Glace's viral hot chocolate makes its return to NYC | amNewYork

"What started as a traditional neighborhood ice cream shop has developed into a dessert experience, says Sasha Zabar, the founder and visionary behind Glace. The store offers a seasonally rotating menu of innovative desserts created with artisanal ingredients and recipes developed in-house. I think the single kind of through line is that everything we do needs to look really good, needs to taste really good, and needs to be a little bit different, said Zabar."

"Glace is best known for its amplified hot chocolates, which have led to many lines wrapped around the block over the past two years and are becoming an integral part of the New York City holiday experience. The idea for these hot chocolates originally stemmed from another Glace specialty the baked Alaska sundae. Between this creation and the need for items that appeal to customers all year, the viral hot chocolates were born."

"For making the meringue for the Baked Alaska, said Zabar. I felt like, if I could make it thicker and a little chewier, I could get it to sit on top of the rim of the cup, and it could be like a piped marshmallow rim. This year, the starting trio of hot chocolate flavors is the Classic, the Ferrero, and the Brownie Batter."

Glace welcomes back its viral amplified hot chocolate for the holiday season, available beginning November 7 at the Upper East Side flagship store and the Rockefeller Center truck. Sasha Zabar is the founder and visionary behind Glace. The business evolved from a traditional neighborhood ice cream shop into a dessert experience offering a seasonally rotating menu of innovative desserts made with artisanal ingredients and in-house recipes. The guiding priorities are visual appeal, outstanding taste, and distinctiveness. The amplified hot chocolates developed from a baked Alaska meringue technique that creates a piped marshmallow rim. The season’s starting trio is Classic, Ferrero, and Brownie Batter, the latter using single-origin Ecuador chocolate with a slight smokiness.

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