Print12 Days of Hot Chocolate: City Bakery
Editor's note: Every weekday until Christmas, we'll have a daily hot chocolate report for you. 'Tis the season. Today, City Bakery near Union Square.
Price: $4.50 for a regular (8 ounces), $5 with a homemade marshmallow, $2 for a shot (2 ounces)
The Deal: City Bakery's hot chocolate has been my favorite since I first tasted it in 2004. I had a brief City Bakery hot chocolate ban in 2005 when I drank two regular-sized cups in one afternoon and felt my organs fail from chocolate poisoning, but aside from that, it's always been my true hot chocolate love.
How come? It's thick, but not stomach-coatingly so (the mildly frothy texture helps with that); it's not bitter (which is good if you're like me and don't like bitter anything); and has just the right amount of milkiness and sweetness to balance out the strong chocolate flavor. It goes down smoothly, perhaps a little too smoothly, hence my one time incident of drinking too much of it and leaning the true meaning of "chocolate coma." The diminutive shot is the perfect size to whet your hot chocolate craving without making you feel nauseous.
City Bakery
3 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 (b/n 5th Ave and 6th Ave; map)
212-366-1414
thecitybakery.com
Previously
12 Days of Hot Chocolate: Vosges Haut Chocolat
12 Days of Hot Chocolate: One Girl Cookies
12 Days of Hot Chocolate: The Dessert Truck
12 Days of Hot Chocolate: Dunkin Donuts
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4 Comments:
yep, it's pretty much perfect
sarahlucy at 5:12PM on 12/19/08
this stuff is liquid chocolate crack
foodinmouth at 10:56PM on 12/19/08
I love the stick-to-your-teeth thickness. I'm training for the Hot Chocolate Festival in February... can't wait!
Sweet Freak at 1:52PM on 12/20/08
okay
now i'm ready for the 12 days of chocolate milk
norman at 4:29PM on 01/05/09