60th Street Desserts 60thstreetdesserts.com

“We are devoted to bringing our customers the best products possible. To this end, all of our products are hand made on the premises with only the freshest cream, sweet butter, eggs and fine chocolates. We use local produce and other ingredients, buying organically grown, fair-trade products whenever possible.”

Dr. Dave's Mega-O Foods o3foods.com

“Dr. Dave’s Mega-O products are delicious foods enhanced with omega-3 fatty acids, providing you DHA and EPA, the long-chain fatty acids our bodies need for healthy joints and skin, and heart and brain function. Imagine meeting your daily omega-3 needs by eating one of these high-dose, high-health mint or orange-flavored dark chocolate truffles!”

And they do taste good!

Essential Baking Company essentialbaking.com/

”...The Essential Baking Company has set out to preserve, cultivate, and honor traditional methods of food preparation with a commitment to using organic ingredients. The bakery has grown in size and production to meet the demand for a high quality, authentic culinary experience, while maintaining the same production techniques, service, and values of a small neighborhood bakery. Using organic ingredients, we make fresh artisan breads, European pastries, and luscious desserts. All of these items and more are offered at our bakery cafes.”

Flying Apron Bakery flyingapron.net

“Flying Apron Bakery in Seattle provides vegan, gluten-free and wheat-free morning pastries, cakes, cookies, pies, breads, savory snacks and more which are made using the finest organic ingredients; whole grain wheat free flours and organic non hydrogenated oils. The Flying Apron is a wheat free, gluten free and vegan bakery. Many of our products are alternatively sweetened as well.”

Macrina Bakery & Cafe macrinabakery.com

“The philosophy of the bakery is to enhance both the natural products and the flavor of the various grains. The baked goods are created from Northwest apples, potatoes, cranberries & hazelnuts, as well as wheat, rye, barley and buckwheat flour. Macrina Casera, the house bread, was developed to be eaten at any meal, complementing all foods.

”The bakers at Macrina love bread and that shows in the quality. This is bread that celebrates the tradition of breaking bread with family and friends.”

Mighty O Donuts mightyo.com

“Our donuts are made locally out of our bakery in Seattle using certified organic ingredients. They contain no chemical preservatives, no hydrogenated oils (no trans fat), no colorings or artificial flavors, and no animal derived ingredients…”

Rainier Organic Bakery rainierorganicbakery.com/

“For more than 55 years Rainier Organic Bakery has crafted the highest quality breads in the Great Northwest. Inspired by Mt. Rainier, and with a commitment to nature’s highest values, we created the first flourless, sprouted grain bread in 1945. Rainier Organic Bakery is a local, family owned bakery providing fresh breads exclusively for the Pacific Northwest. We are proud of the love and natural ingredients we put into each of our loaves.”

Theo Chocolate theochocolate.com

Theo inhabits the former Redhook Brewery in Fremont, which has now become a chocolate lover’s mecca. Founder Joe Whinney is now well known nationwide as the leading spokesperson for sustainable and delicious chocolate. You will pay around $6 for one of their handmade, guilt-free chocolate bars. Sales have been doubling each year, to $4 million (2008 est.); Theo hopes to reach profitability in 2008 .

“As true chocolate makers, we carefully steward our cacao (cocoa beans) through the process of roasting, blending and conching in order to coax out the distinctive flavor imparted by each unique growing region.”

The company, founded in 2005, is only one of 14 chocolate manufacturers in the United States that imports and roasts its own cocoa beans. Of those 14, Theo is the first and only one roasting exclusively organic, fair-trade cocoa beans for all of its chocolate. What’s more, Theo’s won top honors at the New York Fancy Food Show in 2007.”

[Seattle is making its move in artisan chocolates: two other Seattle chocolate companies placed in the top ten.]