Cafe review: Ausanda Chocolate

White chocolate and hazelnut hot chocolate
Photo credit: Jennifer Nguyen

My friends and I headed out to Ausanda Chocolate in Waterloo tonight to (over)fill our taste buds with... you guessed it - chocolate! It's not a well known student hangout in the area as it's new but I think once students catch on that there's a chocolate cafe in town with over 23 flavours of hot chocolate and desserts, they'll be flocking to this place. It's a small cafe, but it has a variety of different seating arrangements, minimalist style set up and they have a slew of chocolate cheesecakes, tiramisu, chocolate pyramids, flan, truffles, muffins! 

Chocolate fun-due!
Photo credit: Joyce Karel

I had the white chocolate and hazelnut Italian hot chocolate. It was semi-thick, not the usual watery Tim Horton's or Second Cup hot chocolate I get, but it had a rich heavenly taste (especially in this weather!) topped with hazelnut bits.

 My friends had the dark chocolate fondue with lady finger bites, strawberries, bananas and marshmallows. How did it taste? As divine and heavenly as chocolate should taste (meaning you have to go there and try it yourself)! Be careful if you try to roast the marshmallows above the candle... it's dangerous ;)

Apparently chocolate is healthy, makes you stronger AND it makes you feel younger - so my recommendation? Go! (And bring your laptop to study too since they have Wi-fi)