I hadnt heard too much about Divalicous Chocolate, but being the chocolate lover that I am, I couldnt help myself from going in and tasting something thought it was pretty good, but if youre... More

I hadnt heard too much about Divalicous Chocolate, but being the chocolate lover that I am, I couldnt help myself from going in and tasting something thought it was pretty good, but if youre looking for one of the best and most unique chocolate places in the city, you definitly have to check out Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar!! They just moved to the West Village on 19 Eighth Avenue between 12th Street & Jane, NYC (West Village) Youve got to try it, its amazing!
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Divalicious seems to have opened quietly a month ago (next to the best Vietnamese sandwich bodega in Chinatown). It doesn't even show up on Jackie Gordon's, the "Singing Chef" and proprietor of... More

Divalicious seems to have opened quietly a month ago (next to the best Vietnamese sandwich bodega in Chinatown). It doesn't even show up on Jackie Gordon's, the "Singing Chef" and proprietor of Divalicious, website -- devoted to her chocolate event services, chocolate fountain rentals, entertainment shows, and what looks like her blog. The place is a small coffee shop-type affair, that has just enough room for a counter, some seating, an area of chocolate by the bag (categorized by country and cocoa percentage), and a chocolate fountain, which you can order various things to be dipped in to eat with your coffee or really lovely and uncommonly spicy chai, made by Jackie herself, on my last fortunate visit. What I enjoyed was trying the chocolate tasting, which costs $4.50 and includes a sampling of six chocolates, a rating sheet, and some tasting tips. You can do the milk chocolate or dark chocolate tasting, and cogitate on various gradations of nuttiness, the evenness of melt, or the maturing of taste on your tongue. At first I thought it might be a place that's trying to be snobby about chocolate; instead it appears more to be driven by a genuine love and appreciation of chocolate and its qualities. I found the experience both yummy and educational. The tasting was wonderful, though I wasn't a fan of the chocolate fountain itself -- seemed kind of watery on my sample pretzel. My girlfriend, however, raved about the chocolate dipped kumquats. The petits fours and rice krispy dips showed promise. The truffles were good and the chocolate sold in bags are really good (she said they are the chocolate that chocolatiers use to create chocolate--i forget what that's called--so very good quality). As I said, the chai was great. It and the other drinks were not overpriced either; which was appreciated. It had a nice friendly feel to it. I definitely plan to go back.
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