How to get freebies from Sydney’s best chocolatiers this World Chocolate Day

Forget the Sunday scaries, Monday’s looking sweet this week thanks to World Chocolate Day. Look out for free treats across the city.

Get ready for the sweetest day of the year! Monday, July 7 is World Chocolate Day (yes, we’re serious), and Sydney’s favourite chocolatiers are celebrating in style with exclusive giveaways and mouthwatering limited-edition treats. From indulgent, nutty-layered cakes to rich, decadent hot chocolates, we’ve rounded up the best ways to snag free treats this World Chocolate Day, plus, where to satisfy your ultimate chocolate cravings.

1. Koko Black: Prize draws and free hot chocolate

Koko Black is serving up free hot chocolate this World Chocolate Day. From noon, the first 100 customers at every Koko Black store will receive the decadent drink, made from their signature blend. This means they’ll be giving away around 1800 cups of cocoa around Australia, so don’t miss out and make sure to join the queues on Monday.

If you miss out on snatching up a hot chocolate in person, you can place an order online during World Chocolate Week (yes, week!) and you’ll be entered into the draw to win a year’s supply of Koko Black, valued at $2400.

Where: Locations in the Rocks, Westfield Sydney, the Queen Victoria Building and the Strand Arcade.

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2. Haigh’s: Limited-edition hot chocolate cube

Every World Chocolate Day, Sydney institution Haigh’s creates a new, limited-edition chocolate. Embracing the chilly weather, they’ve unveiled the hot chocolate cube: a layer of rich dark chocolate ganache, fluffy marshmallow and smooth milk chocolate, perfect for winter indulgence. You can stir it into hot milk to create the ultimate velvety hot chocolate, or simply enjoy it as it is.

The hot chocolate cube is available to purchase online and in-store.

Where: Locations in the CBD, Bondi Junction, Miranda, Chatswood, Castle Hill.

3. Adora: Free hot chocolate and ‘sip and eats’

Adora is a renowned, multi-award-winning Sydney chocolatier, with locations from Parramatta to Croydon. However, this World Chocolate Day is all about their QQL store in the CBD, as they’re giving away free hot chocolates or ‘sip and eats’ to customers. The ‘sip and eat’ is simply their creamy hot chocolate served up in a crunchy cone, a new (but delicious) concept for the brand.

Where: Adora QQL, 22 Loftus Street, Sydney NSW 2000.

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4. The Chocolate Box: 20% OFF storewide*

The Chocolate Box is encouraging you to stock up on your favourite treats this winter, with 20% off storewide when you spend $50. From chocolate-covered pretzels and chocolate champagne bottles to decadent hampers, the Chocolate Box has a range of delicious treats for you to choose from. Head down to their Potts Point location to make use of this offer on Monday.

Where: The Chocolate Box, 117 Macleay St, Potts Point NSW 2011.

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5. Black Star Pastry: Chocolate Oasis Cake

Black Star Pastry is extending World Chocolate Day into a two and a half week extravaganza with their limited edition Chocolate Oasis Cake. Available for a limited time from July 4 to July 20, the cake consists of an indulgent layering of almond joconde soaked in sweet date syrup, a surprising crunch of pistachio and kataifi, and a centre of rich dark chocolate ganache wrapped in velvety buttercream. It also had hand-painted gilded accents to add that final flourish, and to make it look as good as it tastes.

The four-portion cake goes for $50, or you can enjoy it by the slice at one of Black Star’s locations.

Where: Locations in Parramatta, Newtown, Chatswood, Rosebery, Sydney CBD, Hurstville, Macquarie and Burwood.