Starting on a hot note ☕️

Happy 2026!  What better way to kick off the new year than with a festival of epic hot chocolate creations!

Step into sweetness with the 16th annual Hot Chocolate Festival, featuring fantastic chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, cafes, gelato and ice cream makers — coming together to make hot chocolate hotter than ever!

There’s so many yummy decisions but time is on your side because you have until February 14th to indulge in many of these festival flavours.

Stop and sip at these local participants:

🤎  Koko Monk Chocolates
Flavour #130 – The Mystery Flotilla – available until January 26th.
Flavour #131 – Midnight Snow – available Jan. 27th to February 7th.
Flavour #132 – A non-conformist’s Plea for an Imaginary Summer – available February 7th to 14th.
*Pro-sip: enjoy these different flavours in hot chocolate flights on Saturdays during the dates above.

🤎  Purebread Bakery + Coffee
Flavour #188 – Sweet n’ Cinnful – available until January 30th.
Flavour #189 – Nuts for You! – available January 31st to February 14th.

🤎  The Pie Hole
Flavour #184 – Koko-Nutty Krabby Klassic – available until February 14th.
Flavour #185 – Ruby Reef Starfish Special – available until February 14th.

🤎  Thomas Haas
Flavour #206 – Maple Me Crazy! – available until January 30th.
Flavour #207 – Apple-y Ever After – available January 31st to February 12th.

🤎  Uno Gelato
Flavour #216 – Red Velvet Affair – available until February 14th.
Flavour #217 – Golden Whispers – available until February 14th.
Flavour #218 – La Dolce Notte – available until February 14th.

We’d love to see your favourite pics 😉

Share the hot chocolate love and tag @kitsonbroadway on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok for a chance to win gift cards to participating locations throughout the festival.  Cheers to a sweet year ahead!