Disset Chocolate — a newly founded chocolate company based on the North Fork and created by Michelin trained pastry chef and chocolatier Ursula XVII — has debuted its first two collections, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
A New York native with roots in Catalonia, Ursula trained with world renowned pastry chefs Albert Adria, Oriol Balaguer, and Jodi Ferrer. She has worked at several Michelin starred restaurants in Europe and the U.S., including New York’s Ai Fiori. Disset means “Seventeen” in Catalan, and XVII is her second (middle) name.
The artisanal small batch chocolates are hand crafted using natural ingredients and the finest Valhrona chocolate. The Signature Collection is available in four, nine, or 17-piece assortments — bonbons include banana walnut bread, lemon meringue, raspberry black sesame, mint, hazelnut, coconut almond, and apple cider cookie.

“I’m proud and excited to share my passion for chocolate with these new collections,” said Ursula. “They represent everything I’m passionate about and are inspired by my travels, food memories, and favorite ingredients. My personal favorite, the banana walnut bread, is hands-down the best bonbon I’ve made so far.”
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Disset presents an elegant, 12-piece bonbon assortment, featuring salted caramel, raspberry rose, coconut, strawberry black pepper, white chocolate and edible flower mendicant, and a sparkling rose pate de fruit enrobed in dark chocolate with golden pop rocks.
“Just like a wine tasting, there’s an art to tasting and appreciating good chocolate,” she says of how to enjoy her chocolates. “It’s an experience that should be savored slowly. I suggest taking a bite and allowing the chocolate to sit on your tongue and melt for a few minutes, which opens up the flavors into your taste buds.”
Chocolate lovers can look forward to changing seasonal collections. Disset will introduce a new line of chocolates twice a year, with prior season’s flavors retired to make room for new creations.
Disset Chocolate is currently operating as an online retail shop, but Ursula is exploring plans to open a storefront in the future. The company also plans on hosting various pop-ups at wineries and other locations on the North Fork and beyond.