Providence, RIHot Chocolate

Rhode Island Monthly's hot chocolate roundup opens with this downtown French bakery and cafe, built on housemade chocolate rather than a powder mix. The magazine says a customer picks the milk and can add a marshmallow garnish on top, and it pairs the cup with a chocolate croissant or a box of macarons from the pastry case. Order the hot chocolate with the marshmallow, then take a croissant to go, the combination the magazine itself recommends.

Rhode Island Monthly counts this Custom House Street cafe among its five hot chocolate shops, describing the drink itself as creamy. The magazine says a customer can add an espresso shot, a flavor shot, or swap in a non-dairy milk such as soy, coconut, or almond. Order it with an espresso shot stirred in for a mocha-leaning version, or plain with an oat milk swap if you want the chocolate on its own.

Rhode Island Monthly calls the hot chocolate at this Broadway cafe cozy, one of the five shops in its statewide roundup. The magazine pairs the drink with the cafe's own breakfast menu, naming avocado toast and breakfast burritos as the food to order alongside it. Order the hot chocolate with a breakfast burrito on the side, the pairing the magazine itself suggests for a cold-weather stop on Broadway.