10 best chocolate shops in the world
Posted by staff / July 13, 2016
Life is too short to waste it eating bad chocolate, so where does a chocolate connoisseur go to satisfy their sweet tooth?
National Geographic compiled this list of the best of the best when it comes to chocolate, from all four corners of the globe.
If these shops are too far a stretch, Doreen Pendgracs notes that the sign of quality chocolate is having cocoa — not sugar — as its main ingredient.
Paul A. Young, London, England
Award-winning author and master chocolatier Paul A. Young deserves the accolades he receives for his creativity and mastery with all things chocolate. Walk into his tiny Camden Passage original chocolate shop and inhale the intoxicating aroma of fresh chocolate being made on-site. Young is one of the British chocolatiers who launched the chocolate revolution in London about 15 years ago, casting aside the overly sweet British chocolate of old for the fresh and innovative chocolate offerings that you’ll now find in at least a dozen top-notch chocolatiers in the capital city. Try his dark chocolate sea salt caramel pecan brownies—guaranteed to seduce every unsuspecting chocolate lover. Three locations in London found in Camden Passage, Royal Exchange, and Soho.
Que Bo!, Mexico City, Mexico
Traditional Mexican flavors come alive for popular chef and TV personality José Ramón Castillo, a leader in the evolution of Mexican chocolate. Que Bo! uses only organic ingredients sourced from local producers. Vibrant colored truffles matching their star ingredients, such as orange (mango, chili, and salt) or bright pink (guava). The massive, dipped confit figs soaked in molasses, cinnamon, and sugar can be enjoyed in the chocolateria’s hacienda-style courtyard in central Mexico City. Five locations in Mexico City.
Full story at National Geographic.
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