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Hotel Chocolat - Part 1 - The Birth of Hotel Chocolat
2008-01-21 19:40:00
In the early 90’s Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris wanted to make high quality chocolate available to the British consumers. The supermarkets were full of chocolate, however they were keen to fill a niche for people who wanted to pay that little bit extra for quality. They were able to secure authentic wholesale ingredients by growing ...
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Pink Champagne Truffles
2008-01-20 09:53:00
Pink Champ agne Truffles are two luscious layers of pink champagne truffles dusted with strawberry powder to give them a tantalising hint of fruit. There are 16 truffles in the box. The Recipe contains milk and alcohol. Click here for more details.
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Catwalk Valentine?s Chocolates
2008-01-19 08:08:00
Hotel Chocolat’s Catwalk Valentin e ’s Chocolates are lusciously soft champagne and raspberry liqueur truffles, melt-on-the-tongue pralines, real fruit ganaches, crème caramel, arty hearts cast in three grades of chocolate and much more… Catwalk Valentine’s Chocolates contains 38 chocolates. Recipe contains milk, nuts, wheat and alcohol. May also contain traces of peanut and sesame. Click here for more details.
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Dark Chocolate Heart on Heart
2008-01-18 20:24:00
Dark Chocolate Heart on Heart - Make sure your love is in no doubt as to how you feel about them with this giant dark chocolate heart. It is handmade by award-winning Dorset chocolate makers, Chococo. This 250g heart is handmade with Tanzanian origin dark chocolate and is studded with a raspberry-topped white chocolate heart in the ...
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Valentine Cube
2008-01-17 15:03:00
The Valentin e Cube is a small black cube box with lid, measuring just 5cm square and created for that perfect Valentine’s Day love token. Inside are 5 red foil wrapped milk chocolate hearts nestled in red tissue paper. Finished with red silk ribbon and “Be My Valentine” gift tag. Click here for more details.

How healthy is Dark Chocolate?
2008-01-16 19:25:00
Chocolate manufacturers have invested millions in advertising that dark chocolate is good for you for quite a while now. However a UK medical journal now claims that many manufacturers are removing the flavanols, which is the healthy element. The flavanols help neutralise free radicals that could damage the body’s cells by producing oxidative stress. Oxidative stress ...
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Valentine?s Chocolate Hamper
2008-01-15 21:42:00
The Valentin e ’s Chocolate Hamper is beautifully presented with red rose design and finished with satin ribbon and gift tag. Filled with a box of the Superior Selection Valentine’s 12 assorted chocolate box, Champagne truffles, milk chocolate salted butter caramels and a gift bag of red foil wrapped, milk chocolate hearts. Finally a gift card is already included ...
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The History of Chocolate
2008-01-14 19:32:00
Chocolate was first identified between 2000-500BC when it grew wild in Central America and was used purely as a drink. The Cacao bean was also used as money with 100 beans the payment for a slave. When Hernan Cortes met Montezuma in 1549, the Spanish explorer was mistaken for their god Quetzalcoatl who had returned from ...
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Chocolate Dinner Table Collection
2008-01-13 09:20:00
The Chocolate Dinner Table Collection is twelve of Green and Black’s favours to grace your table. These little parcels of Green and Black’s miniature collection are beautifully tied with gold ribbons and presented in a desirable gift box. The miniature bar collection gives you a taste of our intensely flavoured bars. Contents: 12 sets of 2 x 15g ...
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Chocolate Coins
2008-01-12 08:58:00
Chocolate coins have always been a favourite with the young children. There are generally about 6 coins of different sizes in each net in mixed currencies including Francs (how retro!), Euros, Dollars (both Canadian and US). The chocolate inside is milk chocolate… that delicious type of chocolate that you only seem to get in coins. They are ...
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Beer & Bars from Green & Black?s
2008-01-10 10:59:00
A perfect gift for indulgence. Green and Black ’s organic collection of signature chocolate bars with British organic beer, presented in a desirable gift box. Five 100g bars, Dark, Milk, White, Almond and our new Dark 85% with extra cocoa solids for an even more intense chocolate hit. Alongside are two bottles of Suffolk-brewed St Peter’s Organic ...
