4 Best Places for Hot Chocolate in Paris

When it's icy, cold and forbidding out, you might consider staking out some of the best hot chocolate Paris has to offer. Unfortunately, the corner cafe isn't always advisable: it's common to be served up barely-warm water with chunks of undissolved industrial cocoa powder bobbing around at the top. To add insult to injury, you may end up paying four or five Euros a pop for this poor man's chocolat chaud.

Luckily, the artisanal hot chocolate makers mentioned below are the real deal. They use high-grade cocoas and bar chocolate, real milk (gasp!), and are often inventive with flavors, lacing their rich chocolate drinks with notes such as spicy ginger and cardamon or sweet mint and orange. Without further ado, here are our picks for where to get warm and indulgent in the French capital. Just don't forget to wipe the milky foam off the top of your lip before heading back out to sightsee or shop!