Monk Bar Chocolatiers

jillycat

monk bar chocolates 10th September 2008

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this is a little piece of heaven the smell of the chocolate as you enter the shop immediately tempts you to buy the shop. the hand made chocolates just melt in you mouth as they release their velvety fillings which include brandy baileys whiskey praline and many others. At Christmas its best to order your stocking fillers of teddy bears and Santa's as these seem to fly of the shelf and having one year made the mistake of not ordering one I have done so in the future. On a hot sunny day the ice cream dipped in the hot chocolate is a must.

mazphd

come dine with me indulgence 3rd September 2008

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Monk bar chocolatiers is quintiscential york to a T (yorkshire tea that is). Situated beneath one of the main gates into the city, the shop is beneath the Richard III museum, so you can get a bit of culture in before pressing nose against glass and admiring the very fine selection of delectable chocolates on offer.

This place holds York fame too, as was featured as one of the destinations on Channel 4's Come Dine With Me programme. And come dine you should, as there's a vast variety of mouth sized morsals to tempt you with.

for diabetics, there's a 'sugar free' range. And for the real chocoholics (snob) in you there's very high quality cocoa of the purest proportions. For summer there's also real icecream with real chocolate. None of that fake Mr Whippy flake rubbish here. The owner is very helpful, super friendly and knows his chocolate. Best of all his assistant (last time i made a visit) was cute too. So that's chocolate, cute assistant and the aroma of cocoa, enough to enliven all one's senses.

I've ticked the box for 'healthy food', as a the quality of the cocoa is so fine, how could it be 'bad' for you?...

My advice, stop here on a sunny day and then walk the walls with your little bags of goodies. Yum. Bad weather? try some of the 80% cocoa for home made hot chocolate. Mmmm.

saffire

2nd September 2008

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If you live in york and you haven't been here yet, do it now! Monkbar chocolatiers has a fantastic range of products. White chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, diabetics chocolate....need I go on?! It has everything you could want, and best of all you get to pick your own! They charge by weight, which means you can go and choose which ones you like the look of, none of the 'buying a selection box and hoping for the best' rubbish!

It doesn't work out as expensive as you might think, and they taste great! The staff are all very friendly in my experience, and don't mind you taking your time browsing for what you want. And they sell great ice cream in the summer season too.

Whether you want a valentine gift, a birthday present or just a little treat for yourself, this is definitely the place to go!