The sweetest festival of the year is back for its sixth year
From January 16 to February 14, 25 local restaurants will be offering up 59 mouth-watering hot chocolate flavours for the Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival. Whether you want yours topped with coconut whipped cream or poured over ice cream, there is something sure to satisfy every sweet tooth during this one-month event.
Click through for our top five suggestions of places to check out this year.
Koko Monk Chocolate
Artisan chocolate maker Koko Monk is known not just for its great tasting chocolate, but also for its organic ingredients. Koko Monk uses raw origin beans and only natural sweeters. They will be featuring four items for this year’s festival, including the Rashomon, miso white hot chocolate with matcha tea and sake; Istanbul Blues, dark hot chocolate with Ottoman Salep root and cinnamon; Wild Saje, a vegan dark hot chocolate featuring almond milk, caramel, and Turkish coffee; and Lyric and Dagger, black sesame white hot chocolate with lemon and lime caramel. All are served with your choice of a macaron.
