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Gorgeous Designs and smiles all round
It's always great to find chocolate in your stocking or under the tree but these three have gone all out on design so you can get...

The Choc Spot
Nov 7, 20231 min read
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World's Best Chocolate Truffle
Where would you guess the world's most awarded chocolate truffle comes from? Switzerland perhaps? Or Belgium? Well, it's actually...

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Nov 2, 20231 min read
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Fab end to Summer 23
Always a lovely atmosphere @the3brewers Music Fest and with the weather being kind to us, it was a great last weekend of Summer before...

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Sep 12, 20231 min read
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Star Bakers each and every one of them!
Another fab baking and creating year is over and they've all been brilliant. We've created a whole range of sweet and savoury bakes from...

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Jul 18, 20231 min read
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Tasting Chocolate - some of the best places
It's no secret I love chocolate, so if there's a chocolate tasting on offer I will give it a go or even detour on the way somewhere else...

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Jul 14, 20232 min read
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Whole Cacao Fruit Chocolate
Chocolate, especially the dark stuff, can be good for you. Packed full of antioxidants and minerals it can improve brain power and...

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Jun 22, 20232 min read
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Amazing kids in the kitchen!
What an amazing year of baking and creating at my Ready, Steady Bake after school club. We've had so much fun in the kitchen, it's been...

The Choc Spot
Jul 19, 20221 min read
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Sunny Summer Pop Up
Thanks @villagepopup for organising a lovely outdoor market yesterday in Wheathampstead and ordering the perfect weather; not too sunny...

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Jul 4, 20221 min read
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2021 reflections on an eventful year....
Although still living with Covid in 2021, it was a year of new beginnings and fresh starts as things slowly opened up again. I got back...

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Feb 4, 20221 min read
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Fabulous Festive Pop Up Season
Christmas Markets are magical. I love browsing the stalls, discovering things you don't find on the high street then warming up with a...

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Nov 24, 20211 min read
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Amazing beans
Over half of the world's cocoa beans come from Ghana and The Ivory Coast, then Indonesia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Brazil and Ecuador. These...

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Sep 6, 20211 min read
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Chocolate and Beer
I love a good Porter and it's even better when accompanied by a Chocolate Brownie, but I'm not the first to realise that beer and...

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Apr 30, 20211 min read
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Spring brings new hope and new chocolates
Blossoms appearing, daffodils in bloom, vaccination numbers building, all these bring hope of rebirth and brighter things to come. There...

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Mar 11, 20211 min read
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How about a chocolate fountain taller than you?
That's exactly what Lindt have created at their new museum in Zurich, with a 9metre chocolate fountain (unfortunately no fingers or...

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Oct 7, 20201 min read
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New discoveries in lock-down
We are slowly emerging from full on lock-down but it will be a while before things go back to how they were, if they ever do. Some...

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Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Ruby chocolate gains momentum
I can't be the only one who starts humming the Kaiser Chiefs everytime I hear the word ruby, but it does put a smile on my face and so...
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Feb 10, 20201 min read
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Stir Up Sunday is here!
Today is Stir up Sunday; the traditional Sunday before Christmas for getting all the family together to make a Christmas pudding....
The Choc Spot
Nov 24, 20191 min read
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Pop along to a Pop-Up this October
October is a great month, the last of the summer sun gives way to blustery winds and we dig out the winter coats to keep warm and cosy...
The Choc Spot
Oct 1, 20191 min read
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Brilliant Brewery Open Day.
Last weekend The 3 Brewers of St Albans opened up their brewery for the day, with live music, beer tours, BBQ by The Plough at Sleapshyde...
The Choc Spot
Sep 16, 20191 min read
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Storm troopers visit the Farmer's Market
We had lots of unusual visitors at St Albans' Farmer's Market yesterday. American police car sirens shattered the calm as they escorted...
The Choc Spot
Jul 15, 20191 min read
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