Your Guide to Adelaide’s Best Hot Chocolates
There’s nothing like a rich, smooth, chocolatey hot chocolate, particularly in the middle of Winter. We’ve put together a list of some of our favourite places where you can go and enjoy a nice hot chocolate and maybe indulge in a little treat on the side.
Where to go for hot chocolate around Adelaide:
Bracegirdles House of Fine Chocolate
With three locations to choose from, here you will find a great selection of chocolatey desserts, truffles and hot chocolate. Read our review
Blackwood – 386 Shepherd’s Hill Road | Clarence Gardens – 289 Cross Road | McLaren Vale – 190 Main Road | website
Barossa Valley Chocolate Factory
As well as hot chocolates, while you’re here you can sample their huge variety of handmade chocolates, chocolate truffles, gelati or have lunch and do some wine-tasting. Read our review
64 Burings Rd, Tanunda | website
Chocolatree
A range of exotic hot chocolates including, Turkish Delight, Hazelnut Mocha and even hot chocolate with crunchy balls.
25 O’Connell St, North Adelaide | website
Commissary
Check out the amazing hot chocolate spheres which will prove a favourite with the kids. Check out the video below to see why (look out for the surprise at the end). Read our review
160 Fullarton Rd, Rose Park | website
Fred Eatery
With a seriously good breakfast and lunch menu plus rich, chocolatey hot chocolates. We recommend trying the African Fred Hot Chocolate.
220 Mount Barker Rd, Aldgate | website
Juniper & Pine
Shop 2, 450 Brighton Rd, Brighton; 405 Magill Rd, St Morris SA | website
Just Bliss Chocolates
Choose from an amazing selection of beautifully hand-crafted chocolates and macarons to go with your decadent hot chocolate.
Shop 5/38 Gawler Place, Adelaide | website
Koko Black
Desserts, truffles, hot chocolate and a cute kids menu.
Adelaide Arcade, Rundle Mall, Adelaide | website
Maison Clement
Indulge in the most gorgeous hot chocolate ball and French treats at Maison Clement. You’ll find beautiful French pastries, tarts, gateaux and croissants alongside baguettes, breakfast favourites and some traditional French dishes. Read our review
18 Currie street Adelaide, Adelaide | Facebook page
Melba’s Chocolates
22 Henry Street, Woodside South | 29 Valley Rd, Angaston | website
Red Cacao
Get cosy at award-winning Red Cacao where your hot chocolate will be everything you ever dreamed of….. They also serve beautiful hand-made truffles and a range of restaurant quality desserts. This is one of our favourite places for a date with the kids. Read our review
Shop 3, 41 Mt Barker Rd, Stirling | website
Royal Copenhagen
San Churro
San Churro makes a variety of hot chocolates, varying in intensity. If you go for the richest hot chocolate, you may not need a meal!
Adelaide – Shop 5 300 Rundle St | Marion – Shop 2052B, 297 Diagonal Rd, Westfield Marion | West Lakes – Westfield West Lakes, 111 West Lakes Blvd | website
Sazón Espresso
There’s a fantastic range of fresh savoury breakfast and lunch dishes plus very chocolatey hot chocolates.
Mount Barker – 1/24 Gawler St | website
Steven ter Horst Chocolatier
4/185 King William Rd, Hyde Park | website
St Louis House of Fine Ice Cream & Desserts
The kids recommend wholeheartedly the St Louis Hot Chocolate, which is their finest chocolate (dark or milk) heated and whipped with milk, topped with shavings of milk chocolate. The other option is their regular hot chocolate – which comes with the rim of the cup dipped in melted chocolate as pictured below. This is one time when it is essential you lick your cup, and once you’re done, you may need to wipe off any chocolate smile on faces afterwards.
We also like their churros which comes with more melted chocolate for dipping. We’ll also sometimes order just a shot of the melted chocolate for a treat without the churros ie a tiny espresso glass or shot glass filled with warm melted milk chocolate.
Adelaide – 19 Gouger St | Glenelg – 3/1 Colley Tce (back in 2024) | Hyde Park – 185 King William Rd | Modbury – Level 1, Westfield Tea Tree Plaza, 976 North East Rd | Mawson Lakes – 121 Mawson Lakes Blvd | Munno Para Shopping – 600 Main N Rd, Smithfield | North Adelaide – Shop 2-3, 20 O’Connell St | Norwood – 230 The Parade (read our review) | Prospect – Coming in 2025| Semaphore – 23A Semaphore Rd | website
Have we missed any? If your favourite hot chocolate place is not mentioned above, either comment below or email us at hello@playandgo.com.au and let us know. We’d love to check it out, you know, for research purposes…
This is not a sponsored post – all opinions are from the team at Play & Go – we just like hot chocolates and thought you’d like to know about them too.
At Play & Go Adelaide we make every effort to provide accurate information to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. We recommend confirming times, dates and details directly before making any plans as details may be subject to change.
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