As the weather gets colder, you’re going to want to have a hot drink in your hand. At UD, we know that everyone has their go to coffee joint, so we decided to do a hot chocolate taste test to see which Main Street coffee shop has the best hot chocolate.

Hot Chocolate

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For our taste test, we had hot chocolate from the most popular Main Street coffee shops: Central Perk, Brew Haha and Brewed Awakenings. Once the hot chocolates where in a thermos, they were labeled “A”, “B” and “C” so that our tastings were totally blind.

While one student who stopped by our tabled said, “There can’t be a bad hot chocolate,” our taste test definitely ruled that there was one fan favorite.

Hot Chocolate

Photo by Caroline Grew

Students had favorable thoughts about hot chocolate “A”, but no one said anything about option “C”. The one consistent comment we got about option “B” was that it tasted like it came straight out of a package.

It was clear almost from the beginning who the winner of our hot chocolate taste test was. Hot chocolate “A” was from Central Perk and had more than half of the votes. It was super chocolatey, was smooth and rich, and tasted the most like hot chocolate.

Hot Chocolate

Photo by Caroline Grew

So the next time you’re craving hot chocolate or walking to class freezing your ass off, be sure to stop at Central Perk and get a hot chocolate. After all, it’s Spoon Approved.