Cocoa in Chicago
Chicago-- land of skyscrapers, bridges, the Magnificent Mile -- and chocolate! I love good food. Sometimes, though, it can be hard to find-- especially in a place that's new, or that you are only visiting for a couple of days, or visiting for just an afternoon. I recently got to spend a couple of days in Chicago, and although I poured over blogs of 'what to do with only 3 days in Chicago' and food suggestions (deep dish pizza, anyone?!), there was NOTHING about hot chocolate. Not. A. Thing. And that to me is a crying shame. My quest for tasting different cocoa actually came by accident--- as a survival response to a freezing teen on a Chicago morning. My teen and I saw a chocolate shop just on the south side of the bridge on Michigan, and -- yes, being a sucker for all things chocolate-- we went in, and ordered some hot chocolate from Fannie May. www.fanniemay.com/us/en/ (I am not getting money for this-- but if they want to send me some chocolate, I am TOTALLY