NewYorkFirst.com: Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate

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The most famous dessert in New York is served at a place that is part general store and part restaurant, soda fountain and coffeehouse. It's Serendipity 3, nestled in the heart of the Upper East Side, founded in 1954 by Stephen Bruce and his two partners, Calvin Holt and Preston "Patch" Caradine (the Serendipity 3).

Those three naughty boys invented Frrrozen Hot Chocolate, a secret-recipe, icy-chocolate confection served in an enormous fishbowl-shaped goblet, garnished with a mound of fresh whipped cream and shaved chocolate, and accompanied by a mixing spoon and two straws. This frosty, velvety-smooth creation is made from no fewer than 14 kinds of chocolate and exotic cocoas, ground into a rich slush.

Fortunate Discoveries.
Serendipity has been on the cutting edge of food, fashion and fun for over 50 years. Return to childhood as soon as you step inside. The restaurant entrance is a General Store filled with toys, candy, and a dozen different take-home sets of world famous Frrrozen Hot Chocolate, so you can give the makings of this unbelievable drink as a treasured gift, or keep it all to yourself. Each set includes everything you need to re-create the chilly bowl of magnificence at home: Just empty the instant mix into a blender, add milk and lots of ice, and whirr until frozen.

Celebrity Gift Box.
Star treatment includes 2 large pouches (4 generous servings) of Frrrozen Hot Chocolate, giant goblet, souvenir spoon & 2 colorful straws for your sipping pleasure.

Price: $28.

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Extra Goblets.
Throwing a party? We’ll supply more of the glamorous, oversize goblets for the icy chocolate elixir. (Doubles as an elegant goldfish bowl!)

Price: $14. (set of two)
Price: $26. (set of four)

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Secret Recipe Mix.
Shhh! Serendipity won't give away the secret formula, but instead offers refills of Frrrozen Hot Chocolate in three decadent flavors: Original Chocolate, Cherry Chocolate, and Mint Chocolate. Each large pouch makes 30-ounces of the delectable drink. Gift box includes souvenir menu from world famous Serendipity restaurant.

Price: $24.

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Gentle Contempt for the Ordinary.
A little bit naughty and a lot nice, Serendipity's 18-ounce sundae magnum provides shape, style, and personality for creating your own versions of its world-famous towering treats at home. After all, who wouldn't want to serve the most stupendous birthday splits, lavish parfaits, and old-fashioned "Drug Store Sundaes" in gooey, giant goblet-fulls, meant to be shared. A cause for celebration, each magnum stands 8-inches tall and, even when empty, weighs in at a hefty 3 pounds! You don't have to ask your mother.

Serendipity Sundae Magnum.

Price: $26. (set of 2)
$48. (set of 4)

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Patron Saint of Serendipity.
In the 1960s Serendipity became a hangout for Andy Warhol who sketched and drank coffee there daily. Owner Stephen Bruce explains, "Andy wanted to be in a very comfortable surrounding. Serendipity happened to be very, very comfortable, very charming, and Andy felt free enough to do anything he wanted. He would stay for hours and invite friends to come by." On sale now, at the Serendipity General Store, is a 500-piece puzzle based on Warhol's original 1964 painting, "Marilyn," gift-packed in a collectible tin.