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Facebook campaign re-launches Wispa chocolate bars
2008-01-09 20:27:00
Facebook a social networking site set up a campaign to re-launch Wispa chocolate bars. The campaign was so successful that Cadbury gave in and the Wispa bar was back in the shops in August 2007. Following on from this success several groups on Facebook are now trying to get Wispa Gold re-launched. Cadbury’s had pulled the bar ...
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Celebration Hamper
2008-01-08 20:25:00
The Celebration Hamper is the ultimate gift box. A perfect way of saying ‘thank-you’ to friends or colleagues. The Hamper contains Treatsize Bonanza box with 100 bars; 480g Heroes Carton; 454g Milk Tray; 800g Roses Tin; 600g Jelly Babies; 600g Liquorice Allsorts; 3 x Cadbury Melts 100g (Milk, Dark and Hazlnut) and 1 x 200g Cadbury Dream; ...
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Magical Elves
2008-01-07 20:03:00
Magical Elves are a great tasting combination of Cadbury milk chocolate and magical popping candy. The pack contains 64 Magical Elves bars containing eight different characters which the children will love. Click for more details.
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Josh Stone is the new Cadbury?s Flake girl
2008-01-06 09:11:00
Cadbury’s have announced that Joss Stone will be the first non-model to be the new Flake girl. Joss Stone is from Devon, and has a string of UK hits. The new TV commercials will hit the the screen in the spring. Flake’s first commercial was in the late 1950s and since then have starred a string of ...
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Hotel Chocolats Cocoa Estate
2008-01-05 08:58:00
Hotel Chocolat decided that they wanted to manufacturer their chocolate in the traditional ways, so they setup a plantation in the West Indies. The plantation was set up in St Lucia which is stunningly beautiful and right behind the Soufrière volcano and Sulphur Springs. Watch their video and get a unique insight into cocoa farming on the ...
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Thorntons Special Toffee
2008-01-03 20:10:00
Thorntons special toffee is still created using traditional methods and tastes great. The Toffee Stack is ideal for toffee lovers, and includes 6 x 650g boxes - Chocolate Smothered, Fruit & Nut, Treacle, Brazil Nut, Assorted and Original. Click for further details.
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A Review of the Chocolate trends for 2007
2008-01-02 20:23:00
There has been three trends that dominated the chocolate industry in 2007. These were Healthy confectionery, Premium chocolate, and Ethical chocolate. The biggest of the trends have been Healthy chocolate with many companies adding healthy ingredients to their products, and promoting the benefits of cocoa. The higher the percentage of cocoa the higher the higher levels of ...
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Chew Sweetie Hamper
2008-01-01 10:05:00
Chew Sweetie Hamper is bursting with all your favourite chewy sweets, this yummy hamper is perfect for any occasion. This hamper contains: 4 McGowans Wham Bars, 4 McGowans Wham Brew Bars, 4 McGowans Wham Sour Apple Bars, 4 McGowans Wham Sour Cherry Bars, 4 McGowans Wham Cola Bar, McGowans Wham Strawberry Bar, McGowams Highland Toffee Bar, ...
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Thorntons Indulgence Hamper
2007-12-31 10:08:00
Who says you can have too much chocolate? This is an indulgent gift for chocolate lovers filled with a specially selected mix of Thorntons favourites. This huge chocolate hamper contains: Eden159g, Continental Truffles 300g, Alcohol Truffle Selection 200g, Milk Chocolate covered Turkish Delight 260g, Chocolate Fudge 420g, Milk Chocolate Toffee Bar 100g, Milk Chocolate Bar 100g, Original Toffee ...
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Les Champignons, caramel & chocolate mushrooms
2007-12-30 13:49:00
Les Champ ignons, caramel & chocolate mushrooms are unique delights by Michel Cluizel are both delicious and enchanting! The mushroom’s dark chocolate cap is filled with a crunchy almond nougatine and the stem is made of butter caramel surrounded in a white and dark chocolate shell. Everybody loves these! Click for further details.
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Silver Chocolate Fountain
2007-12-29 08:49:00
The chocolate fountain provides great fun for friends and family as the ideal party centerpiece with three tiers of warm cascading chocolate to dip all sorts of fruits, marshmallows and biscuits. Simply fill the basin with melted chocolate, turn on the chocolate fountain motor and experience pure chocolate heaven. Warm chocolate is carried to the top ...
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