Where to Find the Best Hot Chocolate in NYC ❄️🔥🍫

When the weather outside is frightful, getting a cup of New York’s best hot chocolate is delightful. We’ve scoured the city streets in preparation for the blustery days ahead to bring you the best places to go for your next hot cocoa fix.

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L.A. Burdick

L.A. Burdick is a highly revered chocolate chain that makes some of the tastiest chocolates and bon bons you can get your hands on. Don’t pass on the hot chocolate, which can be made with dark, milk, or white chocolate. Alternatively, you can opt for a single source hot chocolate made from cocoa beans of various origins (i.e.- Bolivia or Peru). Happy sipping!

📸: @tinaxzw

Location: 156 Prince Street, Manhattan

Snowdays NYC

Heading to a shaved ice dessert shop may seem counterintuitive while you are plotting your next hot chocolate adventure but Snowdays NYC is here to challenge that perception. Let the drooling begin as soon as you see the menu options which include classic, peanut butter, matcha, cookies and cream, and rainbow white hot chocolate.

Location:
7025 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn

📸: @adventuresofape

Squish Marshmallow

Squish Marshmallow is an entire shop dedicated to making a variety of marshmallows, which naturally taste even better when paired with a cup of their hot chocolate. You can also snag a DIY hot chocolate kit, which makes for a perfect holiday gift for the hot cocoa lover in your life.

Location:
120 St Marks Pl, Manhattan

📸: @treatyoselfny

MarieBelle

If you are in need of cup of hot chocolate to make you feel sophisticated as you sip, a trip to chocolatier MarieBelle’s Cocoa Bar Salon is in order. Select the perfect flavor from the hot chocolate menu and celebrate the fact that there is literally an entire expansive menu of hot chocolate options to pick from. You can always count on New York to elevate your tastebuds.

Location:
484 Broome St, Manhattan

📸: @mariebelleofficial

Dominique Ansel Bakery

Join the line that forms outside Dominique Ansel each day by the cult-following of dessert-itarians looking for the next masterpiece Chef Ansel is creating. Once inside, you can get your hands on the famed Blossoming Hot Chocolate. A marshmallow is carefully placed inside a cup of perfectly made hot chocolate, where it will “bloom” into a flower shape with a bonbon inside.

Location:
189 Spring St, Manhattan

📸: @izarraazuddin_

Maman

Enjoy a cup of hot chocolate from one of the most aesthetically pleasing cafes in New York. If you are feeling adventurous and want something other than a classic hot cocoa flavor, go with the lavender infused. Warning: These taste best paired with their gooey chocolate chip cookies.

Locations:
Multiple locations in Manhattan
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

📸: @_mamannyc_

Bar Pisellino

Italians know their hot chocolate and that is proven at Bar Pisellino, an Italian café and cocktail bar. Stop by for a cup of their rich yet not overly sweetened hot chocolate topped with panna. The phrase “la dolce vita” HAD to have been invented after drinking hot chocolate here.

Location:
52 Grove St, Manhattan

📸: @lavina.s