You know why there’s isn’t a Chocoholics Anonymous? Because that would be insane, is why! There is absolutely no such thing as too much chocolate, and the sheer number of decadent chocolate desserts offered up by New York City restaurants supports this fact theory. According to this article at WebMD, there’s no scientific proof that a person can become addicted to a certain food, and this one and this one suggest that chocolate is probably even good for us. So, there! Now that you’ve received proof that chocolate can save your life or at least make you happy, here are some of the best places in NYC to indulge and give in to your chocolate lust. Chocolate Malt Cake @ Momofuku Milk Bar “Chocolate malt cake.” The mere words themselves have the power to set one’s cocoa glands afire, so you can only imagine what this brilliantly dense concoction will do to your taste buds. Then again, what would you expect from a place famous for its crack pie? With this illegal offering, you get layers of malted milk crumbs, dense malted fudge, marshmallows that have been blackened to a luscious malty crunch, all covered with a chocolate malted frosting. It’s the toasty malt flavor running throughout that makes this dense, rich malted chocolatey, fudgey, chocolate tower so intoxicatingly good. Eating it makes you feel bad in a really good way. There’s a reason that there are like, a gajillion recipes for this cake online. The Chocolate Malt Cake is always a good idea for Chocolate Dessert in NYC. Momofuku Milk Bar, 5 locations throughout the city, milkbarstore.com Pig Candy @ Roni-Sue’s Chocolates You remember when you were five, and mumsy made delicious, fluffy pancakes drenched in sweet maple syrup, and she added a few strips of bacon on the side? And remember how your brain exploded in a delicious burst of culinary WTF when you bit down on a piece of salty bacon that had somehow become drenched in syrup? You didn’t know it then, but you were munching on an early, non-twee version of what would eventually come to be known as “pig candy.” Strips of crispy bacon coated and fried in brown sugar or syrup is usually the way it’s done, but Roni- Sue’s has a dark chocolate/milk chocolate version that’s toe-curlingly yummy. For just under ten dollars a quarter pound, you’ll get a lovely bag of of tangy salt and carmelized sweet goodness. Serve it up at your next dinner party or tear into the bag yourself as soon as you walk out of the shop. Roni-Sue’s Chocolates 120 Essex Street @ The Essex Street Market, New York, NY 10002 212-260-0421 Roni-Sue’s Website Everything @The Chocolate Room If Willy Wonka had long since retired to Majorca and Charlie was busy with a dozen other factories on the European continent but had proteges named Jon Payson and Naomi Josepher who moved to Brooklyn to resolve the borough’s shortage of fabulous chocolate eateries, you’d have The Chocolate Room. Naturally, everything is made of chocolate here, and everything is good. If you need help narrowing down your choices, the Flourless Chocolate Cake is basically a plate full of heaven. A rich, mellow chocolate mold is nestled in a plate of raspberry framboise and topped off with dense rich cream. This cocoa palace only uses fresh, all-natural ingredients, and everything is made by hand. If you’re thinking that the only thing that would make this place even better would be a glass of port or a glass of Medoc, you’re in luck; The Chocolate Room serves wine and spirits. The Chocolate Room 51 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY bet. St. Marks Ave and Bergen 718-783-4839 Remember that it is always a good idea to bring Chocolate Dessert in NYC to any dinner party, lunch, brunch, and breakfast!. The Chocolate Room Website
