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From the archives: January 19, 2009
The arrival of cold weather can mean many unpleasant things to a New Yorker: yellow snow, fewer available cabs and bulky winter wear taking up precious subway space. But it's not all bad. In fact, these five scrumptious hot chocolates will have you forgetting about the wind chill in no time.
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Jacques Torres Chocolate
Read Reviews66 Water St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (map)
THE SPICIEST: Like City Bakery, there's nothing watered down about this liquid chocolate, but it's the heat of the chili-spiced version--thanks to ancho and chipotle chiles--that has me (and a lot of other blue-lipped New Yorkers) lining up outside his Dumbo shop in the freezing cold.
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La Maison Du Chocolat
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1018 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021 (map)
THE PRICIEST: At $8, it's the priciest cup, but the bittersweet Caracas delivers a deeply chocolatey experience that Upper East Siders wouldn't have any other way. For me? It's a must-stop after an art-filled day at the Met.
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Ninth Street Espresso
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75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011 (map)
THE CHEAPEST: OK, it may be possible to get something cheaper at 7-Eleven, but at $2 a cup, these titans of espresso deliver a milky hot cocoa that reminds me of cups from my youth.
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Baked
Read Reviews359 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (map)
THE MOST OUT-OF-THE-WAY: Even Brooklynites have to huff it to get to this Red Hook bakery (by bus, car or foot), but the payoff is one of the city's most nicely balanced hot chocolates. Thick and rich enough to satisfy the purist in me, but not so much like a melted chocolate bar that I can't finish the whole mug.
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City Bakery
Read Reviews3 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011 (map)
THE THICKEST: Drinking this syrupy, rich hot cocoa is rather like drinking a chocolate bar. Best to get it with a homemade marshmallow to cut the chocolate--I prefer mine on the side instead of floating on top, that way I can alternate between "bites" of the cocoa and the marshmallow.