{"id":4750,"date":"2020-02-18T20:06:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2020-02-18T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:06:57","slug":"sophie-the-best-options-in-boston-for-a-chocolate-fanatic-willing-to-risk-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2020\/02\/18\/sophie-the-best-options-in-boston-for-a-chocolate-fanatic-willing-to-risk-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie: The best options in Boston for a chocolate fanatic willing to risk it all"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boston is famous for its food. Clam chowder, lobster rolls, Boston cream pie. But if you\u2019re a chocolate purist, you\u2019ll need to look closer in order to find the city’s best of your favorite treat. If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ll go to any length, you\u2019ll take any T line, you\u2019ll run any risk, just to satiate that desire. If nothing else can force me out of the BU bubble, the quest for chocolate certainly can. Here\u2019s my list:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. <\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Located next to Fenway Park, Blackbird makes a great chocolate donut. It\u2019s smoky in flavor, the inside of the donut nearly black in color. If you can swing two, grab an apple cider donut while you\u2019re there. Just trust me.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. <\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Listen. I get it. It\u2019s a trek out to Cambridge. How do you even get to Harvard? How do you even get <\/span>past<\/span><\/i> Harvard? And why would anyone ever want to? I know. I <\/span>know.<\/span><\/i> But give Christina\u2019s a shot, if ice cream is your thing<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. <\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Three words: dark chocolate gelato. Yes, vegans, I\u2019m looking out for you too, lest you thought I\u2019d forgotten. And is it possible that I\u2019m stupid for being attracted by the ice cream rose petals, even though it tastes the same no matter how you scoop it? I suppose it\u2019s possible, yes. I\u2019m buying exactly what they\u2019re selling. I\u2019m eating out of the palm of their hand. But as long as you keep your habit in check and leave Amorino for special occasions, it\u2019s 100% worth it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. <\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>If you\u2019re new to Boston, then you have to try the classic cannoli first. It\u2019s the great unifier, the COM 101 of pastries. But once you\u2019ve met that prerequisite, you can go ahead and try some of Bova\u2019s chocolate cannolis. Whether it\u2019s the cream or the shell, whether it\u2019s sprinkled with chocolate chips or drizzled with chocolate syrup\u2014the journey is yours. Bova\u2019s is open 24\/7, so next time you end up wandering the North End in the middle of the night\u2014which does somehow seem to happen a couple times per semester, although no one ever sets out to do it\u2014you know where to get your fix. And if cannolis aren\u2019t your vibe? Listen, you moved to Boston. Get on board.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. <\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Lastly, L.A. Burdick\u2019s hot chocolate comes in several flavors: dark, milk, and white. Myself, I\u2019m a fiend for dark chocolate, but out of curiosity, I had to try the white chocolate\u2014no regrets. Credit where credit is due. It\u2019s definitely the richest, most chocolate-y thing on this list. I put leftover L.A. Burdick\u2019s hot chocolate in the fridge once, and it turned into chocolate mousse. Do with that what you will. Is it too much? You tell me.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now that I\u2019ve armed you with this knowledge, treat yourself on weekends and during midterms with all the chocolate that Boston has to offer. Go forth!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Boston is famous for its food. Clam chowder, lobster rolls, Boston cream pie. But if you\u2019re a chocolate purist, you\u2019ll need to look closer in order to find the city’s best of your favorite treat. If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ll go to any length, you\u2019ll take any T line, you\u2019ll run any risk, just to … Continue reading Sophie: The best options in Boston for a chocolate fanatic willing to risk it all<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7892,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44586],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4752,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions\/4752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}