5 to Try: Chocolate Desserts
By Citysearch Editors, Chicago
Satisfy your chocolate craving with a decadent cake, melt-in-your-mouth pastry or another sinful dessert at a top Chicago restaurant or bakery.
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Brasserie Jo
59 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL
You haven't had profiteroles till you've tackled these two baseball-sized puff pastries filled with vanilla ice cream and drowned in chocolate sauce. -
N9NE Steakhouse (Nine)
440 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL
For his Valhrona chocolate cake, Pastry Chef Robert Ash layers luscious chocolate mousse and devil's food cake on a crispy coconut gianduja cookie crust, then tops it all with double fudge sorbet. No wonder Ash describes it as a "textural orgasm." -
one sixtyblue
160 N Loomis St, Chicago, IL
From hazelnut chocolate bars with mango sauce to hot chocolate cake with candied orange and grand marnier, the Cocoa Bar at this swank restaurant is dessert HQ for chocolate lovers. -
Ethel's Chocolate Lounge
819 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL
Grab your fellow chocoholics to dip strawberries, bananas, cookies and graham crackers into a fondue. -
Coco Rouge
1940 W Division St, Chicago, IL
Red-toned truffle boutique in Wicker Park that fashions exotic, handmade creations.
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Original Rainbow Cone
9233 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Ice cream lovers make pilgrimages from miles away for these five-flavored cones. -
Homer's Ice Cream Company
1237 Green Bay Rd, Wilmette, IL
Soccer moms and dedicated dads pile kids into SUVs and head here for tasty, homemade ice cream treats.
