(KTLA) – Temperatures are dropping across the country, but our chocolates are only heating up.
Inspired by winter weather, Yelp analysts have compiled a list of the “top” 20 places to order a mug of hot chocolate in the United States based largely on ratings and reviews from a community of online users. .
To determine the rankings, starting January 1, 2022, Yelp will identify the businesses with the highest volume of reviews mentioning “hot chocolate” and compare those mentions to ratings, review volume, etc. for each business. did. Note, however, that Yelp only allowed 3 companies from 1 state within the top 20 for the purpose of “geographical diversity.”
Here’s the full ranking, including cafes, coffee shops and restaurants in 16 states:
- Ginger Elizabeth Chocolate – Sacramento, California
- Kakawa Chocolate House – Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Chocolate Museum & Cafe – Orlando, Florida
- Ray Amargo Chocolate Shop – Seattle, Washington
- 1927 S’mores Company – Portland, Oregon
- La Panaderia – San Antonio, Texas
- The Chocolate Dragon Bittersweet Cafe & Bakery – Oakland, California
- Amara Chocolate & Coffee – Pasadena, California
- Coffee Call – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Café y Chocolate – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Roste Chocolate House – Portland, Oregon
- Rev Coffee – Smyrna, Georgia
- The Bent Spoon – Princeton, New Jersey
- New York Titlán – Brooklyn, New York
- Catherine Ann Confections – Chicago, Illinois
- Frosty Barrel – Newcastle, Washington
- Hatch Family Chocolates – Salt Lake City, Utah
- French Broad Chocolate Lounge – Asheville, NC
- The Hot Chocolatier – Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Hot Chocolate Sparrow – Orleans, Massachusetts
Ginger Hahn, CEO of Top Rank Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates, told Nexstar’s KTLA that the company’s specialty beverages, which include traditional almonds and Oaxacan-style hot chocolate, were “great to be recognized.”
“We use Valrhona chocolates and you can choose from homemade vanilla bean marshmallows or freshly whipped clover cream,” Hahn says. “Our Rose Petal Hot Chocolate is topped with candied rose petals from our backyard.”
Additional information, including listings on Yelp Top 5 places for hot chocolate in Canada. You can find it on Yelp.com.
