5 Wildest Flavours at the 2016 Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival, starting Jan 16

January 14, 2016
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By Remy Scalza
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5 Wildest Flavours at the 2016 Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival, starting Jan 16

Chocoholics, get ready to binge. The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival returns this month, and it’s bigger and tastier than ever.

A total of 25 local cafes, bakeries and chocolate shops are offering up 59 crazy variations on hot chocolate over the 30-day festival, Jan. 16-Feb. 14. This marks the sixth instalment of the homegrown fest, which seeks to elevate humble hot chocolate to new heights.

Photo credit: Chocolate Arts
Photo credit: Rick Chung | Flickr

Participants this year range from venerable Vancouver cafes like 49th Parallel and East Van Roasters to chocolateries like Thomas Haas and Schokolade, bakeries and patisseries like Terra Breads and Thierry and even fine restaurants like Diva at the Met. With each passing year, the festival’s “chocstars” outdo themselves with increasingly elaborate and zany takes on hot chocolate, incorporating off-the-wall ingredients, unexpected flavour combinations and even booze.

Photo credit: christopher cornelius | Flickr
Photo credit: christopher cornelius | Flickr

Offerings vary from location to location and also change according to date. A complete list of participants and their drinks and a handy walking map are available on the official festival website. But to get you in the mood for sipping, here are five of the most inventive and unusual hot chocolates on offer this year:

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