Valentine's Day is almost upon us (again), and in true fashion, chocolatiers and chocolate manufacturers alike have been busy putting the finishing touches to a range of (mostly) pink and red boxed delights. From a retail perspective, heart-shaped boxes have...
To say thank you. To say sorry. To wish someone luck. To express gratitude. To congratulate somebody. To grovel, and to (try to) get out of the doghouse. To wish a happy birthday. To say thank you to parents and...
Chocolate champagne truffles are quite possibly the most romantic chocolate of all, favoured by romantics each February as Valentine's Day gifts for their loved ones. Bite size balls of chocolate blended with one of France's best known exports are loved...
Send a feelings, with gift packs to make them feel proud or extra loved, or to commemorate shared memories and celebrate the things that make them special. For a gift that's more unique, personalise a bar of Toblerone Swiss milk chocolate.
Everyone loves receiving a gift hamper. Perhaps it's because of the mystery of what's squirrelled away inside, or perhaps it's got something to do with reigniting our childhood obsessions with opening presents. As a giver, I find gift hampers to...
Last year I trawled the Internet and badgered my chocolate friends looking for the best advent calendars for 2018. Well, we're a year on and we're back in the countdown to Christmas - again. It comes around far too quickly!...
Fancy seeing my top advent calendar recommendations for 2019? You are never to old for an advent calendar. Or at least that's my justification for having one. Lately, Black Friday, Brexit, and, quite frankly, modern life in general all suck...
Fritz Bützer, who changed his name to Frederick Belmont when he settled in Harrogate, learned to become a confectioner and chocolatier while travelling through Switzerland and France. In 1919, he opened Betty's Tea Room in the Yorkshire town which has since become an institution. The company still makes and sells a wide range of chocolates using the finest Swiss Grand Cru.
There was a time when chocolate lovers in the northwest of England faced something of a dilemma when looking for decent fare beyond the usual Cadbury’s, Thorntons and Nestlé offerings. But a quiet evolution seems to have been taking place...
I'm not the biggest fan of dark chocolate. I like smooth, milky and creamy, so picking up a Dark Marc de Champagne Bar in Charbonnel et Walker was probably a strange choice. But I had already bought the pink champagne...
I've always heard about Charbonnel et Walker. Mutterings here and there, whisperings about them. Lots of pretty and exclusive things on Bond Street get whispered about. While I'd never tried their famed pink champagne truffles, I'd always swooned over their...
Charbonnel et Walker has added to its popular champagne truffles range with the new Dark Marc de Champagne Truffles. Mayfair-based Charbonnel describe the new chocolate as a "delicious, handmade creation of a dark chocolate and Marc de Champagne truffle centre,...