York Day 4: York Cocoa House

York Cocoa House looks like it has been in York for years and years. In reality, it only opened last year. As you can probably tell from the name it serves a lot of chocolatey treats, in the form of their signature hot chocolate, milkshakes, brownies and cakes and even some savoury dishes with chocolate. It also sells it's own homemade chocolates and truffles and also does some chocolate making classes, which I would love to try at some point. Great idea for a day out.

The shop and cafe is styled like it's from the Victorian era. The lovely, friendly staff wear little aprons and tunics and the menus are big wooden boards.

If you're after something more substantial, they serve a very interesting lunch menu, all including some kind of chocolate, with treats such as goat's cheese and red onion pizza - with a chocolate ganache, or smoked salmon, with white chocolate and wasabi cream.

I have tried many a brownie here. They do all sorts, with chocolate chunks, with maltesers, caramel and orange among many more. They do lots of cakes, including an incredible stout and chocolate cake! Now, I'm not fan of beer, but this rich, gooey, fudgey cake with a hint of something that came from the beer left me gasping for more! They are all homemade and in never ending supply, as they are constantly coming out of the kitchen with more. The hot chocolate is rich and full of chocolate flavour, made with real chocolate pieces, however not too thick like many hot chocolates can be.

I visited recently and went for something I've never tried before, a white chocolate and lemon  tart. As you can see from the picture below, it was very soft, moist and had a wonderful punch of lemon flavour. It was more of a lemon tart, with a very subtle flavour of white chocolate running through. Their coffees come with some kind of chocolate as standard, usually a homemade chocolate button, but this time they gave me a whole homemade truffle! 
Although hot chocolate is their signature drink, they do not forget about their coffee; they serve a lovely, strong coffee.

After only being in York for a few months this has already become my go-to cafe in York. It never runs out of brownies and cakes at the end of the day if you are wanting a late coffee, unlike some other cafes in York. Being a chocolate lover, the cakes never fail to disappoint, which is the main reason I keep returning, it is chocolate heaven.