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Buy a Chocolate Bash Franchise

Chocolate Bash is a premium chocolate dessert cafe brand founded in Southern California in 2015 by Rasha Albasha, who still leads the company as CEO. From a single shop, the brand grew location by location across California and Arizona and then internationally, and now counts more than 30 stores across the United States and markets including Dubai, Qatar, and India. After a decade of largely company-led growth, it is now expanding through franchising.

Each location is a compact dessert cafe built around an open dessert kitchen and a share-worthy interior. The menu covers Belgian-chocolate crepes and waffles, Bash Bites, pancakes and sundaes, specialty coffees and milkshakes, and a retail chocolate and gifting line, with further sales from catering, seasonal specials and a branded mobile app for ordering, pickup and delivery.

Franchisees operate in protected territories of 50,000 to 100,000 in population, with single- and multi-unit development available and a national supply chain behind the menu. The customer base spans families, younger dessert-led diners, tourists and late-night traffic, and much of the brand’s visibility comes from its social-media presence.

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Chocolate Bash shopfront with its patterned exterior and large windows is inviting even in the evening, as several people enjoy their desserts seated at tables outside, savouring the signature treats of Chocolate Bash.

Why buy a Chocolate Bash Franchise?

Chocolate Bash pairs a focused, chocolate-led menu with a store experience designed to be photographed and shared, in a dessert category that sells across dayparts and trades well on impulse, late-night and tourist traffic. Buyers who buy a Chocolate Bash franchise take on a brand whose organic social reach does real local marketing work, and whose founder-led system earned SBA Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year recognition in 2025.

A single unit carries several revenue streams: dine-in, app-based ordering and delivery, catering, and retail chocolate and gifts, giving owners more than one lever to grow sales from the same premises. The national supply chain simplifies ingredient and equipment purchasing, protected territories keep the local market exclusive, and both single- and multi-unit paths are open to operators with growth ambitions.

Chocolate Bash Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2023 data reported in the 2024 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2015

    • Franchising Since

      2020

    • New Startup Cost

      $198,400 – $525,000

    • Avg. Resale Price

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    A Chocolate Bash speciality: a waffle topped with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, brownies, icing sugar, and a scoop of ice cream coated in chocolate, served on a black plate.

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $45,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $10,000

      for resales

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of Gross Sales

    • Marketing Fee

      1%

      of Gross Sales

    A slice of cheesecake drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce sits on a pink plate, garnished with sliced strawberries—a true Chocolate Bash delight.

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      11

    • New Units Opened *

      4

    • Units Transferred *

      0

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      Not disclosed

    * Based on 2023 data reported in the 2024 FDD
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Chocolate Bash – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming Chocolate Bash owners complete 120+ hours of hands-on training covering desserts, operations and marketing, supported by a documented Operations Manual. Ongoing support runs through the Franchise Portal and mobile app for daily operations and reporting, a national supply chain delivering ingredients and equipment direct, approved creative, signage and menu boards, seasonal limited-time-offer campaigns, influencer and user-generated content initiatives, and corporate guidance on operations, ordering and pricing. Resale buyers should confirm what transfer training and Franchise Portal access carry over when ownership changes.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Chocolate Bash fits a hands-on, hospitality-minded operator who enjoys being in the store: hiring, scheduling and coaching an hourly team, keeping product presentation consistent, and holding a high customer-experience standard. No dessert or restaurant background is required; the system is documented and taught through training. Comfort with social media matters more here than in most food concepts, because local visibility is driven by shareable content and community engagement. The model suits owner-operators first, with a multi-unit route for those able to develop managers.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Chocolate Bash was named SBA Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year in 2025, an award from the U.S. Small Business Administration recognizing founder Rasha Albasha, and received the Best Promising Franchise Brand of the Year award at the Gulf Franchise Expo in Abu Dhabi. The brand has been featured on CBS and ABC and has built a substantial organic social following that works as ongoing marketing. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific unit's local reviews, ratings and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    Chocolate Bash operates in the US coffee and snack shop segment, which IBISWorld values at $75.5 billion in 2026 after 2.5% annualized growth over five years. Dessert-focused concepts within it trade on impulse purchases, late-night demand, tourism and social-media discovery, and sell across dayparts year-round. The category holds up as an affordable indulgence in tighter consumer climates. For resale buyers, unit performance in this segment is closely tied to site traffic and local visibility, so the specific location's footfall and following matter as much as the category itself.

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