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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
Drink more chocolate! It’s had a very long journey.
The next instalment on our brief history of chocolate, takes place in 1519. An explorer called Hernán Cortés pursued his dream of discovering the New World.
History of Chocolate – Where it all began
The history of chocolate can be traced back as far as the ancient Mayans and Aztecs in Mexico, both of which are classed as some of the greatest ancient civilizations that have ever been discovered!
The perfect Mother’s Day gift
It hit home last week when my 20 year old daughter asked me what I would like as a gift for Mother’s day. “Your company “ I replied, which was met with a dismayed “Oh really?”
Random acts of Kindness
The simple act of showing a stranger a little bit of kindness, can make all the difference to that person and continue to touch them for a long time.
New Year, New Me 2016
If “New Year, New Me” means “Life with More Chocolate”, then count me in! We all do it, it's the same every year!
Choc Affair’s Café Culture
Have you stopped to wonder why our high streets are seeing a revolution take place with coffee shops appearing everywhere? Is it possible that we are embracing a café culture like never before?
Ready for the summer?
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and we're quickly running out of sun cream. It's here! It's finally here! Summer has arrived!
Gluten Free Cookies Recipe
We have found this recipe for those times you are in mood for cookies, they are great to bake with kids of all ages and if you can save enough mix you, we suggest freezing it to put on top of ice-cream for as an extra topping for movie night! Yum!
Heart Shaped Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache
This cake is not only incredibly yummy, it's also in the shape of an adorable heart! Perfect as a Valentines treat, or for all those little princesses out there!