Anyone who is a chocoholic knows how difficult it is to resist. But there’s nothing better to enjoy World Chocolate Day, celebrated on the 7th, than eating without guilt, lol! Therefore, with that in mind, we have put together some tips for places in Rio and SP that offer very chocolaty sweets so we can celebrate in the best way possible. In fact, enjoy and also look at the brigadeirão recipe that our editor Renata Araújo made!
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Rio de Janeiro
Laurel at Miramar
Led by Italian chef Michele Petenzi, the suggestion is the signature dessert Chocolate textures. A semi-sweet chocolate mousse with orange, cocoa crumble, tuile with nibs, hot chocolate syrup, hazelnuts and fleur de sel (R$ 32).
End: Av. Atlântica, 3668 – Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro. Telephone: (21) 2195-6200.
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Atelier Diva Festive and Affective Confectionery
For World Chocolate Day, the tip is the Chocolatudo Cake (R$70). With an airy and fluffy dough, the cake is prepared with 50% cocoa chocolate. The topping is a creamy layer of chocolate with chocolate sprinkles.
Address: Rua Visconde de Santa Isabel, 277 – Vila Isabel. Telephone: (21) 97599-3489
Cake & Co
The traditional Botafogo sweet shop launches the A La Você Chococake Pie, with chocolate cake, wet with chocolate syrup, covered with brigadeiro and finished according to the customer’s choice. Another new product recently launched is the Inspiration Pie (R$260.00 medium, serves up to 20 people / R$188.00 small, serves up to 12 people and R$89.00 mini, serves up to 4 people), made with chocolate cake, wet with chocolate syrup, filled with brigadeiro and strawberry.
End: Count of Irajá Street, no 132 | Tel: 21 2286-4
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DarkCoffee
At DarkCoffee, all chocolate drinks will have a 20% discount on the date. Options such as chocolate cappuccino from R$10 for R$8, submarine from R$13 for R$10.40, cup cookie hot chocolate from R$13 for R$10.40, hot chocolate from R$12 for R$9.60, mocca chocolate from R$ $16 for R$12.80, among other suggestions.
End: Rua Beneditinos, 22 – Centro | Tel: 21 2516-0370
Deli 43
First of all, the restaurant will bring you one of those recipes that can’t be bad! For example, the Chocolate Mousse Pie (mini R$14 | large R$125). The large one yields an average of 20 slices.
End: Rua João Lira, 97 – Stores A and B – Leblon| Tel: 21 2294-1745
Fairmont Rio
Marine Restô and Spirit Copa Bar, respectively, the hotel’s restaurant and bar, offer semi-sweet Belgian chocolate mousse with chocolate syrup and caramelized almonds.
End: Av. Atlântica 4240 – Copacabana. Tel: (21)2525-1232.
Then
At the Hotel Fasano restaurant, chef Luigi Moressa prepares a perfect dessert to celebrate World Chocolate Day. It’s the ‘creamy’ 80% dark chocolate with Cointreau ice cream and biscuits (R$54).
End: Avenida Viera Souto, 80 – Ipanema. Telephone: 3202-4000.
Signatures
At Le Cordon Bleu’s school restaurant, chef Philippe Brye created a dessert that contains 10 times chocolate. It’s Chocolate in 10 Textures, served on a plate stamped with the school logo in chocolate alongside macaron, tile, meringues, ice cream, cake, syrup, earth, chips, ganache and whipped cream – all chocolate, of course.
Brazil ice cream
The ice cream shop offers Mil Folhas de Sorvete (two layers of mil-feuille stuffed with two mini scoops of chocolate ice cream, accompanied by dark chocolate sauce – R$ 18).
End: R. Maria Quitéria, 74 | Tel: 21 98884-8404
São Paulo
The Pig House
Chocólatra is the name of the trio of desserts available for delivery at A Casa do Porco. It comes with chocolate cake with creamy semi-sweet chocolate and brigadeiro filling, chocolate tart with caramel and peanuts and chocolate mousse, chocolate brioche and nib and spice syrup. In other words, paradise for chocolate lovers.
End: Rua Araújo, 124 República. Tel: (11)3258-2578
Bologna
The iconic São Paulo Rotisserie, modern and above all with a bakery vocation, will have a strawberry chocolate mousse cake (mini or large version) for World Chocolate Day.
End: R. Augusta, 379 | Tel: 11 3256-1108
Agitate
The bakery offers several options to get you in the holiday mood! Firstly, the “bite” format cakes, in carrot cake and chocolate cake with crunchy flavors, a recent launch of the brand. In addition, there is also the chocolate macaron (R$7.50 per unit), which is also new, and the Brigadeiro Cake with Carolinas (R$150 for up to 6 people; R$230 for up to 10 people).
End: Rua Ferreira de Araujo, 376, Pinheiros | Tel: 11 97095-3888
Mstretch
In advance, the restaurant’s menu will include some options with chocolate, such as the Festa (sponge cake, pineapple in syrup covered in hot chocolate, almonds and lemon zest) (R$29), Brownie with syrup and whipped cream (R$ $30), Parfait (Belgian chocolate cream and red fruits with nuts and chestnuts) (R$32) and also the Frozen Yogurt with chocolate syrup (R$29).
End: R. Fernando de Albuquerque, 277 | Phone: 11 3256-3165
Mr Cheesecake
Mr Cheesecake offers 10 irresistible types of chocolate-based sauces to accompany the house cheesecakes (R$ 21.50 per slice). Above all, the highlights are the white Belgian chocolate sauces with tonka beans, Belgian chocolate with amarula, creamy white Belgian chocolate with lemon, and also Belgian chocolate with paçoca.
End: R. Girassol, 273 | Tel: 11 3819- 4093
Torteria
For the day, Torteria will offer options such as the Belgian Chocolate Gateau Brownie (R$16 for an individual, R$92 for a medium, R$128 for a large). In addition, chef Fernando Martins’ kitchen also produces Belgian Chocolate Ganache, Homemade Caramel and Flor de Sal Pie (R$14, R$78 for medium, R$124 for large) and cookies in White Chocolate, Macadamia and Lemon versions Sicilian and Lindt Milk Chocolate (R$10 per unit).
End: Rua Sabará, 585 | Tel: 94594-3042
Text by Catarina Viamonte, Duda Vétere and Renata Araújo.
Photos: Disclosure, Leo Feltran, Lipe Borges, Richard D’Angelo, Thomas Rangel
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