Every year Vancouver has a hot chocolate festival where many restaurants showcase their own take on the delicious chocolatey drink. This year I decided I wanted to check out some of these places to get some ideas on my own hot chocolate creation.

My first stop was Bella Gelateria (Coal Harbour). This place won a gelato contest in Italy (and the gelato is pretty darn amazing)!! Bella Gelateria always has a couple of different choices on the menu.  I was with a couple of friends so I got to taste two different flavours.

When we first got to Bella Gelateria, it was extremely busy. This was the first day of the hot chocolate festival and there was already tons of visitors. The servers behind the counter looked a bit weary and frantic as the line up was relentless. As we got to the counter, we decided to order two types…