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Holiday December 20, 2023

9 Places for Festive Eats at VanDusen Festival of Lights

Sipping on a hot cocoa as you wander through a magical winter landscape decorated with over a million twinkling lights is the ultimate holiday season experience, and luckily if you’re visiting the annual VanDusen Botanical Garden Festival of Lights there’s not only hot chocolate but lots of delicious snacks, drinks, and festive foodie treats to enjoy. Light up your taste buds this year with all the yummy food trucks at VanDusen this year! Take a peek at your options below. Cocoa Chateau Grab a gourmet hot chocolate or apple cider to keep you warm on your walk. Bags of popcorn are also available. Fireside Fondue Gather at the fireside to ward off the cold and enjoy a cheesy or chocolatey winter specialty! Serving gourmet fondue with a selection of sides, apple cider, and their signature Lotus Biscoff Hot Chocolate. Cin City Donuts Mini donuts are a festival-favourite (no matter what season!)…

Recipes January 16, 2020

Recipe: Brok Da Mout’ Hot Chocolate

By Honolulu Coffee Take your hot chocolate game up a notch with this decadent recipe from Honolulu Coffee. Inspired by the Hawaiian Pidgin saying about delicious food (i.e. ‘that food was so good it broke da mouth’), Brok Da Mout’ Hot Chocolate is a blend of dark chocolate, hibiscus ginger tea, ginger with honey, steamed coconut milk and a trace of cardamom. Try making it yourself, or head to Honolulu Coffee (88 Nelson Street or 2098 West 41st Avenue) during the 10th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival (January 18 – February 14) for a cup prepared by the experts, and enjoy it with a house-made coconut chocolate biscotti. INGREDIENTS: Fleur de Cao™ 70% Dark Chocolate (35g) Coconut milk (5oz) Honey-ginger sauce (10g) (see below) Hibiscus ginger tea concentrate (10ml) (see below) METHOD: Melt dark chocolate in a saucepan Steam coconut milk with melted chocolate together to 155F Pour over honey-ginger sauce…

Sweets January 16, 2020

Warm up with the 10th Annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival

By Mary Ann Bell With a mind-boggling 114 different hot chocolate flavours on offer from 44 vendors, there is a cup of chocolatey-goodness to suit everyone’s tastes during the 10th annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival. Running January 18 until February 14, this year’s event is bigger and better than ever, with Vancouver’s best chocolatiers, cafes, pastry shops, bakeries, gelato and ice cream makers serving up cups of decadent hot chocolate that are definitely not the powdery hot chocolate your mom used to make on snow days! As temperatures dip below zero in Metro Vancouver, there couldn’t be a better time to wrap your hands around a steaming cup of hot chocolate, and remember the festival’s motto, “Hot Chocolate Makes You Happy!” … body and soul! We’ve scoured the offerings, and have put together a list of must-try cocoas from across Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey and White Rock. Vancouver…

Sweets January 16, 2019

A Cup For Every Palate at the Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival

By Kristi Alexandra From sweet to savoury, and spirited to sinless, there’s a cocoa-inspired cup for every desire during the 9th annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival. Running January 19 all the way up until February 14, the Hot Chocolate Festival celebrates a near-decade of turning cold, grey west coast winters into a scrumptious scavenger hunt. We might even venture to agree with the festival’s motto: “Hot chocolate makes you happy!” Blame it on the dopamine. Whether you’re in the pursuit of happiness, or the hopeless romantic in you is searching for the ultimate Valentine’s Day lead up, there are 74 different hot chocolate flavours to keep your tastebuds satisfied over the next month. We’ve put together a list of cocoas on the top of our list across Vancouver, North Van and Burnaby that are sure to please every palate. Vegan Friendly Cruelty-free cocoa lovers rejoice. You’ll find a sinless sip…