Schokolade Artisan Chocolates & Cafe !

The Winter Comfort (upper) and Snow White (lower) at Schokolade Cafe ($10 ea).

Schokolade has been one of my favorites for a long time, partially because it used to be super close by (before I moved, that is) but also because it is incredibly cozy and the owner is always in. And they have chocolate shaped like mahjong tiles that I love to give as gifts. Rushing from school, and K from work, to make it to Schokolade Artisan Chocolates & Cafe before the closed at 5 on Tuesday, forced us to get their hot chocolate in to-go cups. The little dusting of powder still makes them look presentable though! I should note that CityFoods actually has the wrong hours for Schokolade. They are open from 9a to 5p, not 10a to 6p.

Now while I always go in for their Squirrel Special, they were offering some intriguing drinks for the Hot Chocolate Festival this year that brought us there this week. K had the Winter Comfort, a "100% pure hazelnut butter blended with milk chocolate" hotcho, served with a chocolate-dipped hazelnut biscotti; both the drink and what little I had of the biscotti were delicious. Hazelnut is very likely my favorite flavor in combination with chocolate. I had the Snow White, a "white chocolate and steamed milk, flavoured with peppermint and rose" hotcho, served with four pieces of chocolates.. This was delicious, even though it was pretty difficult to taste the rose.

The hazelnut biscotti, and chocolates in flavors of Earl Grey, orange, jasmine, pomegranate, caramel and raspberry.

But the kind owner decided we could each have four chocolates per hot chocolate (we did not know that the Winter Comfort did not come with four pieces of chocolate until we came home and took a better look at the menu, how nice of her!). K picked all the fruity flavors, haha. And they were all delicious, suffice to say. One of my favorite times for hot chocolate is at the end of a long day at school or work, which is exactly what this was :)

Schokolade Artisan Chocolates
2263 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tuesday - Saturday : 9a to 5p
Sunday & Mondays : Closed