From all-you-can-eat cocoa-driven buffets to Madrid’s favorite late-night pick-me-up, here is our guide to
chocoholic heaven.
Chocolate-dipped churros from Chocolatería San Ginés sustain a group of Madrid young people after a night out.
From the National Geographic book Food Journeys of a Lifetime
Chocoholic Buffet, Vancouver, Canada
In a setting reminiscent of a European stately home, Sutton Place Hotel’s Fleuri Restaurant plays host to an all-you-can-eat chocolate buffet.
The homemade cakes, pastries, and pies, and other goodies are made of premium-quality Schokinag chocolate.
Even cocktails and liqueurs are chocolate-themed.
Chocoholic Buffet
For the love of chocolate . . .
The Sutton Place Hotel brings a sweet touch to its tradition of elegance with the unique Chocoholic Bar, the city's only all-you-can-eat chocolate buffet.
Famous with local Vancouverites, the Chocoholic Buffet provides delectable offerings including an array of home made luscious cakes, pastries and pies, exquisite sorbets and ice creams, topped only by the Bar's own renowned Brittany crêpes, a house specialty.
Famous with local Vancouverites, the Chocoholic Buffet provides delectable offerings including an array of home made luscious cakes, pastries and pies, exquisite sorbets and ice creams, topped only by the Bar's own renowned Brittany crêpes, a house specialty.
Magnolia Bakery, New York City
This cozy little 1950s-style bakery shot to fame when characters from the TV series Sex and the City stopped by for a cupcake-fueled sugar rush.
As well as red velvet chocolate cupcakes, the bakery dispenses a rainbow of brightly colored cupcakes, plus banana pudding, cookies, cherry cheesecake, and brownies. The German chocolate cake is a high point.
As well as red velvet chocolate cupcakes, the bakery dispenses a rainbow of brightly colored cupcakes, plus banana pudding, cookies, cherry cheesecake, and brownies. The German chocolate cake is a high point.
Max Brenner, New York City
Known for its hot chocolate served in a specially designed hand-warming “hug mug,” the Broadway shop and restaurant offer a mind-boggling array of cacao-based product from chocolate truffle martini and chocolate fondue to Young’s chocolate stout.
Maya Chocolate, Tabasco, Mexico
Here in the likely birthplace of chocolate—the word itself possibly deriving from the Maya xocoatl—taste hot chocolate Maya style: thick, foamy, bittersweet, and flavored with chili peppers.
The Spanish conquistadors tempered the bitter brew with sugar, cinnamon, ground almonds, and milk.
The Spanish conquistadors tempered the bitter brew with sugar, cinnamon, ground almonds, and milk.
Sachertorte, Vienna, Austria
A chocolate sponge cake, thinly coated by hand with apricot jam and then covered with dark chocolate icing, Sachertorte is named for its 1832 inventor, Franz Sacher.
He created the dessert to impress his employer, Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich, gaining fame and fortune for himself.
He created the dessert to impress his employer, Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich, gaining fame and fortune for himself.
Hot Chocolate, Turin, Italy
In Italy’s chocolate capital, sip a cioccolato caldo. This winter-buster comes very thick, hot, and agreeably bitter, topped generously with whipped cream.
Sample bicerin, a layered hot-chocolate-and-espresso drink served in glass cups, available only in Turin, or try giandujotto, a foil-wrapped, chocolate-hazelnut candy.
Sample bicerin, a layered hot-chocolate-and-espresso drink served in glass cups, available only in Turin, or try giandujotto, a foil-wrapped, chocolate-hazelnut candy.
Valrhona Chocolate, Tain l’Hermitage, France
In wine-making country, on the Rhône’s left bank, visit the home of Valrhona chocolate, favored by many of the world’s leading chocolatiers and chefs.
Unusually, the chocolate is made only with natural fat from cocoa butter; no vegetable fat is added.
Chocoholics will enjoy the chance to sample or buy at the factory shop, while professional chefs can study at Valrhona’s École du Grand Chocolat, a chocolate-cookery school.
Unusually, the chocolate is made only with natural fat from cocoa butter; no vegetable fat is added.
Chocoholics will enjoy the chance to sample or buy at the factory shop, while professional chefs can study at Valrhona’s École du Grand Chocolat, a chocolate-cookery school.
Chocolate and Churros, Madrid, Spain
Few institutions offer better evidence of Madrid’s insomnia than its perennially popular chocolaterías (also known as churrerías), typically abuzz with late-night revelers from 4 a.m. to breakfast time.
Their trademark dish is the churros, a long waffle-like stick of savory fried dough, eaten dunked into very thick bittersweet hot chocolate.
Stop in at the venerable Chocolatería San Ginés, an 1894 throwback.
Expect entertainingly brusque service, bright lights, and a frenzied atmosphere.
Their trademark dish is the churros, a long waffle-like stick of savory fried dough, eaten dunked into very thick bittersweet hot chocolate.
Stop in at the venerable Chocolatería San Ginés, an 1894 throwback.
Expect entertainingly brusque service, bright lights, and a frenzied atmosphere.
Nemesis, River Café, London, England
One of London’s best restaurants and the spawning ground of many a celebrity chef, including Jamie Oliver, the café’s signature dessert is the Chocolate Nemesis cake.
Gooey with a slight crust on top, it gains its richness from a staggering quantity of chocolate.
Gooey with a slight crust on top, it gains its richness from a staggering quantity of chocolate.
Chocolate Hotel, Bournemouth, England
To eat, breathe, and sleep chocolate, where better to stay than this chocolate-themed hotel?
Chocolate-tasting and chocolate-making classes ensure that chocoholics leave satisfied.
Chocolate-tasting and chocolate-making classes ensure that chocoholics leave satisfied.
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