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The Cocoa Corner – Chocolate Blog & Recipes
Welcome to The Cocoa Corner, your source for chocolate inspiration! Discover delicious chocolate recipes, expert baking tips, and behind-the-scenes stories from our York chocolate kitchen. Learn about ethical chocolate making, The Chocolate Dream initiative, and get creative with chocolate in new and exciting ways.
What You’ll Find Here
- Easy chocolate recipes for home bakers
- Expert tips for working with chocolate
- Stories from our sustainable cocoa journey
- Seasonal chocolate ideas and inspiration
- The latest chocolate news and trends
The Benefits of Oranges
As you may have seen, our #FlavourFocus for this month is our divine Orange & Geranium Milk Chocolate; it’s an unusual but absolutely delicious flavour, and we love discovering new things about the natural ingredients we use.
Orange is the world’s...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Oranges
Orange and chocolate have always been a winning combination in the chocolate world, and we certainly cater to that classic flavour with our Orange Milk Chocolate Bar. However, we also have a twist on this all time favourite with our...
Shake up summer with our brand new milkshake range!
Us Brits have been basking in the glorious sunshine over the past couple of months, as we have seen some of the best weather in years! It’s been a time of family BBQ’s, paddling pools and ice cream; and we...
White Chocolate Summer Sponge Recipe
Try our perfect-for-summer gluten free summer sponge recipe! Infused with hints of mango and white chocolate, and decorated with fresh strawberries; what's not to love? Click "continue reading" to view the recipe in full.
Top Gifts for Dad under £20
It’s never easy to shop for Dad at the best of times; so we’ve put our thinking caps on for you and come up with a list of 10 possibilities that are under £20. We’ve stuck to our philosophy of...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Mangoes
As part of our #FlavourFocus for June, we are discovering some amazing facts that we didn’t know about mango! We know that mango has a deliciously sweet, tropical taste that reminds us of the summer - but what don’t we...
DIY Father’s Day Gifts
Father’s Day falls on 17th June this year, and we’ve been thinking of ways that you can put a whole lot of love into your gifts for Dad. There’s nothing better than a handmade gift, as it adds care, thought...
Meaningful Change: A Deeper Understanding of our Environmental Impact
We understand that each of our business activities (from lighting our shops, wrapping our deli counter foods, to serving a takeaway offering) creates pollution as a by-product; but it's what we do to try to impactfully reduce our pollution (as...
Things to do with Dad on a Budget
Whilst Father's Day is celebrated around the world, in the UK the amount we spend on it compared to Mother's Day differs enormously. According to GlobalData, in 2017 we spent £700 million on our Dads, compared to a staggering £1.4...