Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival

When it launched in 2011, The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival was the first city-wide initiative in the world to use hot chocolate beverage as a way to support small, local business. Now bigger and better than ever, it features the region’s best chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, cafes and ice cream makers joining forces to make the humble hot chocolate hotter than it has ever been before.

Try the BERRY BERRY GOOD HOT CHOCOLATE from Butter Baked Goods, a rich and creamy hot chocolate with whipped cream and a dollop of raspberry jam with a raspberry marshmallow on top. Or perhaps GONE BANANAS from Boba Run, which is a rich and creamy medley made with a blend of 54.5% dark hot chocolate and house made banana puree served with a petite sponge cake for dipping. Then there’s SAFFRON NOUGATINE from La Glace, it’s a saffron-infused, burnt honey, white hot chocolate with a hint of orange blossom served with a pistachio meringue rosette.

Honolulu Cafe is serving up a dairy free SOYLY GUÌHUĀ, a special concoction using 70% dark chocolate, house-made Guìhuā (osmanthus fragrans) sauce with soy milk, paired with an Oat Guìhuā cookie. Glenburn Soda will have a VIOLET UNDERGROUND. This violet-infused, dark hot chocolate is accompanied by a gluten-free, and dairy-free, iced fudgey brownie. Thomas Haas Chocolates is creating CHERRY NUTTERS, an extra dark hot chocolate with an intense pistachio marshmallow, served with a pistachio and cherry financier.

Sort your search by gluten free, dairy free, vegan option, and by which places are open late or have takeout/dine-in.

View the full List of 100+ Flavours & Location Map:
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(T) Takeout Only
(LCS) Limited Cafe Service
(GF) At least one Gluten-Free Option
(DF) At least one Dairy-Free Option

49TH PARALLEL COFFEE + LUCKY’S DOUGHNUTS (T)
À LA MODE PIE CAFÉ (T)(GF)(DF)
ARTIGIANO (LCS)
BEAUCOUP BAKERY (T)
BEL CAFE (LCS)
BELLAGGIO CAFÉ (LCS)
(THE) BENCH BAKEHOUSE (T) (DF)
BETA 5 CHOCOLATES (T)
BJORNBAR BAKERY (GF)
BOBA RUN (T)
BROYÉ CAFE & BAKERY (DF)
BUTTER BAKED GOODS (LCS) (DF)
CADEAUX BAKERY (GF) (DF)
CHEZ CHRISTOPHE
COHO COFFEE (GF) (DF)
DOUGHGIRLS
EAST VAN ROASTERS (T) (GF) (DF)
EMKAO FOODS (T) (DF)
ETERNAL ABUNDANCE (GF) (DF)
EVERBEAN CAFÉ(LCS)
FIFE BAKERY (T)
FUFÚ CAFÉ (LCS)
GEM CHOCOLATES (T) (GF)
GIOVANE CAFFÈ (LCS) (DF)
GLENBURN SODA FOUNTAIN (T) (GF) (DF)
HONOLULU COFFEE (LCS) (DF)
KAFKA'S COFFEE
KOKO MONK CHOCOLATES (T) (GF) (DF)
KOKO MONK HOT CHOCOLATE LOUNGE (LCS) (GF) (DF)
LA GLACE (GF) (DF)
LADURÉE (LCS) (DF)
MINK CHOCOLATES (LCS)
MON PARIS PATISSERIE (LCS) (GF)
NELSON THE SEAGULL (LCS) (DF)
PICA - BLUE HAT BAKERY-CAFÉ (LCS)
PASSIONE GELATO (T) (DF)
SAY HELLO SWEETS (T) (GF) (DF)
SCIUÉ + SOIRETTE (LCS)
SUPER VELOCE (DF)
SWISS BAKERY (T)
TEMPER PASTRY
THIERRY CHOCOLATES (LCS)
THOMAS HAAS CHOCOLATES (LCS)
UNO GELATO (DF)

Charity partners this year include the Vancouver Farmers Markets’ Fresh to Families Program and Growing Chefs.

Instagram Online Photo Contest

Enter into the festival’s Instagram contest for sweet, sweet prizes, consisting of gift certificates valued at $1,125 from participating chocolate makers and cafes. Tag your hot chocolate photos with #HCFphotocontest on Instagram and you could be enjoying chocolatey treats all year long. Winners will be drawn and announced on Valentine’s Day.
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