The Sweet Tooth

The Sweet Tooth has been turning out hand dipped chocolates from its North Miami Beach factory since 1979, which makes it one of the longer running specialty food shops in this part of Miami-Dade County. The business operates out of an 18435 NE 19th Avenue address, tucked into the residential and light industrial mix that sits between US-1 and the city’s northern boundary, and the storefront doubles as a working chocolate factory that customers can smell before they even reach the door.

What sets this shop apart from a typical candy counter is the range of what actually gets made on site. The Sweet Tooth turns out hand dipped strawberries, truffles, candy apples, and pecan pralines alongside chocolate covered Oreos and pretzels, and the shop has kept up with newer trends by adding a Dubai chocolate bar to the lineup. Customers looking for something beyond a box of chocolates can order custom gift baskets built around holidays, corporate events, or personal occasions, and the shop’s kosher certification through Kosher Miami (KM) opens the door to customers who keep kosher for holidays like Passover and Rosh Hashanah, a detail that matters a great deal to the Jewish community that has long been part of North Miami Beach’s population.

The Sweet Tooth is not only a walk-in retail counter. The company runs a 5,200 square foot production facility behind the storefront and offers private label and co-packing services, which means hotels, corporate gift programs, and other brands can commission chocolate under their own name using The Sweet Tooth’s recipes and equipment. That side of the business has helped the shop stay afloat and grow through the ups and downs that specialty retail has seen over the past few decades, since a factory that supplies wholesale clients has more stability than one relying purely on walk-in holiday traffic.

Locally, the shop has built a loyal following, reflected in a rating built from more than 1,300 customer reviews, and it was named Best Chocolate Shop and recognized for Best Desserts in the Miami New Times Readers’ Choice awards for 2026, an honor voted on by area residents rather than a marketing claim. The shop offers same day delivery within roughly a 50 mile radius of North Miami Beach, which covers most of Miami-Dade and reaches into southern Broward, and it ships nationwide for customers who have moved away but still want a taste of home for a holiday or birthday.

For anyone exploring North Miami Beach’s retail corridor along NE 19th Avenue, The Sweet Tooth is worth the stop whether the goal is a last minute hostess gift, a corporate gift basket order, or simply a box of pralines to bring home. Its 1979 founding date puts it among the small number of North Miami Beach retailers that predate most of the shopping plazas along 163rd Street, and the family business has kept its focus on chocolate rather than diversifying into unrelated product lines, which shows in the depth of its candy selection.