Calgary's hot chocolate festival offers 140+ drinks - here are the sips we have to try | Daily Hive

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The sweetest time of year is fast approaching! That’s right, YYC Hot Chocolate Fest is making its grand return to Calgary this weekend.

The annual festival, one of the highlights of winter, will begin on February 1 and run throughout the entire month.

As part of the festivities, Calgarians can try out unique cocoa creations from some of the city’s hottest restaurants and cafes. This year, over 140 spots are participating, all in the hopes of being crowned as Calgary’s best hot chocolate.

Hot chocolate enthusiasts can vote for their favourite hot chocolates in three categories: best hot chocolate, best spirited hot chocolate (for boozy offerings), and the most creative hot chocolate.

The most sold hot chocolate throughout the festival will also get an award.

In addition to offering some truly delicious offerings, the event will raise money for Calgary Meals on Wheels. Up to $3 from each cup sold will go directly to the charity. Last year, the festival raised over $100,000.

Drinks we want to try

Saskatoon Berry Cocoa – Little Chief

Little Chief’s creation celebrates the rich flavour of Saskatoon berries. The sweet sip features Saskatoon berry with maple syrup and is topped with whipped cream, berry powder-coated marshmallows and crumbled hazelnut wafers.

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 8 Cakes

8 Cakes is offering a taste of nostalgia with its hot chocolate offering. This cold raspberry white chocolate is filled with “cereal” red velvet cookies before being topped with a cereal whip and raspberry and chocolate drizzle.

Spiced ChocoKarak – Pappa Roti Café & Bakery

Why choose between tea and hot chocolate when you can have both? Pappa Roti is taking inspiration from Karak. The drink infuses black tea with cardamom and ginger before it’s combined with milk, chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

Chucho y Chata – Native Tongues

This year, Native Tongues is sharing a Horchata-based hot chocolate with the perfect blend of sweetness and spice. The Horchata is combined with cacao oscuro, Canela, and a hint of chile ancho. The drink is then topped with toasted coconut whipped cream, a dusting of cinnamon and three mini churro donas to dunk.

Raspberry Fields Forever – Amato Gelato

Amato Gelato was inspired by an Italian cafe in Paris which invented the Religieuse dessert 200 years ago. The Dutch cocoa is infused with raspberry extract for a fruity twist. The hot chocolate is topped with an authentic Italian pizzelle cookie and two mini stacked choux pastries filled with chocolate mousse imported from Paris.

Me Want Cookie – Bullet Coffee House

Cookie fiends will want to check out Bullet Coffee House’s offering. Paying homage to a Sesame Street favourite, the steeped chocolate drink is blended with chocolate chip cookie dough flavour before being topped with blue whipped cream, edible eyes and, of course, plenty of cookies.

Full list of vendors

10th Round Kensington
722 World Bier Haus
8 Cakes
Abbey’s Creations
Aggudo Coffee Inc
Alforno
Amato Gelato
Analog
Apprentice Café
Approach Café
Aroma Café Bar
Barrow Coffee Roasters
Begonia Bakehouse
Bell’s Bookstore
Bike and Brew
Blue Flame Kitchen
Blush Lane
Bono Coffee
Bonterra Trattoria
Boogie’s Burgers
The Bragg Creek Bakery
Brekkie
Brian’s Café by The Mustard Seed
Bridge15 Coffee
Bullet Coffee House
Butter Block & Co
Cacao70 – Canmore
Caffe Beano
Calgary Climbing Centre
Calgary Heritage Roasting Company
Canela Vegan Bakery & Café
Canyon Meadows Cinemas
The Cheesecake Café
Chefs & Farmers
Choklat
Cochu Chocolatier
Codo Agave Social House – Calgary Airport Marriott
Coffea Café
Community Natural Foods
Congress Coffee YYC
Cornerstone Music Cafe
Cravings Bistro
D6 Tabletop Café
District48 – Courtyard Calgary Airport & Residence Inn Calgary Airport
Edelweisee Kaffee Stube
Egg and Spoon
Eight Ounce Coffee
Element Café Inc
Euphoria Cafe
Fenyk Coffee & Social
Flower & Wolf – Sheraton Suites
Fonda Fora
For Goodness Bake
Fringe Coffee
Good Bread
Good News Coffee
Good Trade
Haven House Café
Hexagon Board Game Cafe
Hey Sugar Bakery
Higher Ground Coffee House
Hotel Arts – Oxbow
Hotel Arts – Yellow Door Bistro
Hutch Café
Hyatt Regency Calgary – Thomsons Kitchen & Bar
Kaffeeklatsch
Kakes and Kanvas
La Boulangerie
Ladybug Bakery Café
Lazy Loaf and Kettle
LICS Ice Cream Shop
Light Cellar/Awakened Living
Lina’s Italian Market
Little Chief Grey Eagle Resort & Casino
Loophole Coffee Bar
Love at First Scoop
Love, Sugar, and Dough
Master Chocolat
Maven
MEOW Foundation Regal Cat Cafe
MIK Coffee
Milpa
Mollie’s Pet Market & Café
Monki Bistro
Monogram Coffee
Mr. Sun Tea
Murrieta’s
Murrieta’s Canmore
Native Tongues University District
Needs Must
Neighbour Coffee
Odyssey Market at SAIT
Ollia Fine Foods/Ollia Macarons & Tea
Oolong Tea House
Otie Bakehouse
Our Daily Brett
Pablo Cheese Tart
Pappa Roti Café – Nimbly Market
Patisserie du Soleil
Peanuts Public House
Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Pie Junkie
Pixie’s Candy Parlour
Platform Café
Pocket Coffee
Popping Dragon Tea House
Posto Pizzeria & Bar
Prairie Grounds Coffee House
Purple Perk Coffee Market
PZA Parlour
Qamaria Yemini Coffee
Que Chivo Salvadoran Street Food
Railway Café at Heritage Park
Red’s Diner
Regrub
River Café
Rosso
Sammie Café
Seasons of Bowness Park
Shoe & Canoe Public House
S’more Please
Snowy Village
Social Grounds
Stable Tenth Ave Café
Sucre Patisserie and Cafe
Sweatered Hen
T2722 Luxury Barista Experience
Teatro
TELUS Spark Science Centre
The Big Buns Club
The Chocolate Lab
The Coup
The Deane House
Tiger Sugar
Tipzy Cow Creamery
Tops Pizza
Two Rivers Distillery
V Burger/The Sweatered Hen
Velet Bike Ski Café
Velvet Café
Vitamin Boba
Wilder Institute Calgary Zoo
Winebar Kensington
Yakima Social Kitchen & Bar, Calgary Airport Marriott
Yann Haute Patisserie Ltd.
Yummy Q

YYC Hot Chocolate Fest

When: February 1 to 28, 2025
Where: Various locations in Calgary

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