Top Ten Chocolate Fixes

Senses Bakery Transplanted New York pastry chef Thomas Haas creates the flakiest croissants, the creamiest mousses and the most intense chocolate truffles. Pick up his caramel chocolate dome, chocolate pear walnut mousse and a box of his handcrafted chocolates. metropolitan.com Sutton Place Chocoholic Bar (Fleuri Restaurant) A legend in its own time, this decadent buffet of chocolate desserts simply overwhelms. Fresh fruit you can fondue, French crêpes made to order, and a variety of cheesecakes and squares, with a selection of liquor syrups await. suttonplace.com Ecco il Pane At Ecco il Pane, Pamela Gaudreault creates wholesome Italian country breads including a fantastic chocolate cherry loaf that's delicious smeared with mascarpone cheese. Lazy Gourmet Tops locally for a unique BC delicacy--a chocolatey, gooey, almost-too-sweet (but that never stopped us) confection known as the Nanaimo bar. lazygourmet.ca Pan Pacific Hotel The Cascades Lounge is know for it's stunning views of the harbour and it's vanilla chocolate martini--vanilla vodka and white creme de cacao in a martini glass rimmed with chocolate shavings. panpac.com Chocolate Arts Greg Hook at Chocolate Arts collaborated with native artist Robert Davidson to create fabulous-tasting chocolates that look like fine art. A perfect gift is a cedar box of chocolate medallions with Haida designs. Purdy's Chocolates Canada's intensely sweet dessert wine is now available as an Ice Wine truffle at Purdy's Chocolates, a Vancouver institution since 1907. purdys.com Cow's Vancouver Cow's started in PEI selling great tasting ice cream atop homemade waffles to Islanders before coming to the West Coast. Their most popular flavour is The Monster -- chocolate ice cream with chunks of English toffee and skor bars. Lee's Candies A local legend, Lee's Candies is located next to the Varsity Theatre and is the mainstay of many a chocolate-starved UBC student. All candies are handmade on the premises. Seconds sell for $8.25 a pound and are bagged each Saturday, when they usually sell out fast. Lee's has the largest selection of chocolate moulds in the city. Olde World Fudge Here's the most reliable source we know for fabulous fudge. More than 30 varieties are available, with special novelty types for sale from time to time.