If in Spain and a Chocoholic...
 

Chocophiles have a home: it is called Cacao Sampaka. Here dark bars are infused with curry; cuppuccino slabs are swirled with ground coffee beans. There are chocolates flavored with anchovies; chocolate-tomato marmelada for breakfast; liquored-up bombones for a nightcap. The store's cafe serves astonishing cold chocolate milk with passion fruit and Aztec hot chocolate with 76% cacoa. ...locations are in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, and Girona.

Hmm. This place was right around the corner from the hotel at last year's BCN Do. And here we filled up on foie and rabbit!

I'll have to check this out...thanks Willie!

Cacao Sampaka is definitely worth checking out but for those with a traditional taste there are probably safer options like the Chocolat Factory shop at BCN airport.

However if you are adventerous Cacao Sampaka is a must and as a concept it is most interesting.

If you are interested in avant garde chocolate also check out products by Enric Rovira.

Pepijn

There are many fine / creative individual artisan chocolate shops. Mostly pretty pricey.

I lived right across the street from Cacao Sampaka on Calle Orellana in Madrid...you can get a bag of very traditional chocolate shavings to mix with milk and heat up at home to recreate a Spanish hot chocolate. Prices, IIRC, were pretty reasonable. They also do a menu del dia, with a degustacion de chocolates for the dessert.

I was there and didn't remember anymore the name...it was great! thanks for reminding me of it!

I stop by this place every time I'm in BCN for some kind of DO. :p

One chain is amazing: Chocolate de chocolate in Madrid, Girona and 4 of them in Barcelona. web: chocolatfactory.com