Katherine Anne Confections

This cozy Logan Square cafe and workshop, with a second location in Irving Park, makes flavored caramels, colossal marshmallows and a rotating roster of creative truffles, with seasonal varieties such as mulled wine, eggnog and cranberry blood orange. Chocolatier Katherine Duncan works with locally sourced ingredients, and the house hot chocolate is a decadent cup. Order a box of the seasonal truffles and a hot chocolate to go with it.

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A Logan Square confectioner with a case of chocolates, candy and house-made marshmallows, but The Infatuation says the reason to come is the drink: ground chocolate melted into a mix of milk and cream, which lands velvety and almost buttery. Flavours run to hazelnut and salted caramel. Order the twelve dollar flight of three rather than a single cup, which is the guide's own advice and the only way to taste across the range in one sitting.

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