For the entire month of February 2025, participating cafés and restaurants will offer a signature hot chocolate drink for you to sample.  They'll compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze titles for YKA's Best Hot Chocolate 2025.

These delicious concoctions will warm your belly and your heart, knowing that $1-3 from each drink helps the Mount Paul Community Food Centre (CFC) reach even more community members.

How it works

Choose a hot chocolate from our list of vendors, get yourself out to their location to make your purchase, download the app to your phone, and then rate the drink to help us decide who will be crowned YKA’s Best Hot Chocolate! You can rate as many different drinks as you can try. We challenge you to try them all.

Each unique drink you vote for gives you a chance to win prizes throughout the festival. Multiple votes for the same drink will count as only one vote/prize entry

Scan the QR code at each location, or go to https://ykahotchocolatefestival.paperform.co/  to vote!

Participating Locations

Brynn's Bakery - Hazelnut Praline Hot Chocolate

Fresh St. Market  - Dulce de Leche Hot Chocolate

Gold Leaf Pastries - Hazelnut Hot Chocolate  

He Brews Ahava Coffee - S'mores Hot Chocolate

Hello Toast - Oreo Cookie Crumble

Kelly O'Bryan's - Shamrock Sipper/Murphy's Macaron

Logjam Coffee - Banana Foster Hot Chocolate

Mary Ann's Macarons - Black Forest Bliss

The Chook Eatery - Gelato Hot Chocolate Float

The London Creative - The Empress

The Vic Downtown & 5Bean Brew Bar - Toasted Marshmallow

Yew St. Food Hall, Smashville Burger – Cocoa Freeze

Zaaz Eatery and Play – Strawberry Whiteout