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!...
Miniature versions of Cadbury's Crunchie and Double Decker chocolate bars have worked their way into the latest Cadbury Heroes line-up, hitting supermarket shelves now ready for Christmas. The new 614g plastic tub contains a range of nine Cadbury's favourites, including...
For a long while now, I've been fascinated by Japan's KitKat Chocolatory stores. It's one of very long list of reasons I want to visit Japan. At its heart, it's a premium experimental location where you'll find a diverse selection...
Join celebrity chef Eric Lanlard at his Cake Boy boutique and learn how to make two of his favourite mini chocolate dishes. There's also a champagne afternoon tea to enjoy at the end.
The 'Choose Your Favourites' Quality Street stand at John Lewis & Partners returns again this festive season, and there are several changes this time around - that you'll simply love. One Flavour Allowed The best change has to be the...
Have you ever battled with pieces of gingerbread in a feeble attempt at making the picture-perfect Gingerbread House? Last year's attempt at Chocolatier.co.uk Towers with my five-year-old didn't go well. Despite using copious amounts of icing sugar to ensure structural...
Each December, a tub of Quality Street can be found close to my Christmas tree. Quality Street tubs (alongside tubs of Cadbury Roses, Cadbury Heroes, and Mars Celebrations) have been a firm fixture of my Christmas traditions for as long...
This interactive at-home course spans four parts and along with up to 20 virtual classmates, you'll learn how to temper chocolate like a pro chocolatier as well as plenty of secret chocolate making hacks and techniques for sublime results.
I know chocolate is a big deal at Christmas. But it takes staggering numbers, such as Nestlé's Halifax factory churning out around 12 million Quality Street sweets EACH DAY during its peak season, to realise the sheer scale of it...
I'm working through my stash of Christmas chocolates and came across this box of Thorntons Snowflakes and Snowballs. Designed specifically for Christmas, it featured a quartet of festive flavours. But were they any good? Packaging The square-shaped box looked very...
If I said there is a range of chocolate out there that is gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free, and Vegan friendly, would you expect it to taste good? I bet you're pulling a face right now to suggest otherwise. Truth be told,...
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...