As much as the city loves coffee and tea, sometimes the weather calls for something more drastically warming.
SoHo's Vosges Chocolate, a Chicago-based company founded by Katrina Markoff, offers an array of designer chocolates spiced with an array of exotic flavors ranging from allspice to ginger to hemp see to wasabi. Most bon-bon style chocolates are available in small gift boxes. Some ...
132 Spring Street (Greene & Wooster Streets)An amazing temple of candy, Dylan's is New York City's most exciting and extraordinary candy store. On two levels connected by a staircase filled with dazzling gummy candy (see photo), Dylan's has literally everything you can imagine in its 10,000-square foot store. From penny ca...
1011 3rd Ave (East 60th Street)This incredible kingdom of chocolate is unsurpassed in New York, a divine empire of boxed chocolates, hot chocolates, luxurious gifts, exotic sweets, and fine teas and coffees. You won't believe your eyes when you visit MarieBelle!
484 Broome St (West Broadway)Chocolate Bar features some of the most intriguing chocolates in New York, whether square pralines of various exotic flavors or large bars with various fruits and nuts. But it's so much more than that, from chocolate croissants at breakfast to hot chocolate and various hot drinks...
19 8th AveOne of SoHo's worst-kept secret's, Keith McNally's Balthazar is perhaps the best appropriation of Parisian fin de siecle brasseries that American can or will ever manage, with decor that includes the signature red leather banquettes one would expect, striking, aged mirrors, and a...
80 Spring St (bet. Broadway & Crosby St.)Formerly Two Little Red Hens, Ladybird serves the pickiest part of Brooklyn with a deft sweetness that few could muster. As with most New York bakeries, Ladybird is cupcake-crazy, serving coma-inducingly sweet treats like the Brooklyn Blackout cupcake, alongside some of the best ...
82 6th AvenueSelf-styled "chocolate artists," La Maison du Chocolat features signature chocolates and pastries in the inimitable French style.
30 Rockefeller PlzTraditional American diner-cum-candy-store fare is tough to find in Manhattan these days, but the legendary Lexington Candy Shop keeps grilling the cheese and frying the fries just as always.
1226 Lexington AveSerendipity 3 is a perennial favorite, and it's easy to see why. It seems concocted out of a child's dream, with an entrance chockablock of toys and candy. The waitstaff puts on a hilarious show, and the menu is laden with fantasy dishes, including the scrumptuous frozen hot choc...
225 East 60th StreetGreat selection of croissants, desserts and several types of bread. On the menu you'll find a nice selection of quiches, pizza, soups and sandwiches.
870 7th AveChocolate goes wild in this lavish emporium with the magic available in nearly every form imaginable. Take away your favorities or sit in this 150-seat temple of cocoa. The scene can appear a bit hectic at times, when shoppers go mad in the emporium section as well as at the tabl...
841 Broadway (East 13th Street)Nunu Chocolates are totally natural and individually handmade with the finest ingredients. We use a single origin Cocoa bean derived from a Trintario and Criollo hybrid which we get from a family run farm in Eastern Colombia. The plantation practices sustainable farming and has r...
529 Atlantic Ave. (Third & Fourth Avenues)Burdick's famous handmade chocolates, pasties, and more in SoHo. One of the best cups of hot chocolate in town, perfect break from extreme shopping when in SoHo!
156 Prince Street (Thompson and West Broadway)