredients which include ethically sourced cacao from B Corps, organic sugar, organic cream & organic milk, European butter and fresh vanilla beans from Madagascar. We include whiskey from a Santa Barbara-based distillery and infuse our cream with locally roasted coffee. We do not use preservatives, additives, or artificial ingredients.
We use dairy, tree nuts, peanuts, and soy in our kitchen. Please do not share with anyone that has food sensitivities to those ingredients.