Are you a die-hard chocolate lover?! Well, if you are, National Geographic has named the top 10 places to get the best chocolate in the world! If you are in the traveling mood, and would like to go on an adventure during your summer vacation, Canada is the closest place to go, while still crossing a border and getting your passport checked. The Chocoholic Buffet in Vancouver, Canada is number one on the list. This buffet is located in Sutton Place Hotel’s Fleuri Restaurant. The buffet has an all-you-can-eat chocolate buffet. This restaurant serves homemade cakes, pastries, pies, and other delicious goodies made of premium-quality Schokinag chocolate. The restaurant also serves liquor flavored cocktails and liqueurs.



If, however, you are looking to go on a road trip without crossing any country borders, New York City has the second best chocolate place. The Magnolia Bakery is downtown and has a sweet 1950s style to it. In one episode of Sex and the City, some of the characters stopped into the shop for a cupcake-fueled sugar rush, which made the store more popular. Magnolia Bakery is famous for red velvet chocolate cupcakes. The bakery also dispenses an array of brightly colored cupcakes, banana pudding, cookies, cherry cheesecake, and brownies

The third best place in the world for chocolate is also in New York City. This little shop is called Max Brenner, and they are known for their amazing hot chocolate that is served in a hand warming “hug mug” that spoils the drinker. This shop is a Broadway shop and restaurant who offer a varied amount of cacao-based products from their chocolate truffle martini to chocolate fondue and to Young’s chocolate stout.

There is nothing better in the world than a cold and refreshing ice cream during a blazing hot day in summer. It must mean something if the top 3 ice cream places recommended by national geographic.com are here in the United States! Capogiro Gelato is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the use the freshest of fresh ingredients, like milk from Amish grass-fed cows.
Each day, the workers at Capogiro Gelato handcraft the gelatos and sorbettos. Some of the flavors sold in the shop can not be found anywhere else in Pennsylvania. They use Madagascar bourbon vanilla, a type of pomegranate called melograno, a type of hazelnut called nocciola Piemonte, Saigon cinnamon, Thai coconut milk with a spritz of rum and zucca, a long neck pumpkin. If you are interested in going, Capogiro has four different cafes in Philadelphia.
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/ice-cream-parlors/