SoHo Chocolate Tour (Girls Weekend continued)

Last Saturday we drove into NYC to SoHo for some shopping and a little chocolate tour, led by Kathren. We stopped at Kee's and Vosges Chocolates first.

Then we went to MarieBelle for some rich Aztec hot cocoa (perfect because it was 35 degrees in the city).


Along the way we also did some shopping in the city and grabbed a few cute shirts and yoga pants. There are just too many fun shops. We probably could've stayed there for 2-3 hours more than we did.

We stopped for a lunch of bagel sandwiches before we loaded up on too many sweets. I could've eaten bagels all weekend. I wish they made bagels the same on the west coast. I had a veggie and cheese sandwich on a salt bagel- my absolute favorite. I couldn't even eat half of it because the delis out here load up so much stuff on the sandwiches that they are ginormous!

The next stop on the chocolate tour was Jacques Torres, Kathy's favorite place (as evidenced by the VERY LARGE box of chocolates you see below that is just for her). :)




While we toured, Elise picked out the Brownstone that she and Dan will be buying when they want a place in NYC someday. We couldn't have picked a more beautiful day to be in the city (despite the cold).


Our last place on the chocolate tour was Max Brenner. I will definitely be going back there again. The restaurant was amazing and the food looked delicious.


I loved these chocolate filled syringes. The perfect sort of medicine to heal any problems.


We got some hot cocoa and check out people's food and watched the chocolate being made. The restaurant smelled divine.


After we were done with all the chocolate shops, Elise & Kathren had to introduce me to Crumbs. I had never been... and will definitely go again.


The cupcakes were spectacular and overloaded with stuff. It was hard to make a decision regarding what to buy...


Madeline posed with her first Crumb's cupcakes- we got one called Half-baked (which is the current cupcake of the month), and then a Squiggle (which basically looks like a giant hostess cupcake, but tastes much better).


After walking around NYU and by Union Square Park and Washington Square Park, we were exhausted from the day of touring and tasting, so we headed back to NJ to do some relaxing (and more walking, to try and walk off all the chocolate we had eaten!)!