the dark chocolatier - noosa chocolate factory

you haven't had a fabulous hot chocolate until you've been here !! these guys sell hands down the best hot chocolates inbrisbane! the peanut crunch slabs are devine, so are the macadamia crunch slabs. all the milk chocolate and white chocolates are delicious ! there are so many different flavours - there one flavour for everyone to enjoy ! the hit sellers are the dark chocolate sea salt, any of the nutty milk chocolates, the strawberry white chocolate and the chocolate coated coffee beans are sooo damn good !! a few of those and that'll be your coffee hit :d 

we highly recommend stopping in this place and grabbing a hot chocolate ! we will there was more stores situated on northside so we could visit more often !

located on adelaide street. this is one of their outlet stores that are scattered around brisbane.

my first taste of their delicious chocolates is by way of their rocky road. they make this daily and only available from their stores as they don't export it out the state. every time i'm inbrisbanei try to get some of these. unfortunately this store had run out on this particular occasion due to valentine's day the day before.

the helpful shop assistant was on hand to suggest alternatives. i browsed a bit longer and decided a variety of chocolates including queensland macadamia slab, coconut rough, andbrisbanehoney. you pay by weight. all the chocolates were great. they were creamy and each one had their distinct flavours coming through. lucky i got the rocky road from another one of their stores so didn't miss out on that.

highly recommend if you pass by one of their stores to go in and go crazy with buying their chocolates as you cannot really go wrong with them.

the very best. ordered a dark cacao hot chocolate (~75% cocoa content) and it is by far the best hot chocolate i've had. from that first intense cocoa hit on the first sip to the clotted clumps of melted chocolate at the end, it is something special. similar to a lindt dark hot chocolate but less of a sugar hit. they actually use high quality chocolate which puts them ahead of 99% of the hot chocolates made with powder at the various cafes aroundbrisbaneand further afield.

so decadent that i'm still recovering from a chocolate coma two hours later.

the dark chocolatier -brisbanecbd. there are two stores of this place on the same street; one of them has elements of a cafe. with this cafe, on top of selling all sorts of chocolate-covered items (from goji berries to honeycomb) they specialise in a proper hot chocolate made from actual melted chocolate; the variety - while still countable on two hands - is unlike what i am used to seeing around the place. as expected, they also do some fantastic coffee.

it was a sunday, and that means that a lot of businesses are closed. scouting for a place to grab a cup of coffee before heading off to collaborate on an assignment this place looked very promising. i was far from the only one who had a similar thought pattern; several folk were spill through the door - mostly to purchase the chocolate items.there is literally a wall to choose from here with many consistencies of chocolate - up to 73%. facing that wall is a bench if you so choose to eat there; they have a tasting plate option which is always good for the finicky.

often the trusty keepcup adds up to being an equivocal large, however this time around it was a bit bigger than the large (which the majority of the time is one in the same to a double-shot - my go-to order for testing coffee out). for no charge (a bonus: soy, decaf and extra shots do not add to the price) i was upped to a triple-shot. i was in for one hell of a good cappuccino and it delivered. these are some damned talented and friendly baristas.

on the counter, there were some brownies which looked good and i decided to get one. these were made with proper chocolate and given the same amount of care. it is difficult to describe just how good it was - there were the elements of sweet there along with the natural flavour of chocolate. however, unlike a lot of the specialised brownies that can be found in classy restaurants this one was not overtly rich.

also on the counter was a sample plate - sour cherry. before getting to my order (i was awaiting it), i tried a bit and it was all i needed to be optimistic for what was to come and to recommend the place to any chocolate fans that i know.

it is inevitable that i will come here eventually to try one of their hot chocolates. some of them sound too innovative for me to give a pass.