Hot Chocolate Trail
4th Annual Downtown Salmon Arm Hot Chocolate Trail
February 1–28, 2026
Voting Closed – Winners Below!
Warm up this winter by sipping your way through Downtown Salmon Arm’s most delicious tradition. The 4th Annual Hot Chocolate Trail invites you to explore participating downtown cafés and restaurants, each serving a special, full-sized hot chocolate created just for the month of February.
How It Works
- Visit these participating downtown cafés and restaurants from February 1–28, 2026
- Anvil Coffee Collective, Barley Station Brew Pub, Cahoots, Ecotreats, Night Café, Shuswap Pie Co., Pink Cherry, Sanctuary Games, and The Sweet Magnolia
- Each location features its own signature hot chocolate (prices vary by establishment)
- Every hot chocolate you purchase gives you a chance to vote and win prizes
2026 Hot Chocolate Trail Winners
9 Competitors. Countless Sips. 3 Sweet Victories.
After 28 delicious days of sipping, savouring, and serious hot chocolate dedication, the votes are in for this year’s Hot Chocolate Trail — and WOW, our local café masters outdid themselves. Drumroll, please…
- Best Overall: Cahoots – Brown Butter Hot Chocolate
- Most Creative: Ecotreats – Dubai Hot Chocolate
- Best Spirited: Barley Station – Orange Creamsicle Hot Chocolate
Presented by Downtown Salmon Arm.
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Downtown Salmon Arm respectfully acknowledges it operates on the unceded and traditional territory of the Secwépemc People.