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Chocolate Overload at the Chocolatería San Gines  

07/11/16 | Delicious Eats, Europe, Madrid, Spain, Travel

Hot Chocolate and Churros at Chocolateria San Gines

One of the top recommendations of friends and family alike was to make sure to pay a visit to the famed Chocolateria San Gines while in Madrid and boy was it good! Open 24 hours a day it can be found down a passage off the Calle Mayor where the number one thing to get at the cafe is the chocolate con churros – hot chocolate and churros –  and when a place has been around since 1894 serving up the same thing, that is what you order. 

On our first visit to the Chocolatería San Gines my mom and I made the trip, only three blocks from the Mercado de San Miguel, but when we saw how rich the chocolate was, and decided to come back another evening when we had not had quite so much for dinner.  Two nights later, having planned for the delectable chocolate con churros we again journeyed down the alley, ordered and paid inside, watched the dozens of staff members pouring cup after cup of chocolate and then headed outside to find a table. Only a few minutes later our order of churros, six in total, and two cups of piping hot coffee were dropped at our table and it was pure heaven.   Sure, the Chocolatería San Gines does serve a number of other dishes, which you can find on their website but why choose something else when 7,500+ reviews on TripAdvisor say this is what you should order?  

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I have about three dozen more photos of this amazing combination but I think the photos above do them justice.  Churros are not necessarily my go to dessert but dipping them in this hot chocolate really is a match made in heaven and something I definitely recommend!  One visit is all you need to see why they have been doing this for more than 120 years! 
Doesn’t this hot chocolate and these churros look amazing? 
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Comments

  1. Brittany says

    July 15, 2016 at 12:56 am

    I love hot chocolate, even in summer!

  2. Lucy says

    July 14, 2016 at 8:32 am

    This looks amazing, yummy!

  3. Jenessa says

    July 11, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    oh my yum!! Looks so amazing!!
    XO JNESS
    : JenessaSheffield.com

  4. Amanda says

    July 11, 2016 at 11:06 am

    This looks and sounds amazing, I will have to add it to my list!

  5. Pamela says

    July 11, 2016 at 8:10 am

    We need this in the States.

  6. MartaG says

    July 11, 2016 at 7:11 am

    Hi! I love churros y porras con chocolate in the winter, on a Sunday, for breakfast, it’s delicious, and then you have the whole day to take a walk and burn the calories 🙂
    Best regards from Barcelona,
    Marta

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog founded in 2012.  After six years of living in London I am back in New York with my husband and two littles! 

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