A hot chocolate is like a hug from the inside.
In the words of the Welsh wizard and all-round sex bomb, Tom Jones “Baby it’s cold outside”. Now a quick Google or an NHS brochure may suggest you put an extra layer on, sit close to the radiator and all other reasonable suggestions but we have never been a fan of reasonable. The only way to truly warm up and increase your level of happiness 10000% simultaneously with Autumn around the corner, is to dive head first (not literally) into a big hot chocolate. The kind of drink where the squirty cream mountains cascade down the sides like hot lava and although it’s definitely a drink, sometimes you have to chew it.
So it is with these next pictures that we encourage you to stay warm with a hot chocolate in your hand. Yes a scarf is sensible but they’re not half as delicious. Warning: you may or may not drool and/or develop feelings for these next pictures.
BOLD ST COFFEE
Every now and then a drink borders on a cross between beverage and a work of art. This is a guaranteed twelve likes on Instagram.
MOOSE Coffee
Moose don’t do things by halves. The pancakes are stacked sky scraper high, the hash is serving with a forklift and their hot chocolate weighs in not far off a new born baby.
92 DEGREES COFFEE
Grab a hot chocolate and a window seat and bask in the beauty of Hope Street as it turns dark and rainy. Warning: this is likely to result in you pretending you’re in a music video.
Cafe Lucaya
Let’s be honest, even if the hot chocolate wasn’t very nice the surroundings would be worth visiting. But luckily, it is. Head to Cafe Lucaya for a hot chocolate asap!
Bookbinder
Insert “it’s not Terry’s, it’s yours” joke. But no seriously, Bookbinder on Lark Lane is the perfect place to sink a hot chocolate after a walk around Sefton Park.
Bean There Coffee Shop
We thought we’d put some Christmas baubles in this photo to get you extra excited for Christmas. Failing that, take a sip and get back to us.
Marmalade Skies
Ginger bread hot chocolate. Autumn in cup and a hug in a mug – what more could you want?
COAST
This is no ordinary hot chocolate – this is an orange hot chocolate. You read that out in a seductive M&S voice didn’t you?
Press Bros. Coffee
Baltic Market’s premiere provider of hot drinks. Their hot chocolate is good on it’s own but add a splash of Bailey’s for it to be extra special.
COFFEE & FANDISHA
Famous for the coffee but don’t underestimate the hot chocolate. Impossible to drink without a splotch of it ending up on your nose.
Photo by Ian MacMichael
Barley & Beans
Toblerone loaded hot chocolate. The only four words you’ll need to get you through anything in life.
Pippin’s Corner
Aptly named “pimped hot chocolate”. Chunks of Mars bar, Malteaser and chocolate sauce. Dog not included.
ROCOCO
A rich and silky hot chocolate with a mountain of cream and mini-marshmallows at your own disposal. This is all we want in life.
THE YOG BAR
You ever seen anything more beautiful than this super mint hot chocolate? Yeah, we didn’t think so.
THE QUARTER
Well known for being slap bang in the middle of two Cathedrals and offering some of the most picturesque views, The Quarter does a mean hot chocolate too. Just look at it.
LEAF
Would it surprise you to hear the tea enthusiasts at LEAF whip up a pretty mean hot choccy too? Grab one, grab a couch by the window and people watch.
Space Coffee
Space Coffee is the latest coffee shop to open in Aigburth, servicing the good people of South Liverpool with enough caffeine to keep them fit and fighting through the day. It’s certainly proved itself as being more than just a coffee shop. Just look at that Caramac hot chocolate!
Thoughtfully Cafe
If you fancy a respite from the humdrum of the high street, slew to Thoughtfully Cake and ask for a hot chocolate. Thank us later.
Crosby Coffee
You know what can make a good hot chocolate great? A tipple of Baileys. Christmas comes early with a sip of this bad boy.
