Lidl had me at 'caramelised biscuit chocolate'. They sealed the deal by putting this bar on offer after Christmas at a price I couldn't refuse. I'm a sucker for anything that features Lotus biscuits, caramelised biscuits, or spiced biscuits (speculoos/speculaas),...
Ten miles north of York sits the quaint village of Sheriff Hutton, home to Guppy's Chocolates, a small chocolate business that started life in a small garage back in 2010. The company has moved several times since then, and currently...
El Tosoro. It translates from Spanish as "the treasure," and aptly lends itself to the vivid red packaging of Willie's Cacao's Magnificent Creations, a series of limited-edition chocolate bars that aren't widely available. Handmade by Willie Harcourt-Cooze each month, his...
Head to Danbury, Essex, where you'll use Willie's Cacao to make chocolate fondant, Belgian truffles, and chocolate cake. Grab a notebook and pen to jot down the recipes in this three-hour group cookery class.
Cast your minds back to December 2021 and you might remember QOA (now Nocoa), lab-grown cocoa-free chocolate. I managed to get my paws on this feat of scientific engineering and discovered that, while not perfect, it showed promise, especially in...
Everyone deserves a special treat now and again, and mine today was kindly sent over by Pembrokshire-based chocolatiers, Wickedly Welsh. My goodies included a bouquet of roses (the edible kind rather than the less tasty variety) and sachets of their...
Beech's Fine Chocolates can trace its history back to 1920, where the factory in Preston, Lancashire, first opened its doors. Specialising in traditional British chocolate favourites, the company has continued at the same site to this day. In recent years,...
Funky Hampers stocks a variety of chocolate hampers, chocolate bouquets, and personalised chocolate gifts, alongside a range of chocolate novelty gifts, all ideal for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, and other celebrations.
"Life is like a box of chocolates," proclaimed Tom Hanks' character in the hit 1994 movie, Forrest Gump. And thanks to a recent boom in subscription services, you can now fill your life with many boxes of chocolates. Simply join...
For me, a satisfying chocolate experience should excite all my senses and feel as good as it tastes. Today's Vegan House Selection Box by social enterprise Harry Specters has set a new benchmark for feel-good, do-good chocolate. Mona, Shaz and...
Last year, I chomped my way through the Almendra Dark Chocolate with Roasted Almonds bar by Willie's Cacao. Amazon had given me some credit to use against an order and I spent that wisely, on bean-to-bar chocolate. I was impressed...
Go big or go home, as they say. I was looking for a chilli chocolate bar and stumbled across a chilli farm in Devon that produces a huge collection of chilli based products - chilli sauces, chilli growing kits, chilli...