I have been meaning to check this place out for some time now. So on a whim after a long day Hubby and I decided to quickly pop in before heading home.
Upon entering aromas of sweet milk chocolate began filling your senses. At 6pm on a Saturday evening it was starting to get quite busy. There is a case of handmade chocolate truffles and off in the distance I see the chocolate dipping station and a soft serve machine. They also offer tons of packaged chocolates, canned fondues, chocolate lollipops, and some cooking utensils.
For those who are unfamiliar with this Quebec based chain it is an artisinal chocolate shop whose speciality is selling soft serve ice cream that is hand dipped in 1 of 12 real chocolate flavoured dips. They also have milkshakes, gourmet hot chocolates, and soft serve icecream on a waffle or brownie.
Although we had already had a huge dinner and dessert how could I turn down trying that famous dipped ice cream. They have quite a bit of seating here if you want to stay and enjoy your dessert however we got everything to go. They offer a variety of sizes but I went with the smallest size called "baby". They had only 2 flavours of soft serve that night vanilla and orange so I got a vanilla dipped in dark chocolate.
The baby size was actually a perfect amount for me considering I just wanted a little something. The soft serve itself isn't anything to write home about just your typical vanilla. However the real highlight here was the quality of the dip. The chocolate used was delicious! The dip was quite thick and rich and for dark chocolate it was on the sweeter side almost more semi sweet tasting to me. However the coating was really hard and I had a tough time biting through it. I was glad I asked for in a cup because If I was biting a cone I could see it shattering everywhere however I still had a heck of time cracking through the chocolate coating to get to the ice cream especially with my plastic spoon. The chocolate also solidified to the cup and although it was mighty tasty I hard time chiseling it off the cup.
Hubby got a small Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake. He said it was good but he wasn't wowed by it.
Overall I have to say there chocolate is on point. It's an interesting concept of a shop and something different to have around. I'll be back to try out some of there chocolates and if the craving hits again I wouldn't mind to try a different flavoured dip soft serve or perhaps the brownie or waffle topped ice cream.