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L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates 🍫✨ 📍 1330 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02446 (There are three locations in Boston: Brookline, Newbury, and Cambridge) During Thursday’s heavy rain, sitting in the café sipping hot chocolate while watching the rain was pure bliss ☕️🌧️. A cup of their rich hot chocolate warms you right up! They offer three sweetness levels: Dark, Milk, and White. I always go for the Milk Chocolate — so smooth and comforting. My friend tried the Matcha White Chocolate, which was also delicious 🍵🤍 — matcha on top, white chocolate at the bottom. This little raspberry chocolate mouse cake looked absolutely adorable and tasty 🐭🍰! (Update on desserts: We tried two — the Raspberry Chocolate Cake and the Earl Grey Mousse Cake. Both were perfectly sweet, not overly sugary like typical American desserts. The raspberry one is slightly tangy with a balanced chocolate flavor and a firmer texture. The Earl Grey cake had a strong tea flavor and was filled with fresh blueberries! 🫐💜 You can even order these in birthday cake sizes and customize them with chocolate lettering — just remember to preorder!) Their chocolate boxes and drinking chocolate mixes make wonderful gifts 🎁❤️. The drinking chocolate set even comes with a mini whisk! The Brookline location feels more spacious and elegant compared to the one in Cambridge 🏛️. All three stores have a charming European vibe, but the new shop’s pink wallpaper and velvet-backed chairs totally won me over 💖🪑. When I’m in Brookline, I usually also visit the vinyl record store 📀, Boston General Store 🛍️, and the Thursday Brookline Farmers’ Market 🥕🌽. Summer fruits and veggies here are so fresh and delicious! (There’s also a nice smoothie place nearby 🥤😉.) 🏷️ #LABurdick #HotChocolate #BrooklineEats #BostonDesserts #ChocolateLover #BostonGems