Here at the Chocolate Boutique, they actually make the chocolate right here inhouse.

Kesha, what are you doing right now?

- Deborah, right now, I'm shell molding just to prepare truffle.

So it's one of the beginning stages of what we do to make truffles - Looks so silky and delicious.

- Yes, yes.

- And once you make the shell, then what happens?

- Once we make the shell, we'll shell mold again.

We considered this about a 22 step process.

- [Deborah] What's in this chocolate?

What kind of chocolate is this?

- Yeah, so we prefer to use Belgian chocolate.

- What do you like about Belgian chocolate?

- Oh, I love the flavor.

However, wherever you are, your community and your clientele tends to acquire a taste for certain types of chocolate.

So we find that people in this area really love Belgian and Swiss chocolate, as we do.

I wanted to start a business.

My dad was an entrepreneur.

My mother was too.

So I wanted to do something whether I was compensated for it or not, just what I'm passionate about.

So I went to Italy and Belgium, Spain, and really studied chocolate.

Graduated from Ecole Chocolate, the Chocolate School, and just really enjoyed my time learning about chocolate.

- [Deborah] What are some of the experiences that a visitor can enjoy in addition to just coming in and purchasing something.

- So they can come here, have wine tastings with chocolate because we pair chocolate with wine, with bourbon, with lots of different things.

And then they can also come and have a chocolate making party as well too.

So we do those for team building events, corporate outings, girls nights out, date nights.

So there are a lot of opportunities for us to share our love of chocolate with our community.

Chocolate is the common language of love.

You know, you can walk in the door, you don't even have to speak the same language.

Literally chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.

Everybody just knows chocolate.

[upbeat music] - [Deborah] The Chocolate Boutique is at 8480 Honeycutt Road in Raleigh.

That's in Lafayette Village, and they're open daily.

For more information give them a call at [919] 322-0960 or go online to thechocolateboutiqueraleigh.com.