We were invited to test these new Bendicks Bitters …and we didn’t really need our arms twisting. As you can see they come in these convenient tubes, carefully containing the bite sized chocolates inside. Bendicks Bitters come in three flavours: BitterMint, BitterOrange and BitterGinger. Each centre is enveloped in 95% dark chocolate. Many of you [...]
My post about Willies Wonky Chocolate factory was a very popular read so I’m pleased to let you all know about his latest show. In the run up to Easter, Willie Harcourt-Cooze is back on Channel 4 in a three-part special, aired over three nights starting this Tuesday at 8pm. Willie will attempt to create the finest [...]
Remember the trusty Marathon chocolate bar? Of course you do …if you can remember back to 1990! Back then, the manufacturer Mars decided to rebrand Marathon as Snickers to bring it inline with it’s global operation. Snickers is the best selling chocolate bar of all time with annual sales around the world of £1 billion [...]
Willie Harcourt-Cooze is the charismatic man behind the Venezuelan Black chocolate company and we’ve blogged about him before. Well, in a latest twist in the tail The Telegraph reports that Willies success has attracted the attention of Hugo Chavez – President of Venezuela. Chavez has reportedly demanded an investigation into the activities of our Willie. [...]
This fine looking building is based in Bournemouth and is now The Chocolate Boutique Hotel This listed, 19th century Italianate villa now hosts chocolate making weekends and cookery schools. On the last weekend of each month you could learn how to cook with chocolate with chocolatier Allan Collier, formerly patisserie chef at The Ritz. Allan [...]
Organic chocolate company Green and Blacks have announced a product recall for some jars of 300g Organic Hot Chocolate. Some jars may contain glass fragments. Any consumer who has bought the 300g jars with the lot code L7348 (look on top of the lid) should dispose of the product and obtain a full refund by [...]
If you’re a viewer of Channel 4 you might have caught sight last night of the first of 4 episodes of Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory – I missed it ! The Willie in question is Willie Harcourt-Cooze and he owns the Venezuelan Black chocolate company. According to his website, Willie is the only small cacao [...]
As a parent myself I’m always looking on the packaging of my childrens sweets and confectionary to see what’s actually in the ingredients. Some sweets are more E numbers than any other ingredient …they go in the bin. I spotted an article in The Telegraph business section reporting that Thorntons are enjoying sales success with [...]
Are you aware that it’s now less than one month until Valentines Day? Last year, nearly half of Valentines gifters (43% to be more accurate) bought chocolates as presents (Retail Week, Feb 2007), possibly alongside flowers or other seasonal gifts, or as part of a special offer. Chocolate gifts such as truffles, luxury chocolates & [...]
It’s been widely reported that young singing star Joss Stone is to become the new Cadburys Flake girl. The previous Flake adverts are very well known for their suggestive undertones, linking sex to chocolate. It’s understood that the new adverts, to be aired in Spring 2008, will not follow in the same manner. As The [...]