Bow Market’s resident chocolatier Gâté Comme des Filles is helmed by a Cambridge native who spent time at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and worked as a pastry chef under Alice Waters at Chez Panisse. Translation: You can expect the Parisian-style Hot Chocolate from Gâté Comme des Filles to be on-point, including its thick dollop of fresh whipped cream. The counter-service spot will be open for the winter starting January 27, 2021.

L.A. Burdick Chocolates, a chocolate-centric café with locations in Back Bay and Harvard Square, specializes in rich and viscous European-style Drinking Chocolate that feels as if a whole bar just melted in your mug. Choose between milk, dark, or white drinking chocolate—or sample one of their single-source varieties touting the terroir of cacao grown in Ecuador or Madagascar. Both locations are currently open; order online or directly in the shop.

Currently open for takeout, Cambridge’s Curio Coffee is located less than a mile from the Taza Chocolate factory in Somerville—a fact of geography the small cafe takes full advantage of by melting Taza’s stone-ground, Mexican-style chocolate to produce a rich and dark cup of cocoa. It’s best paired with a chewy Liege waffle that can pull dipping duty if needed.

Instead of having a storefront, fine local chocolatier Petrova Chocolates maintains an online shop. Visit the site to pick up a “Hot Chocolate Bomb,” a solid concoction comprised of dark chocolate, marshmallow, sugar, and cocoa powder. All you need is a mug and a cup of steaming hot milk to transform it into a rich, creamy hot chocolate from the comfort of your couch. And thanks to Petrova’s A+ packaging, it’s (almost) as satisfying to give as it is to receive.