Don't Forget Mothers Day
Sunday 31 March
Our Aperitif Collection is a perfect treat for Mothers Day. How about a Bucks Fizz, a Kir Royale or a Peach Bellini to get the day off to a bubbly start? And of course, there’s our popular Gin o’Clock truffle.
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Due to Staff Holidays, any orders placed between 1-14 April 2019 will not be shipped until Monday 15 April.
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The Five o'Clock Club
Our monthly subscription club lets you enjoy brand new flavours alongside established favourites throughout the year. As well as enjoying a selection of our standard chocolates and collections, you may be invited to taste test new ideas at various stages of development. You’ll also be among the first to receive new selections before they go on general sale.
We also offer fixed term subscriptions.
We are a family run artisan chocolate company based in Wivenhoe, Essex, creating luxury handmade truffles based on cocktail recipes. Our chocolates are a fusion of two of the most loved indulgences in the world – cocktails and chocolate. You can read about our history here.
Hilary Delamare
Head Chocolatier
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Choctails Soirée
It's World Water Day today. Did you know that almost a billion people live without access to clean drinking water? It's becoming a precious commodity.
Let's ease this depressing thought with a Waters of Chaos cocktail. Happy Friday everyone. Drink responsibly - and that includes your water consumption 😉
Waters Of Chaos Cocktail Recipe
diffordsguide.com
to make a waters of chaos use rutte old simon genever, white overproof rum, chartreuse verte (green chartreuse) liqueur, freshly squeezed lime juice, sugar syrupFeeling hungry? Fancy a Tuesday Choctail? How about our Salted Caramel? A soft caramel with a hint of Maldon sea salt wrapped up in dark chocolate. Happy National Chocolate Caramel Day!
Pens down! It's Cocktail of the Week time and as it's International Women's Day I'm choosing a Pornstar Martini.
Douglas Ankrah, of The Townhouse in Knightsbridge, first called this drink the Maverick Martini, named after a dodgy club in Cape Town. The name by which we know it today is apparently down to the usage of passion fruit in the cocktail (or because of the amount of passion Douglas Ankrah put into this cocktail), which you are meant to eat first, before drinking the Prosecco and lastly enjoying the fruity martini. Ankrah went on to found the great LAB bar, which is now often associated with this deliciously lavish cocktail.
Let's go, girls!
Problem Sorted
A test run of gin bars turned out perfectly this week. No sign of any bloom, discolouration, or sticking to the mould. Phew!
Problem Solved?
During the Good Food Show weekend I bumped into Bev from the Chocolate Academy and mentioned my chocolate bar problem. I’d got a few with
Happy New Year
Having enjoyed a quiet New Year’s eve we were up early on New Year’s Day and headed to West Street Vineyard in Coggeshall for a
Where Did 2018 Go?
I really can’t believe we’ve reached the last couple of days of 2018. I blinked and missed it! We were planning on a website revamp,
