Whether you are visiting Vancouver or are a native to our rainy city, we all get a hankering for chocolate now and again. Here we run down some of the best chocolate stores in Vancouver, BC where you can purchase chocolate gifts or indulge in gourmet chocolate delicacies.

Lindt Chocolate Boutique - 701 Granville Street in Vancouver, BC

In this chocolate store you will find the famous truffle balls made by the Swiss Chocolate experts. Keep your eyes peeled for those elusive Lindt Chocolate Bunnies covered in gold foil, they’re usually only found around Easter time. Stop by their website for more chocolate gifts perfect for the fall season.

Mink, A Chocolate Cafe – 863 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, BC

If you go to a chocolate shop or store looking for the best chocolate bar there is then Mink is your destination. The chocolate bars here are like no others with flavours and names such as The Maidens(Tahitian vanilla in dark chocolate ganache) and O Canada (pecans caramelized in maple syrup in a maple syrup milk chocolate ganache). Check their website for the full chocolate bar menu.

Olde World Fudge Co. Ltd. – 1689 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC

This gem of a chocolate store is located on Granville Island. Go and watch how traditional fudge is made in a multitude of flavours some old favourites and maybe some new ones too (like pumpkin fudge or Oreo cookie fudge).

Whichever chocolate store you choose you and your sweet tooth will not be disappointed!

Georgia Straight’s “Best of Vancouver” is the best Vancouver “Best of” list. Running for 13 years now, the Best of Vancouver edition of this popular newpaper gives readers the Best of Vancouver in many categories. Some of the entries are funny, some strange and some make you wonder who voted!

Here’s are some of the better entries. For the complete list of the Best of Vancouver 2008, click here.

Best place to Pimp Your Ride

Best Public Make-Out Place

Best Reasons to Support A Code of Silence on the Bus

Best Free Wireless

..and many more if you go to the rest of the Best of Vancouver 2008, by clicking here.