Best of Boston

2025 Best Hot Chocolate

L.A. Burdick

Most hot chocolate is either watery or cloying. This nearly 40-year-old chocolatier somehow nails the impossible: cult-favorite mugs that are both incredibly rich and surprisingly light. We’ve taste-tested every variety—from white chocolate to spicy dark (the winner)—trying to figure out their secret. Still stumped, still obsessed.

Back Bay, Cambridge, and Brookline, burdickchocolate.com