Blog update:
I reviewed the delicious chocolate from Choc Affair some time ago and I am glad to say they are still going from strength to strength. As we are seemingly coming out of lockdown it is even more important to support small suppliers who are sure to have suffered the most from the economic downturn. I suspect sales of supermarket chocolate have remained buoyant during these uncertain times, but if you want something special for a gift or a cheeky nimble yourself, do give Choc Affair a go. Supporting ethical green businesses is a fantastic who source their packaging locally and ensure they know their source of their cocoa beans.
This is my review when I was gifted some of their chocolate:
I must admit that I absolutely love chocolate. I feel more reassured in life knowing that I have some chocolate hidden in the house that only I know about, so I was delighted to try chocolate from a company called Choc Affair. I received the Library Collection which consists of four of their best selling bars in a smart presentation box. Each bar was wrapped in gold paper complete with a beautiful paper sleeve design reflecting the taste combinations that lay inside. I think this makes a brilliant Christmas present as it is not the standard box of supermarket chocolates which look terribly boring alongside the Choc Affair chocolate.
I started with the salted caramel. This is largely because I am a fan of salted caramel I think a lot of people get this wrong and make the chocolate to salty. I need not have worried the creamy caramel flavour melts in your mouth with a slight sea salt hit afterwards – perfect. My children couldn’t get enough of this chocolate and they would usually shy away from the idea of anything being salted. Next, I or should that be ‘we’ tried the peach and raspberry white chocolate. I don’t think I have ever had peach chocolate before but it is definitely my favourite now as it was very creamy and delicate with a fruits of the summer taste combined with the comforting hug of creamy chocolate.
The orange and geranium chocolate transported me back to my childhood as it just has a very subtle hint of Turkish delight flavour about it but with the smoothest chocolate, I have ever tasted. Also a big hit with the children.
I have to say I am not naturally a dark chocolate fan but the dark chocolate infused with lime and sea salt has a sharpness that all dark chocolate fans will love and does go down particularly well with my morning coffee.
Not only do Choc Affair make the best and creamiest chocolate, I have an admiration for a company that can look at a very full and competitive marketplace that chocolate retail is and just go for it anyway! Not only that, they are creating a better tasting chocolate bar than the large confectionary companies. Through their initiatives in Colombia and Uganda, they know the origin of their cocoa beans and are making a real difference to the lives of the cocoa farmers they work with – fabulous!
Can I also just come back to the packaging? I am a big fan those simple touches from the gold paper to the beautiful paper wrappers that create a such a luxurious feel to a £2.75 chocolate bar. I would happily give this as a Christmas stocking filler or extra gift for Christmas as it looks special. Not only that, all the Choc Affair packaging to made a few miles from their factory. A great combination of supporting local British Businesses and improving lives in developing countries.
My children are now convinced I have a direct line to Willy Wonka and I think they will be looking for a bar of Choc Affair’s chocolate in their stocking on Christmas morning. What could be better for a child on Christmas morning than a delicious treat of chocolate to fire their taste buds and maybe a Roald Dahl book to ignite their imagination?
What a lovely looking way of giving chocolate