Sandpoint Chocolate Bear now rooted in Spokane Valley

Carrie and Dennis Powell rebuilt their Sandpoint Chocolate Bear business after a fire destroyed it and several others in February. The chocolate shop, which has been open since this summer, is now located at 11425 E. Trent Avenue.

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Thu., Dec. 19, 2019

Sandpoint Chocolate Bear co-owners Dennis and Carrie Powell pose for a photo behind the counter at their shop,] on Dec. 16, 2019. The original chocolate shop burned down in the February fire that destroyed several Sandpoint businesses, but the husband-wife duo relocated the shop to Spokane Valley, where it has been up and running since summer at 11425 E. Trent.

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Chocolatier Carrie Powell hand-dips every individual square of the white chocolate with lemon candies, and then sprinkles them with lime salt at Sandpoint Chocolate Bear on Dec. 16, 2019. Powell owns the shop with husband Dennis Powell at a new location on 11425 E. Trent.

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A "dark chocolate orange," marbled in pattern, goes for $2.25 apiece at Sandpoint Chocolate Bear on Dec. 16, 2019. Chocolatier and co-owner Carrie Powell runs the shop with co-owner and husband Dennis Powell at 11425 E. Trent.

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A selection of hand-made milk chocolates are seen for sale at Sandpoint Chocolate Bear on Dec. 16, 2019. Chocolatier and co-owner Carrie Powell runs the shop with co-owner and husband Dennis Powell at 11425 E. Trent.

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Sandpoint Chocolate Bear co-owners Carrie and Dennis Powell pose for a photo behind the counter at their Spokane Valley shop, on Dec. 16, 2019. The Powells, who opened the chocolate shop in Sandpoint in 2012, relocated to Spokane Valley earlier this year.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review