Van Lith Chocolatiers

Van Lith Chocolatiers has worked from Lange Mare in central Leiden for more than twenty years ("ruim 20 jaar"), building a bonbon and truffle range the shop itself describes as running into "hundreds of unique flavors." The catalog covers roomtruffels (cream truffles), repen (bars), geboortechocolade (birth-announcement chocolate), rumbonen (rum-soaked chocolates), nougat and smeltchocolade (melting chocolate), alongside standard bonbons. A dedicated sugar-free line runs across white, dark and milk chocolate rather than being confined to one variety, meeting a specific dietary need most small chocolatiers don't stock at that range. Individual flavors named on the site include caramel sea salt -- a cream-filled bonbon topped with liquid caramel and sea salt -- a coffee liqueur bonbon available in white or dark chocolate, and a blood-orange creme filling set in white chocolate. The shop maintains an allergen list for customers navigating the wide flavor range, and posts holiday-hours updates through its Facebook page rather than a formal e-commerce storefront, suggesting a business still run on direct, walk-in retail rather than shipped online orders. Two decades in one Leiden address, with a flavor range wide enough to need its own allergen documentation, points to a chocolatier whose scale sits well above a typical neighborhood bonbon counter.